On This Day
This Day in History: (25-May)
Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085)
Toghon Temür, Mongolian emperor (d. 1370)
Emperor Sukō of Japan (d. 1398)
Catherine of Cleves, Duchess consort regent of Guelders (d. 1479)
Camillus de Lellis, Italian saint and nurse (d. 1614)
Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (d. 1649)
Claude Buffier, Polish-French historian and philosopher (d. 1737)
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (d. 1776)
Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841)
Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1841)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1873)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (d. 1897)
Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer (d. 1882)
Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet (d. 1877)
Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator (d. 1900)
Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher (d. 1924)
William Muldoon, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1933)
Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (d. 1942)
James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (d. 1944)
John Mott, American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (d. 1950)
Robbie Ross, Canadian journalist and art critic (d. 1918)
Mathilde Verne, English pianist and educator (d. 1936)
Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (d. 1949)
Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1964)
William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist and academic (d. 1967)
Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
Carl Johan Lind, Swedish hammer thrower (d. 1965)
Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (d. 1945)
Philip Murray, Scottish-American miner and labor leader (d. 1952)
Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (d. 1968)
Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1969)
Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941)
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972)
Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician (d. 1968)
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer (d. 1972)
Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier (d. 1978)
Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House (d. 1971)
Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player (d. 1976)
Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author (d. 1975)
U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)
Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (d. 1999)
Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (d. 2005)
Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (d. 1957)
Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer (d. 1965)
Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998)
Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower (d. 1981)
Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor (d. 1965)
Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic (d. 2015)
Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (d. 1992)
Hal David, American songwriter and composer (d. 2012)
Kitty Kallen, American singer (d. 2016)
Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (d. 1974)
Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
Eldon Griffiths, English journalist and politician (d. 2014)
Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
Claude Pinoteau, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
William Bowyer, English painter and academic (d. 2015)
Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian author and poet (d. 2009)
David Wynne, English sculptor and painter (d. 2014)
Robert Ludlum, American soldier and author (d. 2001)
Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984)
Beverly Sills, American soprano and actress (d. 2007)
Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2014)
Georgy Grechko, Russian engineer and astronaut
Irwin Winkler, American director and producer
John Gregory Dunne, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2003)
K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach
Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (d. 2014)
Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Ray Spencer, English footballer
Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic
Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (d. 2011)
W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer (d. 2016)
Victoria Shaw, Australian-born American actress (d. 1988)
Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (d. 2013)
Tom Phillips, English painter and academic
Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet(d. 1988)
Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (d. 2016)
Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
Dixie Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
Ian McKellen, English actor
Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan economist and politician, 3rd President of Moldova
Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
John Palmer, English keyboard player
Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer
Digby Anderson, English journalist and philosopher
Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
Charlie Harper, English singer-songwriter and producer
Robert MacPherson, American mathematician and academic
Frank Oz, English-born American puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor
Chris Ralston, English rugby player
Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian race car driver
David A. Hargrave, American game designer, created Arduin (d. 1988)
Karen Valentine, American actress
Catherine G. Wolf, American psychologist and computer scientist
Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer
Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
Gordon H. Smith, American businessman and politician
Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 2009)
Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician
Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland
David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
Edward Lee, American author
Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
Dorothy Straight, American children's author
Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Amy Klobuchar, American lawyer and politician
Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host
Ric Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
George Hickenlooper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
Mike Myers, Canadian-American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
David Shaw, Canadian-American ice hockey player
Yahya Jammeh, Gambian colonel and politician, President of the Gambia
Mark Rosewater, Head designer of Magic: the Gathering
Kendall Gill, American basketball player, boxer, and sportscaster
Glen Drover, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
Anne Heche, American actress
Stacy London, American journalist and author
Robert Croft, Welsh-English cricketer and sportscaster
Jamie Kennedy, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Stefano Baldini, Italian runner
Marco Cappato, Italian politician
Karan Johar, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Octavia Spencer, American actress and author
Daz Dillinger, American rapper and producer
Molly Sims, American model and actress
Dougie Freedman, Scottish footballer and manager
Frank Klepacki, American drummer and composer
Miguel Tejada, Dominican-American baseball player
Blaise Nkufo, Congolese-Swiss footballer
Stefan Holm, Swedish high jumper
Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
Erki Pütsep, Estonian cyclist
Ethan Suplee, American actor
Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer
Andre Anis, Estonian footballer
Alberto Del Rio, Mexican-American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Adam Gontier, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Brian Urlacher, American football player
Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
Caroline Ouellette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Sam Sodje, English-Nigerian footballer
Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
Chris Young, American baseball pitcher
Joe King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Navarro, Spanish footballer
Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player
Adam Boyd, English footballer
Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer
Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player
Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner
Jason Kubel, American baseball player
Stacey Pensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist
Luke Webster, Australian footballer
Tiago Cardoso Fonseca Brazilian footballer
Aleksandr Petrov, Estonian ice hockey player
Luke Ball, Australian footballer
Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
Shawne Merriman, American football player
Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress
Demba Ba, French footballer
Gert Kams, Estonian footballer
Roman Reigns, American football player and wrestler
Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
Neon Hitch, English singer-songwriter
Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician
Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
Moritz Stehling, German footballer
Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer
Bo Dallas, American wrestler
Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
James Porter, English cricketer
Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
Aly Raisman, American gymnast
David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player