Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 25
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May 25: Independence Day in Jordan (1946)
- 1420 - Henry the Navigator became Grandmaster of the Order of Christ, the Portuguese successor to the Knights Templar.
- 1521 - Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and a heretic by the Diet of Worms.
- 1810 - May Revolution: Citizens of Buenos Aires ousted the Spanish viceroy and established the first independent local government in Argentina.
- 1895 - The Republic of Formosa was inaugurated in Taiwan, proclaiming independence from Qing China.
- 1961 - Project Apollo, with the goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth before the decade is out" was announced by President John F. Kennedy.