Public Holidays on May 25

• 🇺🇸 Memorial Day
• 🌍 Whit Monday (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway)
• 🌍 Pfingstmontag (Austria, Germany)
• 🌍 Anden pinsedag (Denmark)
• 🌍 Andre pinsedag (Norway)
• 🌍 Buddha's Birthday (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 Día de la Revolución de Mayo (Argentina)
• 🌍 Lundi de Pentecôte (France)
• 🌍 May Revolution (Argentina)
• 🌍 Pinkstermaandag (Belgium)
• 🌍 Pünkösdhétfő (Hungary)
• 🌍 Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
• 🌍 Tweede Pinksterdag (Netherlands)
• 🌍 佛誕（補假） (Hong Kong)
• 🌍 부처님오신날 대체 휴일 (South Korea)

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Religious Observances on May 25

• Islamic: Hajj

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On This Day in History — May 25

• 2013 — Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
• 2013 — A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
• 2012 — The SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station.
• 2011 — Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty-five-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
• 2009 — North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
• 2008 — NASA's Phoenix lander lands in Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.

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Notable Births on May 25

• 1996 — David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1994 — Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Aly Raisman, American gymnast
• 1993 — James Porter, English cricketer
• 1990 — Bo Dallas, American wrestler
• 1990 — Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player

Notable Deaths on May 25

• 2015 — George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949)
• 2015 — Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924)
• 2014 — David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935)
• 2014 — Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942)
• 2014 — Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923)
• 2014 — Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913)

Sports on May 25

• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Seattle Sounders FC @ LAFC — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 17:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Baltimore Orioles — 17:35 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox — 18:10 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on May 26

• 🌍 وقفة عرفة (تقديري) (United Arab Emirates)
• 🌍 وقفة عيد الأضحى المبارك (تقديري) (Egypt)
• 🌍 يوم عرفة (Saudi Arabia)

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Religious Observances on May 26

• Islamic: Hajj
• Islamic: Arafa

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On This Day in History — May 26

• 2008 — Severe flooding begins in eastern and southern China that will ultimately cause 148 deaths and force the evacuation of 1.3 million.
• 2004 — United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
• 2002 — The tugboat Robert Y. Love collides with a support pier of Interstate 40 on the Arkansas River near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, resulting in 14 deaths and 11 others injured.
• 1998 — The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
• 1998 — The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• 1991 — Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

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Notable Births on May 26

• 1996 — Lara Goodall, South African cricketer
• 1993 — Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 — Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 — Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1993 — Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1992 — Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player

Notable Deaths on May 26

• 2016 — Hedy Epstein, German-born American human rights activist and Holocaust survivor (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)
• 2015 — João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (b. 1979)
• 2015 — Dayton Waller, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)

Sports on May 26

• WNBA: Portland Fire @ New York Liberty — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Colorado Rockies @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 01:10 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Connecticut Sun @ Golden State Valkyries — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Vegas Golden Knights — 04:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Washington Nationals @ Cleveland Guardians — 22:10 UTC Scheduled

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