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This is a list of selected May 25 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Liberation Day in Lebanon (2000) and in various African countries (1963) Liberation Day (Lebanon): stub; African Liberation Day: stub, no footnotes
1420Henry the Navigator became governor of the Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar. needs more footnotes
1521 – The Diet of Worms declared Protestant Reformer Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic, banning his literature, and requiring his arrest. refimprove
1659Richard Cromwell resigned as Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland. refimprove
1914 – The British parliament passed the Third Home Rule Act, establishing a devolved government in Ireland. refimprove section
1926 – Anarchist Sholom Schwartzbard assassinated Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of the Ukrainian People's Republic. unreferenced sections
1953 – At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test. refimprove
1963 The Organisation of African Unity was established. Tagged for cleanup

Eligible

May 25: First Patriotic Government in Argentina (1810); Independence Day in Jordan (1946); Towel Day

1878 poster for HMS Pinafore

  • 1979 – Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became the first missing child to have his picture featured on milk cartons.
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