May 25

Events

• 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
• 1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.
• 1810 - In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo.
• 1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
• 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
• 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
• 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
• 1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
• 2000 - Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.

Births

• 1713 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
• 1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
• 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
• 1889 - Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (d. 1972)
• 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav resistance leader and later dictator (d. 1980

Deaths

• 1946 - Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (b. 1897)
• 2008 - Ernst Stuhlinger, NASA scientist (b. 1913)