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The
25t o Mey
is the 145t day o the year (146t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 220 days ti come.
Events
- 1810
-
Argentinae
's War o Unthirldom stairts.
- 1865
- An ordnance depot explodes in Mobile,
Alabama
, kills ower 300 fowk.
- 1895
- The Republic o Formosa is formed on the island o
Taiwan
.
- 1938
-
Spaingie
Ceevil War: The bombin o
Alicante
kills 313 fowk.
- 1946
- The pairlament o Trans
Jordan
declares
Abdullah I o Jordan
as Emir.
- 1955
-
Kangchenjunga
, the third-hichest peak in the warld, on the
Indie
-
Nepal
border, is climbed for the first time.
- 1961
-
John F. Kennedy
says in a speech that the
Unitit States
should aim tae get a man on the
Muin
bi the end o the decade.
- 1962
- The new
Coventry
Cathedral, biggit naxt tae the ruins o the previous ane (damaged bi German bombin in
Warld War II
), is opened.
- 1963
- The
Africae
Union is formed in
Addis Ababa
,
Ethiopie
.
- 1967
-
Celtic F.C.
wins the European Cup, as the first Northren
European
team tae dae so.
- 1977
- The first
Star Wars
film is released in theaters.
- 1982
-
Falklands War
: "HMS Coventry" is sunk bi Argentine forces.
- 1995
- The Airmy o
Republika Srpska
launches an airtillery attack on the village o Tuzla, killin 71 fowk.
- 2000
-
Israel
withdraws frae
Lebanon
.
- 2001
-
Erik Weihenmayer
becomes the first
blind
person tae successfully climb
Munt Everest
.
- 2005
-
Liverpool F.C.
comes frae 3-0 behind tae defeat
A.C. Milan
in the feenal o the
UEFA Champions League
.
- 2009
-
North Korea
tests a nuclear device.
- 2012
-
Yes Scotland
, the campaign group in favour o
Scots unthirldom
, is launched in
Edinburgh
.
- 2013
- Twa German teams play in the feenal o the
UEFA Champions League
:
Bayern Munich
defeat
Borussia Dortmund
2-1.
- 2018
- The
European Union
's General
Data
Protection Regulation enters intae force.
- 2018
- A report on the economic case for
Scots unthirldom
is published.
- 2018
- A referednum in the
Republic o Ireland
results in 66.4% (an-awmaist twa-thirds majority) supportin a loosenin in the kintra's strict
abortion
law.
- 2019
-
Celtic F.C.
defeat
Hearts
2-1 in the feenal o the
Scottish Cup
tae seal a historic three consecutive domestic trebles.
- 2019
- A boat capsizes on Loch Mai-Ndombe in the wastren
Democratic Republic o the Congo
, killin at least 45 fowk an leavin ower 200 missin.
- 2020
- The
Killin o African-American man George Floyd
durin a
polis
arrest in
Minneapolis
leads tae warldwide debate ower, an protests agin,
racism
, racial inequality an polis violence.
Births
- 1713
-
John Stuart, 3rd Yerl o Bute
,
Prime meenister
o
Great Breetain
(d.
1792
)
- 1803
-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
, American poet an philosopher (d.
1882
)
- 1849
-
Benjamin Blyth II
, Scots ceevil ingineer (d.
1917
)
- 1865
-
Pieter Zeeman
, Dutch pheesicist (d.
1943
)
- 1889
-
Igor Sikorsky
, Roushie-American aircraft designer (d.
1972
)
- 1920
-
Princess Dorothea o Bavarie
(d.
2015
)
- 1921
-
Jack Steinberger
, German-American pheesicist
- 1924
-
Gordon Smith
, Scots fitbawer (d.
2004
)
- 1938
-
Raymond Carver
, American writer an poet (d.
1988
)
- 1939
-
Dixie Carter
, American actress (d.
2010
)
- 1939
- Sir
Ian McKellen
, Inglis actor an screenwriter
- 1941
-
Vladimir Voronin
, umwhile
Preses
o
Moldovae
- 1953
-
Daniel Passarella
, Argentine fitbawer
- 1957
-
Mark McGhee
, Scots fitbawer an coach
- 1958
-
Paul Weller
, Inglis sangster-sangwriter an guitarist
- 1960
-
Amy Klobuchar
, American politeecian
- 1963
-
Mike Myers
, Canadian actor, sangster, producer an screenwriter
- 1965
-
Yahya Jammeh
, umwhile
Preses
o
The Gambie
- 1970
-
Octavia Spencer
, American actress
- 1976
-
Cillian Murphy
, Erse actor
- 1979
-
Jonny Wilkinson
, Inglis rugby player
- 1985
-
Demba Ba
, Senegalese fitbawer
- 1986
-
James Morrison
, Scots fitbawer
- 1986
-
Geraint Thomas
, Welsh cyclist
- 1987
-
Kamil Stoch
, Pols ski jumper
Daiths
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