Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: May 25
May 25, 2025 is the 145th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Emerald is your modern birthstone. Sapphire is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: May 25
- 1810 –May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1819 –The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
- 1895 –The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president.
- 1935 –Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1936 –The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
- 1951 –Future Hall of Famer Willie Mays was called up by the New York Giants from their farm team Minneapolis Millers. We went 0-5 in his first major league game.
- 1953 –Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1966 –Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
- 1979 –American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- 2009 –North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
Who were born on May 25?
- 1458 –Sultan Mahmud Begada of Gujarat (d. 1511)
- 1856 –Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
- 1865 –Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1913 –Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
- 1924 –István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1969 –Anne Heche, American actress
- 1976 –Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
- 1985 –Demba Ba, Senegalese footballer
- 1986 –Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 –Jillian Wheeler, American musician
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