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 145th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 12, 2023 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,082,880 minutes 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 261 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 3,807 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 1809 –Chuquisaca Revolution: a group of patriots in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) revolt against the Spanish Empire, starting the South American Wars of Independence.
- 1833 –The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
- 1935 –Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1938 –Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
- 1953 –Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1955 –First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band.
- 1961 –Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a “man on the Moon” before the end of the decade.
- 2000 –Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
- 2002 –China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.
Who were born on May 25?
- 1725 –Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
- 1921 –Hal David, American lyricist and songwriter
- 1933 –Ray Spencer, English footballer
- 1936 –Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter
- 1951 –Bob Gale, American screenwriter
- 1952 –Al Sarrantonio, American writer
- 1970 –Joey Eischen, American baseball player
- 1970 –Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress
- 1980 –David Navarro, Spanish footballer
- 1982 –Adam Boyd, English footballer
Who died on May 25?
- 1452 –John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1805 –William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1899 –Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
- 1965 –Aleck “Rice” Miller, American blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player, known as Sonny Boy Williamson (II) (b. 1908)
- 1981 –Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
- 1986 –Chester Bowles, American Democratic politician (b. 1901)
- 1996 –Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
- 2000 –Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946)
- 2010 –Michael H. Jordan, American businessman and Chief Executive Officer (b. 1936)
- 2010 –Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
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