{"id":21255,"date":"2020-05-25T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T03:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/?p=21255"},"modified":"2020-05-25T08:39:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T03:09:40","slug":"history-of-25-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/history-of-25-may-2\/","title":{"rendered":"History of 25 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>History of 25 May<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1992<\/strong> &#8211; Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong> &#8211; In Nimes, France, Christina Sanchez became the first woman to achieve the rank of matadore in Europe.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; In Sierra Leone a military coup overthrew the popularly elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. He was replaced with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Senator Strom Thurmond became the longest-serving senator in\u00a0U.S.\u00a0history (41 years and 10 months).<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997<\/strong> &#8211; Poland adopted a constitution that removed all traces of communism.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1999<\/strong> &#8211; A report by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/15-most-interesting-international-borders-in-the-world\/\">Nationa<\/a>l Security and Military\/Commercial Concerns with the People&#8217;s Republic of China concluded that China had &#8220;stolen design information on the U.S. most-advanced thermonuclear weapons&#8221; and that China&#8217;s penetration of U.S. weapons laboratories &#8220;spans at least the past several decades and almost certainly continues today.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>2000<\/strong> &#8211; The Walt\u00a0Disney\u00a0Co. and Time Warner Inc. signed a long-term deal that ended a dispute over the airing policies of Time Warner. Time Warner had blacked out Disney programs for a 39 hour period the previous month due to the lack of an agreement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Erik Weihenmayer, 32, of <a href=\"https:\/\/fundabook.com\/en\/golden-bridge-the-worlds-most-unique-bridge-which-is-hinged-on-hands\/\">Golden<\/a>,\u00a0CO, became the first blind climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2001<\/strong> &#8211; Sherman Bull, 64, of New Canaan,\u00a0CT, became the oldest climber to reach the summit of Mount Everest.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2006<\/strong> &#8211; In Houston, former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skillinng were convicted of conspiracy and fraud for the downfall of Enron.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2008<\/strong> &#8211; NASA&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Phoenix Mars Lander<\/em>\u00a0landed in the arctic plains of Mars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2009<\/strong> &#8211; North Korea announced that it had conducted a second successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemned the reported test.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2011<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Oprah Winfrey\u00a0airs her last show, ending her twenty-five-year run of\u00a0<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0SpaceX Dragon\u00a0became the\u00a0first commercial spacecraft\u00a0to successfully rendezvous with the\u00a0International Space Station.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Suspected\u00a0Maoist rebels\u00a0kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in\u00a0an attack\u00a0on a convoy of\u00a0Indian National Congress\u00a0politicians in\u00a0Chhattisgarh, India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2013<\/strong> \u2013 A\u00a0gas cylinder\u00a0explodes\u00a0on a school bus in the Pakistani city of\u00a0Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0General Data Protection Regulation\u00a0(GDPR) becomes enforceable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>2018<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ireland\u00a0votes to repeal the\u00a0Eight Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, prohibiting\u00a0abortion\u00a0in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the\u00a0Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Celebrating Birthday Today<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1981<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Matt Utai, New Zealand rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adam Boyd, English footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan runner<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Jason Kubel, American baseball player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Stacey Poensgen, American figure skater and meteorologist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1982<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Luke Webster, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Luke Ball, Australian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Shawne Merriman, American football player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Demba Ba, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Gert Kams, Estonian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1985<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Roman Reigns, American football player and wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Yoan Gouffran, French footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Takahiro H\u014dj\u014d, Japanese actor and musician<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Moritz Stehling, German footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0D\u00e1vid \u0160kutka, Slovak footballer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1988<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Bo Dallas, American wrestler<\/li>\n<li><strong>1990<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1993<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0James Porter, English cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player<\/li>\n<li><strong>1994<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Aly Raisman, American gymnast<\/li>\n<li><strong>1995<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer<\/li>\n<li><strong>1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Pastr\u0148\u00e1k, Czech ice hockey player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of 25 May 1992 &#8211; Jay Leno debuted as the new permanent host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show.&#8221; 1996 &#8211; In Nimes, France, Christina Sanchez became the first woman to achieve the rank of matadore in Europe. 1997 &#8211; In Sierra Leone a military coup overthrew the popularly elected President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. 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