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, 2024 is the 146th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
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
- 1878 –Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- 1895 –The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president.
- 1925 –Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
- 1926 –Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People’s Republic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1962 –The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business.
- 1963 –In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
- 1973 –HNS Velos (D-16), while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the dictatorship in Greece, anchored at Fiumicino, Italy, refusing to return to Greece.
- 1982 –HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
Who were born on May 25?
- 1713 –John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
- 1880 –Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
- 1907 –U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
- 1944 –Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1953 –Eve Ensler, American playwright
- 1957 –Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 –Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 –Marco Cappato, Italian politician
- 1976 –Tarik Glenn, American football player
- 1984 –Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic beauty pageant constestant (Miss World 2005)
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