May 25

May 25 Information from the Holidays and Observances Website

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on May 25, include:

  • African Liberation Day 
  • Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD) - May 25, 2024 (Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend)
  • Geek Pride Day 
  • International Heritage Breeds Day - May 25, 2024 (Saturday of Third Full Week in May)
  • International Jazz Day - May 25, 2024 (Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend) Also observed on April 30 each year
  • Julia Pierpont Day - May 25, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in May)
  • National Brown-Bag-It Day 
  • National Heritage Breeds Day - May 25, 2024 (Saturday of Third Full Week in May)
  • National Italian Beef Day - May 25, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in May)
  • National Missing Children's Day 
  • National Tap Dance Day 
  • National Wig Out Day - May 25, 2024 (Ten Days Before the First Monday in June)
  • National Wine Day 
  • Towel Day

2024 Weekly Holidays that include May 25, are:

  • Info. to Come!

2024 Monthly Holidays that include May 25, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our May Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of May.

NOTE:

  1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
  2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.


World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

  • Info. to Come!


Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for May 25 is Gemini.


Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for May are:

  • The Lily of the Valley - Humility, Chastity and Sweetness - signifies a return to happiness
  • Hawthorn


Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for May is the Emerald which is a symbol of rebirth and is believed to grant the owner foresight, good fortune, and youth.


Famous Birthdays

  • 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (d. 1882)
  • 1939 - Dixie Carter, American actress (Designing Women) (d. 2010)
  • 1973 - Molly Sims, American model and actress


Famous Deaths

  • 1954 - Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and photojournalist who covered five wars and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for his work on World War II
  • 2010 - Michael H. Jordan, businessman and CEO of PepsiCo and CBS Corp. (b. 1936)


Famous Weddings and Divorces

  • 1989 - Milton S. Hershey, who founded Hershey Chocolate Company, as well as Hershey, Pennsylvania marries Catherine Sweeney


Quote of the Day

Fred Rogers, created and hosted the children's show, Mister Roger's Neighborhood ran from 1966 to 2001



Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Today, May 25th is National Brown-Bag-It Day!

Developing healthy brown bag choices is a Lifestyle Solution that will help you keep your weight under control. Remember to eat healthy, 80% of the time and sane the other 20% of the timeLunch is a simple meal to keep very healthy!

Find out some Healthy Brown Bag Lunch tips from Kerry at Healthy Diet Habits! 


This Day in History

  • 240 BC - First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
  • 1953 - The US conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test at the Nevada Test Site
  • 1955 - An F5 tornado strikes Udall, Kansas at night, killing 80 and injuring 273 becoming the deadliest tornado to occur in the state
  • 1968 - The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis is dedicated
  • 1977 - Star Wars is released in theaters
  • 1979 - American Airlines flight 191 crashes in Chicago during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground
  • 1982 - The HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War
  • 1985 - A tropical cyclone and storm surge hit Bangladesh killing approximately 10,000 people
  • 1986 - Hands Across America takes place
  • 2002 - China Airlines Flight 611 breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait killing all 225 people on board
  • 2009 - North Korea tests its second nuclear device

This Day in Music

  • 1985 - Everything She Wants by Wham hits #1 in the U.S.
  • 2005 - Carrie Underwood wins Season Four of American Idol. Her debut album sells over 7 million copies
  • 2010 - Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls wins Season Ten of Dancing With The Stars


This Day in Sports

  • 1935 - Babe Ruth hits his last 3 HRs
  • 1935 - Ohio State University track and field athlete Jesse Owens breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • 1975 - Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Masterly Inactivity (noun)

1. (politics) A policy of deliberate inactivity.

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