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teams to back to back team golds octavia spencer 1970 oscar winning actress who had standout roles in the help hidden figures and the shape of water ian mckellen wireimage aly raisman getty images octavia spencer wireimage 1981 may 25 clad in a custom made spider man suit stuntman dan goodwin aka spider dan free climbs the exterior of chicago s sears tower all 110 stories fighting gusty winds slippery glass and firefighters trying to pull him to safety timeline also on this day in history discover more of the major events famous births notable deaths and everything else history making that happened on may 25th 1660 charles ii returns to england to claim his throne may 25 1660 under invitation by leaders of the english commonwealth charles ii the exiled king of england sets sail for dover england to assume the throne and end 11 years of military rule prince of wales at the time of the english civil war charles fled to france after oliver cromwell s parliamentarians defeated king 1 34 m read 1895 oscar wilde is sent to prison for indecency writer oscar wilde is sent to prison after being convicted of sodomy the famed writer of dorian gray and the importance of being earnest brought attention to his private life in a feud with sir john sholto douglas whose son was intimately involved with wilde homosexuality was a criminal offense and serious societal taboo at this 1 42 m read 1935 babe ruth hits last home run on may 25 1935 at forbes field in pittsburgh pennsylvania babe ruth hits his 714th home run a record for career home runs that would stand for almost 40 years this was one of ruth s last games and the last home run of his career ruth went four for four on the day hitting three 2 26 m read 1961 jfk asks congress to support the space program on may 25 1961 president john f kennedy announces to congress his goal of sending an american to the moon by the end of the decade and asks for financial support of an accelerated space program he made the task a national priority and a mission in which all americans would share stating that it 1 44 m read 1977 star wars opens in theaters memorial day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of george lucas blockbuster star wars movies hits american theaters 1 56 m read advertisement advertisement advertisement 1977 chinese government removes ban on shakespeare a new sign of political liberalization appears in china when the communist government lifts its decade old ban on the writings of william shakespeare the action by the chinese government was additional evidence that the cultural revolution was over in 1966 mao tse tung the leader of the people s republic of china announced a cultural revolution which 1979 6 year old etan patz boy on milk carton goes missing on the morning of may 25 1979 six year old etan patz walked the two blocks from his home to his bus stop in manhattan it was his first time walking there alone before school and the last day his parents would ever see him that s because someone abducted etan during that walk in his parents effort 2 30 m read 1979 american airlines plane crashes in chicago killing all aboard almost 300 people are killed on may 25 1979 when an american airlines flight crashes and explodes after losing one engine just after takeoff it was the beginning of memorial day weekend in 1979 when 277 passengers filled flight 191 from chicago s o hare airport bound for los angeles the dc 10 jet took off normally but 1 18 m read 1994 pennsylvania man buried with his beloved corvette on may 25 1994 the ashes of 71 year old george swanson are buried according to swanson s request in the driver s seat of his 1984 white corvette in irwin pennsylvania swanson a beer distributor and former u s army sergeant during world war ii died the previous march 31 at the age of 71 he had reportedly been 1 42 m read 2020 george floyd is killed by a police officer igniting historic protests on the evening of may 25 2020 white minneapolis police officer derek chauvin kills george floyd a black man by kneeling on his neck for almost 10 minutes the death recorded by bystanders touched off what is possibly the largest protest movement in u s history and a nationwide reckoning on race and policing the 46 year old 2 12 m read advertisement advertisement advertisement history education history vault history apps history2 history en español military history newsletter sign up share your opinions faq contact us advertise with us a e factual studios a e studios employment opportunities accessibility support tv parental guidelines advertise with us a e factual studios a e studios employment opportunities accessibility support tv parental guidelines 2026 a e television networks llc all rights reserved terms of use privacy policy copyright policy cookie notice ad choices advertisement advertisement advertisement