May 25

May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th day in a leap year ) in the Gregorian calendar . The following are still 220 days until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1979 - A DC-10 of American Airlines loses just after the start in Chicago a motor, thus crashing the phone and all 273 passengers are killed.
 * 1985 - As a typhoon with wind 12 to about 3 o'clock in the morning along the coast of Bangladesh rages, are large areas flooded.
 * 2005 - Studio Brussel presenter Peter Van de Veirs draws the world Crowd Surfing with 14 minutes and 37 seconds.
 * 2012 - In the Finnish town of Hyvinkää shooting a 18-year-old gunman from a rooftop several people down, two die of their injuries. [1]


 * Art
 * 1895 - Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde is convicted of sodomy and need to prison for two years.
 * 1910 - Exhibition of Les Indépendants in Paris .


 * Media
 * 1964 - David Sutch sails to army fort Shivering Sands to Radio Sutch start.
 * 1977 - Star Wars (then simply called Star Wars) premiered.
 * 2011 - After 25 seasons presents Oprah Winfrey the last episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on American television.


 * War
 * 1085 - Alfonso VI of León and Castile recaptures Toledo on the Moors .
 * 1940 - The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
 * 2000 - Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon and end the occupation.


 * Politics
 * 556 BC. - Nabu-NAID (Nabonidus) displaces Labashi-Marduk the throne of Babylon .
 * 1521 - Emperor Charles V justifies the Diet of Worms the Edict of Worms from which Martin Luther declared outlawed.
 * 1895 - The Republic of Taiwan was founded, with Tang Ching-sung as president.
 * 1946 - Independence of Jordan .
 * 1965 - Roel van Duijn and others bring out a pamphlet, which is considered the beginning of the Provo movement .
 * 1977 - At the parliamentary elections in Netherlands wins the Labour Party under the leadership of Joop den Uyl ten seats.
 * 2012 - The massacre of Houla in Syria .
 * 2014 - Petro Poroshenko win the Ukrainian presidential election .


 * Recreation
 * 1971 - The Efteling opens the attraction Diorama .


 * Religion
 * 1914 - Pope Pius X creates thirteen new cardinals, including his successor, the Italian Archbishop of Bologna Giacomo della Chiesa .
 * 1985 - Pope John Paul II creates 28 new cardinals, including the Dutch archbishop of Utrecht Ad Simonis and Belgian Curia prelate Jean Jérôme Hamer .
 * 2006 - Pope Benedict XVI brings a four-day visit to Poland .


 * Sport
 * 1898 - Establishment of the Slovak football club first. FC Tatran Prešov called ETVE Prešov (es Vivo Eperjesi Torna Egyesület).
 * 1935 - Jesse Owens runs and jumps four world records in one hour at matches in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
 * 1940 - Opening of the Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia .
 * 1982 - The Dutch football team acts as a sparring partner for England, which does have qualified for the World Cup 1982 in. London won the home team 2-0 through goals from Tony Woodcock and Paul Mariner . In Orange waving Jan Peters and Tschen La Ling off as international. Ajax defender Peter Boeve debuts.
 * 1988 - PSV won the European Cup (forerunner of the Champions League ) by Benfica to beat in the shoot-out.
 * 1995 - Host South Africa opens the third official world rugby by defending champion Australia by defeating 27-18.
 * 2005 - Liverpool FC win the Champions League by AC Milan after beating penalties after a thrilling contest.
 * 2007 - The Danish former cyclist and Tour de France -winner of 1996 , Bjarne Riis admits using EPO .
 * 2013 - The wife team of FC Twente 's first team became champion of the BeNe League with a home win 3-1 at Standard Liege .
 * 2013 - Bayern Munich win the whole German finals of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League by 2-1 to Borussia Dortmund to win .


 * Science and Technology
 * 1842 - Christian Doppler implies Prague his famous speech: "Über das farbige Light of Doppelsterne und einige anderer Gesterne des Himmels".
 * 1948 - Andrew Moyer obtains patent on his method for mass production of penicillin .
 * 1961 - US President John F. Kennedy announces that at the end of the decade, an American on the moon will go and return safely ( Project Apollo ).
 * 1973 - The Skylab SL-2 mission is launched; the first manned mission to Skylab .
 * 2007 - Google launches Street View . There are at the moment to see some US cities.

Born

 * 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher (deceased in 1882 )
 * 1826 - Danilo II, Prince of Montenegro (deceased in 1860 )
 * 1865 - Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist (deceased in 1943 )
 * 1886 - John Boelstra, Dutch police officer (deceased in 1951 )
 * 1889 - Gilardo Gilardi, Argentinian composer (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1891 - Rinke Tolman, Dutch field biologist and writer (deceased in 1983 )
 * 1898 - Harry Broos, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1954 )
 * 1907 - Gregorio Zaide, Filipino historian (deceased in 1986 )
 * 1908 - Theodore Roethke, American poet (deceased in 1963 )
 * 1914 - Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Filipino painter (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1914 - Wang Shixiang, Chinese art and culture scholar and poet (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1917 - Theodore Hesburgh, American priest and university president (deceased in 2015 )
 * 1919 - Jo Teunissen-Waalboer, Dutch athlete (deceased in 1991 )
 * 1920 - Georges Bordonove, French historian and writer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1920 - Herman van Laer, Dutch sports director (deceased in 2005 )
 * 1922 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (deceased 1984 )
 * 1922 - Kitty Kallen, American singer
 * 1927 - Robert Ludlum, American writer (deceased in 2001 )
 * 1928 - Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports team owner (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1928 - Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1928 - Lutgart Simoens, Flemish radio presenter
 * 1929 - Beverly Sills, American opera singer (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1933 - Daan de Groot, Dutch cyclist (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1933 - Romuald Klim, Belarusian hammer thrower (deceased in 2011 )
 * 1934 - Rudy van Houten, Dutch pianist and composer (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1936 - Hans Croon, Dutch footballer and football coach (deceased in 1985 )
 * 1936 - Tom T. Hall, American singer, songwriter and author
 * 1938 - Jules Hamel, Dutch actor
 * 1939 - Ferdinand Bracke, Belgian cyclist
 * 1939 - Mike Harris, South African racing driver
 * 1939 - Ian McKellen, British actor
 * 1944 - Frank Oz, British puppeteer and director
 * 1946 - Jean-Pierre Danguillaume, French cyclist
 * 1946 - Thomas Nordahl, Swedish footballer
 * 1950 - Yevgeny Kulikov, Russian skater
 * 1951 - Jean-Marie Aerts, Belgian rock guitarist and producer
 * 1953 - Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer
 * 1953 - Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (deceased in 1989 )
 * 1954 - Hanneke Kappen, Dutch presenter, columnist and singer
 * 1955 - André Pakosie, Surinamese author
 * 1955 - Connie Sellecca, American actress
 * 1958 - Paul Weller, British musician
 * 1960 - Eric Heuvel, Dutch cartoonist
 * 1963 - Erik de Bruin, Dutch athlete
 * 1963 - Iñaki Gastón, Spanish cyclist
 * 1963 - Mike Myers, Canadian actor
 * 1965 - Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (deceased 2007 )
 * 1966 - Laurentien Brinkhorst, Princess of Orange-Nassau
 * 1967 - Bettina Berger, Dutch actress
 * 1967 - Luc Nilis, Belgian footballer and football coach
 * 1968 - Karl Roy, Filipino rock singer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1969 - Anne Heche, American actress, film director and screenwriter
 * 1969 - Patrick Jonker, Dutch-Australian cyclist
 * 1970 - Kim Taek-soo, South Korean table tennis player
 * 1971 - Stefano Baldini, Italian athlete
 * 1971 - Georg Totschnig, Austrian cyclist
 * 1973 - Mikel Odriozola, Spanish fast walker
 * 1973 - Tomasz Zdebel, German-Polish footballer
 * 1974 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
 * 1975 - Isabelle Adam, Belgian singer
 * 1975 - Lauryn Hill, American hip-hop singer and actress
 * 1975 - Blaise Nkufo, Swiss-Congolese footballer
 * 1975 - Randall Simon, Dutch baseball player
 * 1976 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor and musician
 * 1976 - Sandra Nasic, German singer
 * 1976 - Magnus Pehrsson, Swedish footballer and football coach
 * 1976 - Andy Selva, San Marino and footballer
 * 1977 - Giel Beelen, Dutch radio presenter
 * 1979 - Carlos Bocanegra, American football player
 * 1979 - Christian Nilsson, Swedish golfer
 * 1979 - Wim Van Huffel, Belgian cyclist
 * 1979 - Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
 * 1979 - Xing Lin, Chinese triathlete
 * 1980 - Michel Breuer, Dutch footballer
 * 1980 - Joey Guðjónsson, Icelandic footballer
 * 1980 - David Navarro, Spanish footballer
 * 1981 - Nawaf Al-Khaldi, Kuwaiti footballer
 * 1982 - Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
 * 1982 - Roger Guerreiro, Brazilian Polish footballer
 * 1982 - Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan athlete
 * 1982 - Irina Meleshina, Russian athlete
 * 1982 - Giandomenico Mesto, Italian footballer
 * 1982 - Natallia Mikhnevich, Belarusian athlete
 * 1982 - Ellen Petri, Miss Belgium 2004
 * 1983 - Maurizio Ceresoli, Italian racing driver
 * 1985 - Demba Ba, Senegalese-French footballer
 * 1985 - Tuğba Daşdemir Kocaağa, Turkish alpineskiester
 * 1986 - Rok Marguč, Slovenian snowboarder
 * 1986 - Branislau Samoilau, Belarusian cyclist
 * 1986 - Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
 * 1987 - Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
 * 1987 - Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
 * 1988 - Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
 * 1988 - Mato Jajalo, Croatian footballer
 * 1988 - Anémone Marmottan, French alpineskiester
 * 1990 - Erin Mielzynski, Canadian alpineskiester
 * 1991 - Geoffrey Castillion, Dutch footballer
 * 1991 - Aleksey Fyodorov, Russian athlete
 * 1993 - Nikolay Martsenko, Russian racing driver
 * 1995 - Haris Alagic, Dutch-Bosnian singer-songwriter

Deceased

 * 615 - Boniface IV, pope of the Catholic Church
 * 641 - Constantine III (29), Emperor of Byzantium
 * 735 - Bede, English historian and monk (approx. 62)
 * 1085 - Pope Gregory VII (60)
 * 1261 - Pope Alexander IV (± 62)
 * 1646 - Maria Ortiz (42), Brazilian heroine
 * 1786 - Peter III of Portugal (68), King of Portugal
 * 1805 - William Paley (62), British philosopher
 * 1849 - Andreas Victor Michiels (51), Dutch general and commander of the KNIL
 * 1850 - Henricus Hosting (71) Belgian politician
 * 1894 - Paul Jan Bosch Drake Stein (69), King's Commissioner (s) of North Brabant
 * 1933 - Ignacio Villamor (70), Filipino lawyer, judge and director
 * 1934 - Gustav Holst (59), British composer
 * 1948 - Witold Pilecki (47), Polish military occupation and the resistance
 * 1949 - Simon Trace (47), Dutch general and commander KNIL
 * 1960 - Rafael Gómez Ortega (77), Spanish torero
 * 1968 - Georg von Küchler (86), German field marshal
 * 1983 - Idris of Libya (94), king of Libya
 * 1984 - Piet Necklace (78), Dutch composer, pianist, conductor and music critic
 * 1992 - Endre Győrfi (72), Hungarian water polo player
 * 1992 - Philip Habib (72), American diplomat
 * 1992 - Johan Polak (63), Dutch publisher
 * 1994 - Dan-Ola Eckerman (31), Finnish footballer
 * 1995 - Élie Bayol (81), French race car driver
 * 2000 - Vincent King (64), British writer
 * 2001 - Ferry van Vliet (20), Dutch footballer
 * 2002 - Bart de Graaff (35), Dutch television presenter, program maker, broadcaster and founder-chairman
 * 2002 - Kees Vellekoop (61), Dutch musicologist and professor
 * 2004 - Ethel Portnoy (77), Dutch writer
 * 2005 - Ismail Merchant (68), Indian-British film producer
 * 2005 - Ben Peters (71), American composer of country music
 * 2006 - Desmond Dekker (64), Jamaican composer and singer
 * 2009 - Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (± 48), Kenyan political activist
 * 2009 - Haakon Lie (103), Norwegian politician
 * 2009 - Will Schutz (47), American actor
 * 2009 - Costas Sfikas (82), Greek actor, director and screenwriter
 * 2009 - Franz Soronics (88), Austrian politician
 * 2010 - Siphiwo Ntshebe (35), South African tenor
 * 2011 - Leonora Carrington (94), British-Mexican artist and writer
 * 2011 - Miroslav Opsenica (29) Serbian footballer
 * 2011 - Rian de Waal (53), Dutch pianist
 * 2011 - Hans Wynberg (88), Dutch chemist
 * 2012 - Edoardo Mangiarotti (93), Italian fencer
 * 2014 - Wojciech Jaruzelski (90), Polish general, politician and President
 * 2014 - Herb Jeffries (100), American singer and actor

Celebration / commemoration

 * Day of the revolution in Argentina ( 1810 )
 * Independence Jordan
 * Africa -Day
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Bede († 735 ) - Free Remembrance
 * St. Gregory VII († 1085 ) - Free Remembrance
 * St. Mary Magdalene de 'Pazzi († 1607 ) - Free Remembrance
 * Holy (Marie) Madeleine Sophie Barat († 1865 )
 * Saint Zenobius of Florence († 417 )
 * Saint Urban I († 230 )
 * Saints Wor (h) A (r) d (us) , Win (e) bald , Re (g) inhard and Gerwald of St-Bertin († 861 )
 * International Missing Children's Day
 * Towel Day an annual event as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams

Netherlands
Record counts
 * 1962 - Lowest mean daily temperature 7.4 ° C
 * 1992 - Highest mean daily temperature is 21.8 ° C
 * 1923 - Lowest minimum temperature 0.8 ° C
 * 1921 - Highest maximum temperature 29.8 ° C
 * 1909 - Highest hourly average wind speed 10.8 m / s
 * 1903 - Longest sunshine duration 16 hours
 * 1956 - Longest rainfall duration 16.1 hours
 * 1995 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 37.2 mm
 * 1915 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 42%

Belgium
Record counts Extraordinary events
 * 1962 - Lowest mean daily temperature 7.1 ° C
 * 1922 and 1953 - Highest mean daily temperature is 22.7 ° C
 * 1923 - Lowest minimum temperature 1.5 ° C
 * 1953 - Highest maximum temperature 30 ° C
 * 1933 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 37.9 mm
 * 1937 - Maximum temperature in Ostend to 28.8 ° C.
 * 1964 - Tornado uproots trees in Antwerp.