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| May 25th, 2005 (May 25 2005) | Death | Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (born in 1929) | |
| May 25th, 2005 (May 25 2005) | Death | Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (born in 1938) | |
| May 25th, 2005 (May 25 2005) | Death | Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (born in 1934) | |
| May 25th, 2005 (May 25 2005) | Death | Ruth Laredo, American pianist (born in 1937) | |
| May 25th, 2005 (May 25 2005) | Death | Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (born in 1965) | John Scott Quotes |
| May 25th, 1995 (May 25 1995) | Event | The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla. | |
| May 25th, 1995 (May 25 1995) | Death | Dany Robin, French actress (born in 1927) | |
| May 25th, 1985 (May 25 1985) | Event | Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. | |
| May 25th, 1985 (May 25 1985) | Birth | Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress | |
| May 25th, 1975 (May 25 1975) | Birth | Lauryn Hill, American singer | |
| May 25th, 1965 (May 25 1965) | Birth | George Hickenlooper, American documentary film-maker | |
| May 25th, 1965 (May 25 1965) | Death | Sonny Boy Williamson, (Alec "Rice" Miller) American Blues singer, songwriter, and musician (born in 1899) | William Miller Quotes |
| May 25th, 1955 (May 25 1955) | Event | In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S. | |
| May 25th, 1955 (May 25 1955) | Birth | Alistair Burt, British politician | |
| May 25th, 1935 (May 25 1935) | Event | Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
| May 25th, 1935 (May 25 1935) | Birth | Cookie Gilchrist, American football player | |
| May 25th, 1935 (May 25 1935) | Birth | Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (died in 1988) | |
| May 25th, 1935 (May 25 1935) | Death | Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (born in 1868) | |
| May 25th, 1925 (May 25 1925) | Event | Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin s theory of evolution. | Charles Darwin Quotes |
| May 25th, 1925 (May 25 1925) | Birth | Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (died in 1974) | |
| May 25th, 1925 (May 25 1925) | Birth | Jeanne Crain, American actress (died in 2003) | |
| May 25th, 1925 (May 25 1925) | Birth | Don Liddle, baseball player (died in 2000) | |
| May 25th, 1895 (May 25 1895) | Event | 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. | Oscar Wilde Quotes |
| May 25th, 1895 (May 25 1895) | Event | The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president. | |
| May 25th, 1865 (May 25 1865) | Event | In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes. | |
| May 25th, 1865 (May 25 1865) | Birth | John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (died in 1955) | |
| May 25th, 1865 (May 25 1865) | Birth | Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1943) | |
| May 25th, 1845 (May 25 1845) | Birth | Lip Pike, baseball player (died in 1883) | |
| May 25th, 1805 (May 25 1805) | Death | William Paley, English philosopher (born in 1743) | Philo Quotes |
| May 25th, 1725 (May 25 1725) | Birth | Samuel Ward, American politician (died in 1776) | |
| May 25th, 1595 (May 25 1595) | Death | Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (born in 1567) | |
| May 25th, 1555 (May 25 1555) | Death | Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (born in 1508) | |
| May 25th, 1555 (May 25 1555) | Death | Henry II of Navarre (born in 1503) | |
| May 25th, 1085 (May 25 1085) | Event | Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors. | |
| May 25th, 1085 (May 25 1085) | Death | Pope Gregory VII | |
| May 25th, 0735 (May 25 0735) | Death | Bede, English historian and monk (born in circa 672 or 673) | Bede Quotes |
