May 25
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Art and culture
- 1521 - The Edict of Worms declares Martin Luther an outlaw.
- 1895 - Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1965 - Dutch Provo movement founded
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Births
- 1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
- 1818 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
- 1936 - Tom Phillips, English artist (d. 2022)
- 1938 - Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1940 - Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photographer
- 1925 - Arnold Odermatt, Swiss photographer (d. 2021)
- 1944 - Pierre Bachelet, French musician (d. 2005)
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Deaths
- 1994 - Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
- 2006 - Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
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