May 25: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

May 25th marks the 145th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 146th in case of leap years). There are 220 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. Famous birthdays on this day include François Bayrou (1951), Cillian Murphy (1976) and Ian McKellen (1939). Holidays and observances around the world include: Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, 25-31 May.
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Holidays

Ancient Latvia - Urbanas Diena observed
Saint Reinolf
Saint Marie-Madeleine-Sofie Barat (died 1865)
Virginia - Confederate Memorial Day (1868)
Argentina - Day of May Revolution/National Day (1810)
Towel Day, in memory of Douglas Adams, is observed in ?
The Ascension, one of the great feasts in the Christian liturgical calendar
Saint Bede the Venerable (died 735)
Saint Frederic
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Bruno of Wnrzburg
The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Day of Youth
Saint Hildebert
Chad, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe - African Liberation Day
Officially declared Carrie Underwood Day in Oklahoma for her winning American Idol
Jordan - National Day/Arab Renaissance Day (1946)
Africa Day commemorating the 1963 fouding of he AU's precursor, OAU
United States - Memorial Day/Decoration Day, a legal holiday (1868)
Lebanon, Liberation Day (1999)
Saint Pope Gregory VII (died 1085)
Libya, Sudan - Sudan National Day/May Revolution Day (1969)
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Events

2019 Saudi Arabia-United States relations. Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations. Iran-Saudi Arabia proxy Conflict: U.S. President Donald Trump bypasses Congress and approves the sale of billions worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia. He cited Iranian threats against the latter.
2018 Noblesville West Middle School shootings: Two people were injured in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School, Noblesville, Indiana. One suspect is currently in police custody.
2017 A booby-trapped package that was intended to be a gift for the former Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, explodes in his car in Athens. His injuries are not considered life-threatening according to authorities.
2016 Afghanistan War (2001-present). The Afghan Taliban announced that Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban's new leader, will replace Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a drone strike. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Mullah Yaqoob and Mullah Yaqoob were named as the deputy leaders. (Al-Jazeera). A suicide bomb attack causes at least 10 deaths and injures four passengers on a bus carrying appeals court staff west of Kabul.
2015 Syrian Civil War: Turkey claims that it has reached an agreement with the United States in principle to support some elements of the opposition to Syria's civil war. More than a million Syrian refugees now live on Turkish territory. Many of the opposition figures are also there.
2014 Al-Qaeda insurgency: Yemeni military kills five al-Qaeda militants, arrests four others in a raid north Sana'a.
2013 Mokhtar Belmokhtar, commander of Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, claims responsibility for the suicide bombings that claimed 30 lives in Niger on May 23, 2001.
2012 Ten police officers were injured in an explosion of a car bomb in Nuevo Laredo in Mexico's border city. Los Zetas, Mexico's largest drug trafficking organization, was suspected to be behind the attack.
2011 At least seven people were killed when a suicide bomber from Pakistani Taliban attacked a Peshawar police station. (AFP via Yahoo! News),
2010 After clashes, central Nepal imposes a curfew. Following clashes between police and members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist),-aligned Young Communist League, (YCL), the central Nepal district Dolakha issued a curfew order.
2009 North Korea is said to have tested its second nuclear weapon. Pyongyang conducted missile tests after the nuclear test. This increased tensions within the international community.
2008 NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander touches down in Mars' far north, sending back pictures from a region that was never before seen.
2007 The Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall will be equipped with more than 1,000 photovoltaic cells to provide all of its annual electricity needs.
2006 Kenneth Lay, the CEO of Enron is indicted for ten counts related to securities fraud.
2005 Liverpool F.C. plays at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium. Liverpool F.C. scores three goals in six minutes and tie the game. After extra-time, AC Milan is defeated 3-2 by Liverpool F.C. in a penalty shootout. This marks AC Milan's first UEFA Champions League title since 1984. The second half saw goals from Steven Gerrard and Vladmir Smicer, as well as Xabi Alonso. Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties in one of the greatest sporting comebacks.
2004 Floods in Haiti and Dominican Republic can kill up to 1,000 people.
2003 After arriving in Miami at 05:00, the SS Norway (or old SS France) is badly damaged in a boiler explosion that killed 7 and injures 17. NCL announces that she will not sail again as a commercial ocean-liner a few weeks later.
2002 China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747 200 crashes in mid-air, plunges into Taiwan Strait, killing 225 people
2001 Erik Weihenmayer (32 years old), from Boulder, Colorado becomes the first blind person on Mount Everest.
2000 Liberation Day of Lebanon. After 22 years of invading Lebanon in 1978, Israel has now withdrawn its army from the majority of Lebanese territory.
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.
1997 Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American.
1994 Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated
1992 Jay Leno becomes the new host of NBC's The Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson.
1991 People Are Still Having Sex, by LaTour hits #35
1989 Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
1988 PSV wins Europe Cup.
1986 30,000,000 watch Live Aid, a massive benefit concert
1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1984 Detroit Tigers loss to Seattle Mariners 7-3 ends record-tying 17 consecutive wins.
1983 Return of the Jedi (Star Wars VI) released to theaters.
1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1981 Al Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1980 Musical Chairs closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt.
1978 Star Wars released
1977 Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany released
1976 Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali knocks out Richard Dunn in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title in Munich, Germany.
1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden State Warriors sweep Washington Bullets in four games.
1973 George Harrison releases Give Me Love in the UK
1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1969 Midnight Cowboy released with an X rating
1968 Rolling Stones release Jumping Jack Flash
1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic-painted Rolls Royce.
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima, Peru; 248 die.
1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage
1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore
1963 Hot Spot closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
1962 Isley Brothers release Twist & Shout
1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1959 Khrushchev visits Angola
1957 Shinbone Alley closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
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.
1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game
1950 Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City, New York.
1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai.
1948 San Francisco receives its 1st telecast
1947 An airliner of the Flugfelag Íslands crashes into a mountainside, killing 25 people.
1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day).
1944 Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia.
1943 Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers.
1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
1940 German troops conquer Boulogne
1939 Carl Storck becomes the second NFL president.
1938 Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
1937 First airmail letter to circle the globe returns to New York.
1936 The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
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.
1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car
1926 Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
1925 Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
1923 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader.
1922 Babe Ruth suspended one day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire.
1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap.
1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pittsburgh (Federal League), 10-0.
1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.
1911 Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Diaz signs his resignation and leaves for Veracruz on May 31 he leaves for exile in France.
1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0.
1905 The Commonwealth statue is placed atop the Capitol.
1904 38th Belmont Stakes: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6.
1900 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics.
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