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Birthdays occurring on May, 25
| 1879 |
Lord Beaverbrook was born on May 25, 1879
Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day. More quotations from Lord Beaverbrook |
| 1889 |
Igor Sikorsky was born on May 25, 1889
The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork. More quotations from Igor Sikorsky |  |
Deaths occurring on May, 25
| 1986 |
Chester Bowles died on May 25, 1986
When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn the facts of the situation, make the decision which seems to you to be the most honest, and then stick to it More quotations from Chester Bowles |  |
| 2005 |
Ismail Merchant died on May 25, 2005
[Her husband, violinist Sanford Allen, rehearses Bach on his Stradivarius next door, for a recital upstate, where they have a country house. They married in 1969, after meeting when she was a guide at the Lincoln Center, and he the first African-American to join the New York Philharmonic.] He asked me to lunch, then sent a huge bunch of roses to me in London, ... I was only supporting actress. Others thought the lead, Felicity Kendal, should have won. More quotations from Ismail Merchant |
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