January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death May 25, 1995
The temperature on May 25, 1995 was between 13.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 37.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 2 » Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
April 19 » Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 people including 19 children under the age of six.
May 17 » Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage.
August 4 » Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
December 20 » American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.
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