Born on 25 May 1956

At A Glance

25 May 1956 at a glance

Day of the week

25 May 1956 was a Friday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Mack the Knife” by Louis Armstrong was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1956

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1956 was The Ten Commandments.

Star sign

The star sign for 25 May is Gemini.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 25 May 1956 fell in the Year of the Monkey.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 25 May 1956 was Full Moon.

On this day: 25 May

• 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
• 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• 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.
• 1961 Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
• 1963 The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Famous people born on 25 May

• Ian McKellen, English actor (born 1939)
• Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (born 1976)
• Anne Heche, American actress (1969–2022)
• Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (1886–1945)

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