Watchf Associated Press Domestic News New York United States APHS55966 EVERARD BATHHOUSE FIRE 1977
Flames leap from the windows of a mid-Manhattan sauna and rooming house early on May 25, 1977, as firefighters use ladders to control the fire. Nine persons perished and at least a dozen were injured in the building, which an employee said catered to gay men. (AP Photo)
Watchf Associated Press International News Entertainment FRANCE APHS49657 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
A floral panel welcomes American singer Diana Ross arriving in Cannes, France to present "Lady sings the Blue" at the International Film Festival, May 25, 1973. (AP Photo/Levy)
American Airlines Flight 191 Crash
A fireman hoses down twisted remains of an American Airlines DC-10 which crashed and exploded on takeoff from O'Hare International Airport, killing 279 passengers, May 25, 1979. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell)
HMS ANTELOPE EXPLODES
The sky lights up as the British frigate HMS Antelope explodes in San Carlos Bay in the Falkland Islands, May 25, 1982. The 10-week Falklands War killed 712 Argentines, 255 Britons and three islanders. (AP Photo/Martin Cleaver)
Nelson
Country singer Willie Nelson performs at New York's Radio City Music Hall Thursday night in the first of six sold-out concerts, May 25, 1984. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
UNDERWOOD FEDOROV SCOTT SAVOL SOLOMON BICE
Carrie Underwood is surrounded by fellow finalists after winning the "American Idol" at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 25, 2005. From left are contestants, Anthony Federov, Underwood, Nikko Smith, Scott Savol, Vonsell Solomon and finalist Bo Bice. Underwood defeated fellow finalist Bo Bice to win the "American Idol." (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Indy 500 1975
Bobby Unser flashes victory sign in winner's circle at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 25, 1975, after winning rain-shortened Indy 500-mile race in Indianapolis. Behind Unser in the Borg-Warner trophy, symbol of the traditional Memorial Day classic. It was the second Indy 500 victory for Bobby, whose average speed for 437.5 miles was 149.213 mph. (AP Photo)
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
George E. Horne of 10 Sunnyside Ave., Hempstead, New York, sits on the fender of his car at the Brooklyn entrance to the Brooklyn battery tunnel, May 24, 1950 in New York. He has been waiting in line since the previous day hoping to be the first paying customer to go through the $80,000,000 tunnel when it is formally opened on May 25. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)
Martin Luther King Jr
The Rev. Martin Luther King, JR., whose Ebenezer Baptist church of Atlanta, Ga., was admitted to membership in the predominately white American Baptist Convention in session in Philadelphia on May 25, 1962, gestures as he said: “There probably is some arming taking place among Negroes in Birmingham” at the present time. Dr. King, who addressed the Baptist group, branded Birmingham as the most difficult big city in race relations in the United States. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham)
Amish Life
Amish horse and buggies on May 25, 1980, location unknown. (AP Photo/Jim Gerberich)
Oprah Winfrey
FILE - In this May 24, 2011 file photo, Kimberly Adams holds a poster outside Harpo Studios before the final taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago. Harpo Studios and the Oprah Winfrey Network announced Tuesday, March 3, 2015, that Oprah Winfrey will close the studio where she filmed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" for more than 20 years, this December, and will transition production for her cable network to a studio in California. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)
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On May 25, 2020: George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.