May 25th, 1379

Born on May 25th, 1379

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 235,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 428 days, exactly on July 17th, 2025, people who were born on May 25th, 1379 will be 236,000 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 by the international community 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, 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, leading to the formation of the Housing and Development Board and proper housing.

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 Alan 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

70

Eve Ensler

American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist

*May 25th, 1953, New York City

60

Mike Myers

Canadian actor, comedian and filmmaker

*May 25th, 1963, Scarborough

80

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

37

Yoan Gouffran

French association football player

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

39

Markus Brzenska

German association football player and manager

*May 25th, 1984, Lünen

84

Ian McKellen

English actor (born 1939)

*May 25th, 1939, Burnley

34

Mad Clip

American-Greek rapper and songwriter

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

49

Toghon Temür

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

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

37

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

48

Aïssa Maïga

Senegalese actress

*May 25th, 1975, Dakar

80

Sarah Marshall

British actress (1933-2014)

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

47

Cillian Murphy

Irish actor

*May 25th, 1976, County Cork

60

Anne Consigny

French actress

*May 25th, 1963, Alençon

51

Karan Johar

Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and television host

*May 25th, 1972, Mumbai

53

Octavia Spencer

American actress

*May 25th, 1970, Montgomery

91

Hal David

American poet and lyricist (1921–2012)

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

63

Amy Klobuchar

American lawyer and politician (born 1960)

*May 25th, 1960, Plymouth

78

Pieter Zeeman

Dutch physicist (1865-1943)

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

79

Frank Oz

Actor, director

*May 25th, 1944, Hereford

38

Roman Reigns

American professional wrestler (born 1985)

*May 25th, 1985, Pensacola

69

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British statesman and author (1803–1873)

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

89

David Burke

English actor

*May 25th, 1934, Liverpool

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

38

Demba Ba

Senegalese and French footballer

*May 25th, 1985, Sèvres

72

Max Becker

German politician (1888-1960)

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

60

Ludovic Orban

Prime Minister of Romania from 2019 to 2020

*May 25th, 1963, Brașov

56

Poppy Z. Brite

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

*May 25th, 1967, New Orleans

53

Jamie Kennedy

American actor and comedian

*May 25th, 1970, Upper Darby Township

35

Adrián González Morales

Spanish footballer

*May 25th, 1988, Madrid

87

Claude Pinoteau

French film director

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

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

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

75

Klaus Meine

German singer

*May 25th, 1948, Hanover

65

Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld

German politician (1952-2017)

*May 25th, 1952, Köfering †December 1st, 2017, Köfering

36

Kamil Stoch

Polish ski jumper

*May 25th, 1987, Zakopane

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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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1379 is a normal year and no leap year.

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