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• 1720 The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000.
• 1810 In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo
• 1914 British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill

• 1961 JFK announces US goal of putting a man on the Moon before the end of decade
• 2020 Video of African American George Floyd's arrest and murder while restrained in Minneapolis police custody shows he was pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin's knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, ignites widespread condemnation and nationwide protests
• 2021 US CDC says half of all US adults are now fully vaccinated, with 61% having had their first shot
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Hands Across America - 6.5 million people hold hands from California to NY

May 25, 1986

Fun Fact About May 25

32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest

May 25, 2001

• 1553 Lady Jane Grey (15), later Queen for 9 days, marries Lord Guildford Dudley (18) in a triple wedding at Durham House, London
• 1661 English King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina of Braganca
• 1898 Chocolatier Milton S. Hershey (40) weds Catherine Sweeney at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City

• 2000 Television producer and director Mark Tinker (49) divorces actress and painter Kristin Harmon (54) after 12 years of marriage
• 2012 Actress Halina Mlynkova (35) divorces actor Lukasz Nowicki (39) after 9 years of marriage

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