Saturday May 25, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 25: Day of the Week

May 25, 2024 is the 146th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

May 25 Historical Event(s)

1085
Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
1420
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1810
May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence.
1833
The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
1895
Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of “committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons” and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1925
Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
1953
Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
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.
1981
In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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?

1606
Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)
1886
Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
1889
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born American aviation designer (d. 1972)
1899
Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet and musician (d. 1976)
1960
Amy Klobuchar, American politician
1970
Jamie Kennedy, American actor
1973
Daz Dillinger, American rapper
1973
Molly Sims, American model and actress
1974
Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
1976
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor

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