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The band gained significant critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom, and were the most influential band of the mod revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Famous Birthdays on May 25
1958 — Paul Weller
English singer, songwriter and musician
May 25 has 237 recorded notable births across history, from 1048 to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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- 1971 Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, is killed in a shooting in Drew, Mississippi, attracting extensive attention from the media and civil rights activists. Source
- 1955 First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day. Source
- 1738 A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. Source
- 1807 Outbreak of the Kabakçı Mustafa rebellion in response to intentions of sultan Selim III to reform the Ottoman army. Source
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Raymond Carver published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
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Igor Sikorsky's first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction.
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Shawne Merriman earned NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year honors in his first season and recorded 39+1⁄2 quarterback sacks in his first three seasons, also making three Pro Bowls as well as two All-Pro selections.
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In 1968, he was elected to Italy's Chamber of Deputies, and he became the leader of the PCI in 1972; he remained a deputy until his death in 1984.
More major people born on May 25
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1938
Raymond Carver
American short story writer and poet (died 1988)
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976.
1889
Igor Sikorsky
Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (died 1972)
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction.
1984
Shawne Merriman
American football player
Shawne DeAndre Merriman, nicknamed "Lights Out", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL).
1922
Enrico Berlinguer
Italian politician (died 1984)
Enrico Berlinguer was an Italian politician and statesman who was the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (PCI).
1979
Chris Young
American baseball pitcher
Christopher Ryan Young is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current president of baseball operations of the Texas Rangers, serving in the team's front office since 2020.
1908
Theodore Roethke
American poet (died 1963)
Theodore Huebner Roethke was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1954 for his book The Waking, and the…
1994
Matt Murray
Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Murray is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender and an unrestricted free agent. Murray was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third round of the 2012 NHL entry draft.
1982
Ezekiel Kemboi
Kenyan runner
Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan professional athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships, the 2011 World Championships, the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013…
1897
Alan Kippax
Australian cricketer (died 1972)
Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia.
1725
Samuel Ward
American politician, 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (died 1776)
Samuel Ward Sr. was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the…
1865
John Mott
American evangelist and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
John Raleigh Mott was an American evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF).
1932
K.C. Jones
American basketball player and coach (died 2020)
K.C. Jones Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach.
1970
Jamie Kennedy
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
James Harvey Kennedy is an American actor and comedian. Kennedy played Randy Meeks in the Scream film series (1996–2000), which saw him as a supporting character in the first and third installments and a lead ensemble…
1913
Heinrich Bär
German colonel and pilot (died 1957)
Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres.
1830
Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams)
Welsh poet (died 1877)
Robert Williams, usually referred to by his bardic name Trebor Mai, was a Welsh language poet, born at Ty'n-yr-ardd near Llanrhychwyn, near Llanrwst, in the old county of Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor.
1921
Jack Steinberger
German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Jack Steinberger was a German-born American physicist noted for his work with neutrinos, the subatomic particles considered to be elementary constituents of matter.
1952
Gordon H. Smith
American businessman and politician
Gordon Harold Smith is an American politician, businessman, and religious leader who served as a United States senator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate from 1997 to 2009.
1931
Herb Gray
Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2014)
Herbert Eser Gray was a Canadian lawyer who became a prominent federal politician.
1818
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian and academic (died 1897)
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. His best known work is The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860).