May 25th, 1280

Born on May 25th, 1280

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 468 days, exactly on November 6th, 2027, people who were born on May 25th, 1280 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 25th?

May 25th, 1971

Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, was killed in Drew, Mississippi, in a case that attracted widespread attention from civil rights activists.

May 25th, 2020

George Floyd, a black American man, was murdered (memorial pictured) 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, hosted by Oprah Winfrey (pictured), 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.

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: 1280 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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