May 25th, 1240

Born on May 25th, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 615 days, exactly on March 6th, 2026, people who were born on May 25th, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 25th?

May 25th, 2020

George Floyd, an African-American man, was murdered during an arrest by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking protests in the U.S. and other countries.

May 25th, 2013

Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing at least 27 deaths.

May 25th, 2012

In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.

May 25th, 2011

The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated daytime talk show in U.S. television history, was broadcast.

May 25th, 2009

North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led to sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.

May 25th, 1979

During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that killed 273 people in the deadliest aviation accident in United States history.

May 25th, 1967

Having purged a group of rivals, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il-sung delivered the "May 25 teaching", entrenching his son Kim Jong-il as his designated successor.

May 25th, 1962

The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business.

May 25th, 1961

A fire broke out at a squatter settlement in Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore, rendering approximately 16,000 people homeless.

May 25th, 1955

Joe Brown and George Band, members of the British Kangchenjunga expedition, made the first ascent of the world's third-highest mountain but deliberately did not set foot on the summit.

May 25th, 1944

The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito.

May 25th, 1940

Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk.

May 25th, 1936

Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives developed the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula" to intimidate the strikers.

May 25th, 1895

Oscar Wilde was sentenced by Alfred Wills to two years of hard labor for gross indecency.

May 25th, 1878

Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore (poster featured) premiered at the Opera Comique in London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 25th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 25th?

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

53

Anne Heche

American actress (1969–2022)

*May 25th, 1969, Aurora †August 12th, 2022, Los Angeles

71

V

American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist

*May 25th, 1953, New York City

61

Mike Myers

Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker

*May 25th, 1963, Scarborough

81

Leslie Uggams

American actress and singer

*May 25th, 1943, New York City

78

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher (1803–1882)

*May 25th, 1803, Boston †April 27th, 1882, Concord

91

Hal David

American poet and lyricist (1921–2012)

*May 25th, 1921, New York City †September 1st, 2012, Los Angeles

38

Yoan Gouffran

French association football player

*May 25th, 1986, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

78

Pieter Zeeman

Dutch physicist (1865-1943)

*May 25th, 1865, Zonnemaire †October 9th, 1943, Amsterdam

40

Markus Brzenska

German association football player and manager

*May 25th, 1984, Lünen

34

Mad Clip

American-Greek rapper and songwriter

*May 25th, 1987, New York City †September 2nd, 2021, Vouliagmeni

85

Ian McKellen

English actor (born 1939)

*May 25th, 1939, Burnley

49

Toghon Temür

Mongol Empire Khagan, Yuan and Northern Yuan dynasty Emperor (1320–1370)

*May 25th, 1320, Yuan dynasty †May 23rd, 1370, Yingchang

38

Geraint Thomas

Welsh racing cyclist

*May 25th, 1986, Cardiff

70

Dorothea Lange

American photojournalist (1895-1965)

*May 25th, 1895, Hoboken †October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker Hospital

87

Claude Pinoteau

French film director

*May 25th, 1925, Boulogne-Billancourt †October 5th, 2012, Neuilly-sur-Seine

49

Aïssa Maïga

Senegalese actress

*May 25th, 1975, Dakar

80

Sarah Marshall

British actress (1933-2014)

*May 25th, 1933, London †January 18th, 2014, Los Angeles

48

Cillian Murphy

Irish actor

*May 25th, 1976, County Cork

42

Ezekiel Kemboi

Kenyan runner

*May 25th, 1982, Marakwet District

61

Anne Consigny

French actress

*May 25th, 1963, Alençon

52

Karan Johar

Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and television host

*May 25th, 1972, Mumbai

54

Octavia Spencer

American actress

*May 25th, 1970, Montgomery

64

Amy Klobuchar

American lawyer and politician (born 1960)

*May 25th, 1960, Plymouth

59

Yahya Jammeh

2nd President of the Gambia

*May 25th, 1965, Kanilai

39

Roman Reigns

American professional wrestler (born 1985)

*May 25th, 1985, Pensacola

80

Frank Oz

American director, actor, and puppeteer

*May 25th, 1944, Hereford

69

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British statesman and author (1803–1873)

*May 25th, 1803, London †January 18th, 1873, Torquay

90

David Burke

English actor

*May 25th, 1934, Liverpool

83

Vladimir Voronin

Moldovan politician, former President of Moldova

*May 25th, 1941, Corjova

36

Gaetano Scirea

Italian footballer (1953-1989)

*May 25th, 1953, Cernusco sul Naviglio †September 3rd, 1989, Babsk

78

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)

*May 25th, 1713, Parliament Square †March 10th, 1792, Grosvenor Square

83

Igor Sikorsky

American aviation pioneer from Russian Empire (1889–1972)

*May 25th, 1889, Kyiv †October 26th, 1972, Easton

39

Demba Ba

Senegalese and French footballer

*May 25th, 1985, Sèvres

61

Ludovic Orban

Prime Minister of Romania from 2019 to 2020

*May 25th, 1963, Brașov

57

Poppy Z. Brite

Novelist, short story writer, food writer from the United States

*May 25th, 1967, New Orleans

54

Jamie Kennedy

American actor and comedian

*May 25th, 1970, Upper Darby Township

72

Max Becker

German politician (1888-1960)

*May 25th, 1888, Kassel †July 29th, 1960, Heidelberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 25th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Missing Children's Day and its related observances) which are celebrated on May 25th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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