May 25th, 1955

Born on May 25th, 1955

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What happened on May 25th, 1955?

May 25th, 1955

First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brown_(climber)

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 25th, 1955

68

Agustín Almodóvar

Spanish film producer and actor

*May 25th, 1955, Calzada de Calatrava

68

Connie Sellecca

Actress, spokesperson, activist

*May 25th, 1955, The Bronx

68

Bobby Slayton

American actor

*May 25th, 1955, New York City

68

Alistair Burt

British politician (born 1955)

*May 25th, 1955, Bury

68

Gustavo Garzón

Argentine actor

*May 25th, 1955, Buenos Aires

68

Allan Trautman

American puppeteer

*May 25th, 1955, Brooklyn

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

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

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

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

53

Anne Heche

American actress (1969–2022)

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

80

Leslie Uggams

American actress and singer

*May 25th, 1943, New York City

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

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

84

Ian McKellen

English actor (born 1939)

*May 25th, 1939, Burnley

63

Amy Klobuchar

American lawyer and politician (born 1960)

*May 25th, 1960, Plymouth

60

Anne Consigny

French actress

*May 25th, 1963, Alençon

65

Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld

German politician (1952-2017)

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

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

48

Aïssa Maïga

Senegalese actress

*May 25th, 1975, Dakar

34

Mad Clip

American-Greek rapper and songwriter

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

80

Sarah Marshall

British actress (1933-2014)

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

37

Geraint Thomas

Welsh racing cyclist

*May 25th, 1986, Cardiff

47

Cillian Murphy

Irish actor

*May 25th, 1976, County Cork

65

Paul Weller

English recording artist; singer-songwriter, musician

*May 25th, 1958, Woking

53

Octavia Spencer

American actress

*May 25th, 1970, Montgomery

51

Karan Johar

Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and television host

*May 25th, 1972, Mumbai

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Born in 1955

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47 president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

68

Whoopi Goldberg

American actress, comedian, author and television personality

*November 13th, 1955, New York City

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No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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