1916
May 25, Virginia Ginny Simms, actress, singer (Kay Kyser Band), was born.

1943
May 25, Leslie Uggams, singer, actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), was born in NYC.

1959
May 25, Cathryn Harrison, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon), was born in London, England.

1968
May 25, In Newcastle, England, Mary Flora Bell, one day before her 11th birthday, strangled Martin Brown (4). She and unrelated friend Norma Bell (13) were later tried for the murders of 2 boys Martin Brown (4) and Brian Howe (3), committed 9 weeks apart.

1972
May 25, Gitta Sereny published "The Case of Mary Bell," based on her coverage of the trial. In 1999 Gitta Sereny published "Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell," based on interviews with Mary Bell.

1969
May 25, Anne Heche, actress, was born in Aurora, OH. Her films included “Donnie Brasco” (1997) and “Volcano” (1997).

1989
May 25, Weird Al Yankovic recorded "She Drives Like Crazy."

1995
May 25, Dany Robin (68), French actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), died in a fire in her Paris apartment.

2002
May 25, Israeli troops seized Bethlehem and surrounded the house of Muhammed Shehade, a leader of the Islamic Jihad. A Palestinian woman and her daughter (13) were killed by Israeli fire on a farm in the Gaza Strip.

2013
May 25, In Dagestan, Russia, a female suicide bomber, identified as a widow of 2 killed Islamists, blew herself up injuring at least 17, including 2 children and 5 police officers in the central square of Makhachkala. One woman died the next day from her wounds.