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Here are notable events that took place on May 25 throughout history
1660 — King Charles II returns to England from exile to claim the throne, marking the restoration of the English monarchy.
1787 — Fifty-five delegates from across the new nation — including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin — convene in Philadelphia to begin drafting a new U.S. Constitution, four years after independence from Great Britain.
1895 — Irish writer Oscar Wilde is sentenced to prison for indecency in one of the most notorious criminal trials of the Victorian era.
1935 — Babe Ruth hits the last home run of his career, No. 714, while playing for the Boston Braves in Pittsburgh.
1961 — President Kennedy asks Congress to commit to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade, launching the Space Race in earnest.
1977 — “Star Wars” opens in theaters, launching one of the most successful film franchises in history.
1977 — The Chinese government lifts its ban on the works of William Shakespeare.
1979 — Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears on his way to school in New York City, becoming one of the first missing children featured on a milk carton. His case helped transform how America responds to missing children.
1979 — An American Airlines DC-10 crashes shortly after takeoff from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, killing all 273 people aboard in one of the deadliest aviation disasters in U.S. history.
1994 — A Pennsylvania man is buried alongside his beloved Corvette in what becomes one of the more unusual final wishes in American history.
2020 — George Floyd dies after a Minneapolis police officer kneels on his neck for more than nine minutes, sparking nationwide protests over police brutality and racial injustice.
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