Today in History
25 May
236 births · 103 deaths · 60 events recorded
Notable Births
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Shawne Merriman
b. 1984
American football player (born 1984)
Ezekiel Kemboi
b. 1982
Kenyan steeplechase runner (born 1982)
Mike Myers
b. 1963
Canadian-American actor, comedian, filmmaker, musician, and singer (born 1963)
Paul Weller
b. 1958
English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1958)
Enrico Berlinguer
b. 1922
Italian politician (1922–1984)
Alan Kippax
b. 1897
Australian cricketer
Igor Sikorsky
b. 1889
Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972)
John Mott
b. 1865
American ecumenical Christian awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1865–1955)
Notable Deaths
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Albert S. Ruddy
d. 2024
American film producer and screenwriter (1930–2024)
Richard M. Sherman
d. 2024
American songwriter (1928–2024)
Johnny Wactor
d. 2024
American actor (1986–2024)
John Warner
d. 2021
American lawyer and politician (1927–2021)
George Floyd
d. 2020
American police murder victim (1973–2020)
Claus von Bülow
d. 2019
Danish-British socialite (1926–2019)
Kaduvetti Guru
d. 2018
Former Politician from Tamil Nadu, India
Chester B. Bowles
d. 1986
American politician (1901–1986)
On This Day in History
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2018
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
General Data Protection Regulation
2018
Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
Republic of Ireland
2013
Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
Naxalism
2012
The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
SpaceX Dragon 1
2011
Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Oprah Winfrey
2009
North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community.
North Korea
2008
NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
NASA
2002
China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board.
China Airlines Flight 611