What are the important events that happened on May 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 25 is the 145^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 12, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,748,131,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontapentagon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 268 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,538 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 25 Historical Events

• 1521 –
  The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
• 1738 –
  A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
• 1936 –
  The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
• 1946 –
  The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
• 1951 –
  Future Hall of Famer Willie Mays was called up by the New York Giants from their farm team Minneapolis Millers. We went 0-5 in his first major league game.
• 1963 –
  In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
• 1966 –
  Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
• 1979 –
  Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children’s Day (in 1983).
• 1999 –
  The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People’s Republic of China’s nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
• 2002 –
  A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.

Who were born on May 25?

• 1879 –
  Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British publisher (d. 1964)
• 1897 –
  Gene Tunney, American boxer(d. 1978)
• 1898 –
  Bennett Cerf, American publisher and TV personality (d. 1971)
• 1922 –
  Kitty Kallen, American big band singer
• 1931 –
  Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director
• 1971 –
  Marco Cappato, Italian politician
• 1974 –
  Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
• 1976 –
  Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
• 1979 –
  Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
• 1994 –
  Alexandra Raisman, American gymnast

Who died on May 25?

• 1555 –
  King Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
• 1632 –
  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
• 1786 –
  Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1805 –
  William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1951 –
  Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887)
• 1979 –
  John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 1983 –
  King Idris I, of Libya (b. 1889)
• 1986 –
  Chester Bowles, American Democratic politician (b. 1901)
• 2003 –
  Jeremy Michael Ward, American sound technician and vocal operator (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
• 2007 –
  Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and TV host (b. 1931)