📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

📆 - 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 — The United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia, when a quorum of seven states is secured.

* 1900 — The creation of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) by public health doctor Oswaldo Cruz is the most important science and technology institution in healthcare in Latin America.

* 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 the U.S. Congress, his goal of starting a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

* 1977 — Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.

* 2008 — NASA's Phoenix probe lands in Green Valley, a region of Mars, to research environments suitable for water and microbial life.

*🌟 Births:*

* 1803 — Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. writer, philosopher, and poet (d. 1882).

* 1887 — Padre Pio, Italian religious figure (d. 1968).

* 1889 — Igor Sikorsky, Russian aviation pioneer (d. 1972).

* 1939 — Ian McKellen, British actor.

* 1961 — Tite, former Brazilian footballer and football coach.

* 1970 — Octavia Spencer, U.S. actress.

* 1976 — Cillian Murphy, Irish actor and musician.

*🕊 Deaths:*

* 1085 — Pope Gregory VII (b. 1025).

* 1681 — Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (b. 1600).

* 1919 — Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1867).

* 1954 — Robert Capa, Hungarian photojournalist (b. 1913).

* 1948 — Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and leader of the Resistance (b. 1901).

* 2018 — José Hawilla, Brazilian journalist and businessman (b. 1943).

* 2020 — George Floyd, African American killed during police custody (b. 1973).

*📍 Holidays and Cyclical Events:*

* Towel Day

* Nerd Pride Day

* Seamstress Day

* Africa Day

* Tap Dance Day

* Masseur Day

* International Missing Children’s Day

* International Thyroid Day

*International:*

* Argentina - May Revolution

* Spain - Lusophile Pride Day and Reunification - Galicia

*Brazil:*

* Industry Day

* National Adoption Day

* National School Sports Day

* National Day of Respect for Taxpayers

* Rural Worker’s Day$XRP $USTC $LUNC
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