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What happened in history on this day: May 25?
On May 25 in ...
- 1977 - Brady Bunch Hour last airs on ABC-TV.
- 1983 - Fox releases the film Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to theaters.
- 1988 - Paramount releases the film Crocodile Dundee II to theaters.
- 1990 - Universal releases the film Back to the Future Part III to theaters.
- 1992 - Jay Leno becomes the new host of NBC's The Tonight Show, following the retirement of Johnny Carson.
- 1999 - The final episode of US TV show Home Improvement airs.
- 2001 - Buena Vista releases the film Pearl Harbor to theaters.
- 2007 - Buena Vista releases the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End to theaters.
Births on May 25
- 1878 - Birth of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel).
- 1888 - Birth of Miles Malleson; writer/actor (Phantom of the Opera, Postman's Knock).
- 1917 - Birth of Steve Cochran in Eureka, California, USA; actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas).
- 1918 - Birth of Claude Akins in Nelson, Georgia, USA; actor (BJ and the Bear, Movin' On, Lobo).
- 1925 - Birth of Jeanne Crain in Barstow, California, USA; actress (Man Without a Star).
- 1931 - Birth of John Gabriel in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies).
- 1933 - Birth of Roger Bowen; actor (MASH, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia).
- 1935 - Birth of Barbara Harris; American actress (Family Plot, Plaza Suite).
- 1939 - Birth of Dixie [Virginia] Carter in McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night).
- 1939 - Birth of Ian McKellen in England; actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel).
- 1943 - Birth of Leslie Uggams in New York City, New York, USA; singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots).
- 1944 - Birth of Frank Oz in Heresford, England; puppeteer (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show).
- 1947 - Birth of Karen Valentine in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Love American Style, Room 222).
- 1948 - Jacques Feyder, actor/director (kermesse héroique), dies at age 59.
- 1955 - Birth of Connie Selleca in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Hotel, Captain America II).
- 1957 - Birth of Hillary Bailey Smith in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Margot - As the World Turns, Nora - One Life to Live).
- 1959 - Birth of Cathryn Harrison in London, England; actress (Old Woman in Black Moon).
- 1965 - Birth of Roef-Ragas; Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch).
- 1969 - Birth of Anne Heche in Aurora, Ohio, USA; actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano).
- 1969 - Birth of Matt Borlenghi in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brian Bodine - All My Children).
- 1970 - Birth of Sidney [Robin] Greenbush in Hollywood, California, USA; twin actress (Carrie - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1970 - Birth of [Rachel] Lindsay Greenbush in Hollywood, California, USA; twin actress (Carrie - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1971 - Birth of Justin Henry Rye in New York, USA; actor (Kramer versus Kramer, Sixteen Candles).
Deaths on May 25
- 1971 - Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas - Johnny Ringo), dies at age 62.
- 1974 - Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at age 91.
- 1982 - Larry J Blake, character actor (Earth versus the Flying Saucers), dies at age 68.
- 1990 - Death of Vic Tayback at age 61 of a heart attack; actor (Mel Sharples - Alice TV show).
- 1992 - Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell and Back), dies at age 66.
- 1993 - Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at age 78.
- 1995 - Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at age 68.
- 1996 - Buck, dog (TV show Married with Children), dies at age 13.
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