May 25
May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). There are 220 days remaining.
Events:
- 1961 - President Kennedy announces Apollo, U.S. manned spaceflight program to reach the Moon.
- 1986 - Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion.
- 1925 - John T. Scopes indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
Births:
- 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher (+ 1882)
- 1879 - W. Maxwell Aitken Lord Beaverbrook, publisher ((+ 1964)
- 1889 - Igor Sikorsky developer of a working helicopter (+ 1972)
- 1926 - Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter (+ 1991)
- 1926 - Max von der Grün, author
- 1929 - Beverly Skills, soprano
Deaths:
Holidays and observances:
- Commemoration of the Venerable Bede (Anglican)
- Argentina - Day of May Revolution/National Day (1810)
- Chad, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Zambia - African Freedom/Unity Day
- Jordan - Independence Day/Arab Renaissance Day (1946)
- Libya, Sudan - Sudan National Day/May Revolution Day (1969)
- United States - Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868)
- Virginia - Confederate Memorial Day (1868)
- Yugoslavia - Day of Youth
See Also:
May 24 - May 26 - April 25 - June 25 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December