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May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years ). There are 220 days remaining.
Events
1000-1899 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo , Spain back from the Moors .1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.1521 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms , declaring Martin Luther an outlaw .1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament , beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth .1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States . George Washington presides.1810 - In the May Revolution , armed citizens of Buenos Aires , Argentina expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo .1865 - Mobile magazine explosion : 300 are killed in Mobile, Alabama when an ordnance depot explodes.1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of sodomy and gross indecency and sentenced to serve two years in prison.1895 - The Republic of Taiwan is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
1900-1999 1914 - The United Kingdom 's House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule .1925 - Scopes Trial : John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin 's theory of evolution .1925 - The National Forensics League of America is founded. 1935 - In a span of 45 minutes at the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan , Jesse Owens sets or ties four track and field world records.1935 - At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , Babe Ruth hits his 714th and last home run setting a baseball record that will stand for 39 years. 1940 - World War II : The Battle of Dunkirk begins.1946 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.1953 - Nuclear testing : At the Nevada Test Site , the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.1955 - Kanchenjunga , third highest peak in the world is scaled successfully for the first time.1961 - Apollo program : American president John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon " before the end of the decade.1963 - In Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , the Organisation of African Unity is established.1966 - Explorer program : Explorer 32 launches.1968 - In St. Louis, Missouri , US Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and US Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial .1973 - Mike Oldfield releases Tubular Bells .1977 - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope movie to date.1979 - American Airlines Flight 191 : In Chicago, Illinois , a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.1979 - Alien Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver . 1981 - In Riyadh , the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain , Kuwait , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .1982 - HMS Coventry (D118) is sunk during the Falklands War .1983 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi 1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge which kills approximately 10,000 people.1990 - Back to the Future Part III 1994 - Beverly Hills Cop III Eddie Murphy .1995 - The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla .1997 - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah .1997 - Strom Thurmond becomes the longest serving member in the history of the United States Senate (41 years and 10 months).
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1900-1999 1913 - Richard Dimbleby , journalist and broadcaster1922 - Enrico Berlinguer , politician (d. 1984 )1926 - Max von der Grün, author1927 - Robert Ludlum , spy fiction writer (d. 2001 )1929 - Beverly Sills , American soprano1931 - Georgi Grechko , cosmonaut 1925 - Jeanne Crain , actress1935 - Cookie Gilchrist , American football player1938 - Raymond Carver , writer and poet (d. 1988 )1939 - Ian McKellen , actor1939 - Dixie Carter , actress 1943 - Jessi Colter, country singer1944 - Frank Oz , puppeteer, director1949 - Jamaica Kincaid , novelist1963 - Mike Myers , actor, comedian1966 - Sugar Minott , singer1967 - Poppy Z. Brite , author1969 - Anne Heche , actress1970 - Jamie Kennedy , actor1971 - Sonya Smith , actress1975 - Lauryn Hill , singer1976 - Miguel Tejada , Major League Baseball All-Star 1979 - Monica Keena , American actress
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Holidays and observances May 24 - May 26 - April 25 - June 25 - listing of all days
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President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom Participate in Joint Press Availability (7317 words)
They say further that while the Iraqi army may be improving, there is absolutely no way to depend upon the police, who they say are corrupt and aligned with militias. And I think that you may find that it is easier for Iraqis to do this themselves and take some of these measures necessary, than it is for us , although we would be there, obviously, in support of what they're doing. And I think it's easy to go back over mistakes that we may have made, but the biggest reason why Iraq has been difficult is the determination of our opponents to defeat us .
The Avalon Project:Madison Debates : May 14, May 25 (519 words)
The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 reported by James Madison : May 14, May 25 [FN1]Monday May 14th 1787 was the day fixed for the meeting of the deputies in Convention for revising the federal system of Government. Friday 25 of May , when the following members [FN2] appeared to wit: see Note A. viz, [FN3] From Massachusetts Rufus King.
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