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| May 25th, 2007 (May 25 2007) | Event | The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire for the second time. | |
| May 25th, 2007 (May 25 2007) | Death | Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (born in 1931) | |
| May 25th, 1997 (May 25 1997) | Event | A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah. | John Major Quotes |
| May 25th, 1987 (May 25 1987) | Birth | Timothy Derijck, Belgian football player | |
| May 25th, 1977 (May 25 1977) | Event | Star Wars is releasedied in It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise. | |
| May 25th, 1977 (May 25 1977) | Birth | Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ | |
| May 25th, 1977 (May 25 1977) | Death | Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (born in 1904) | |
| May 25th, 1967 (May 25 1967) | Event | Celtic F.C. (Scotland) become the first northern European team to win the European Champions Cup, which had previously been the preserve of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish clubs by beating F.C. Internazionale Milano 2 - 1. | |
| May 25th, 1967 (May 25 1967) | Birth | Poppy Z. Brite, American author | |
| May 25th, 1957 (May 25 1957) | Birth | Edward Lee, American writer | |
| May 25th, 1957 (May 25 1957) | Birth | Robert Picard, French Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 25th, 1927 (May 25 1927) | Birth | Robert Ludlum, American writer (died in 2001) | |
| May 25th, 1927 (May 25 1927) | Death | Payne Whitney, American businessman (born in 1876) | |
| May 25th, 1917 (May 25 1917) | Birth | Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian | |
| May 25th, 1917 (May 25 1917) | Birth | Steve Cochran, American actor (died in 1965) | |
| May 25th, 1917 (May 25 1917) | Death | Maksim Bahdanovic, Belarusian poet (born in 1891) | |
| May 25th, 1907 (May 25 1907) | Birth | U Nu, Burmese politician (died in 1995) | |
| May 25th, 1897 (May 25 1897) | Birth | Gene Tunney, American heavyweight champion (died in 1978) | |
| May 25th, 1887 (May 25 1887) | Birth | Pio of Pietrelcina, Catholic saint (died in 1968) | |
| May 25th, 1877 (May 25 1877) | Birth | Billy Murray, American singer (died in 1954) | |
| May 25th, 1837 (May 25 1837) | Event | The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom. | |
| May 25th, 1797 (May 25 1797) | Death | John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (born in 1719) | |
| May 25th, 1787 (May 25 1787) | Event | In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides. | George Washington Quotes |
| May 25th, 1667 (May 25 1667) | Death | Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (born in 1620) | |
| May 25th, 0967 (May 25 0967) | Death | Murakami, Emperor of Japan (born in 926) | |
