• 1720 The Ship "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, bringing Europe's last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000
• 1810 In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo
• 1914 British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill
• 1961 JFK announces US goal of putting a man on the Moon before the end of decade
• 1975 May 25, ECOWAS Treaty was signed. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was formed in Nigeria with 15 members that included: Benin, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso).
• 2020 Video of African American George Floyd's arrest and murder while restrained in Minneapolis police custody shows he was pinned to the ground by police officer Derek Chauvin's knee for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, ignites widespread condemnation and nationwide protests
Events in Sport
• 1868 Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
• 1876 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75
• 1895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5
• 1899 33rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23
• 1900 Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed)
• 1904 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6
• 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
Events in Birthdays
• 1932 K. C. Jones, American Basketball Hall of Fame point guard (Olympic gold 1956; NBA C'ship 1959–66, Boston Celtics) and coach (NBA C'ship 1984, 86; Boston Celtics), born in Taylor, Texas (d. 2020)
• 1933 Ray Spencer, English footballer, born in Kings Norton, Birmingham (d. 2016)
• 1935 Cookie Gilchrist, American football fullback (AFL All Star 1962-65; AFL MVP 1962; CFL All Star 1956-60), born in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
• 1936 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969), born in Surat, Gujarat, India (d. 2013)
• 1938 Lyudmila Buldakova, Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold 1972), born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 2006)
• 1939 Gene A. Budig, American baseball executive (last American League [AL] president 1994-99), born in McCook, Nebraska (d. 2020)
• 1942 Ron Davies, Welsh footballer (29 Welsh caps), born in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales (d. 2013)
• 1946 Irena Szewińska, Polish 200m runner (Olympic Gold 1964, 68, 76), born in Leningrad, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
• 1949 Lalith Kaluperuma, Sri Lankan cricketer (two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• 1953 D. A. Weibring Jr, American golfer (Senior Players C'ship 2008), born in Quincy Illinois
• 1953 Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer, born in Chacabuco, Argentina
• 1962 Zulqarnain, Pakistani cricketer (last person in alphabetical order to play Test), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Deaths in Sports
• 1916 Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies
• 1958 Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies
• 1974 Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies
• 1981 Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55
• 1983 Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1992 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
• 1995 Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player, dies at 46
• 1997 Jay Hebert, American golfer (PGA Championship 1960), dies at 74
• 2007 Bill Johnston, Australian cricket fast/spin bowler (40 Tests, 160 wickets @ 23.91; Victoria), dies at 85
• 2010 Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
