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• ... that the baesuk (pictured) is a Korean traditional fruit punch made by simmering slices of Korean pear, black peppercorns, ginger, honey or sugar, and water?
• ... that Alexander Wilkinson managed to play 74 more first-class cricket matches despite an injured hand that almost had to be amputated after World War I?
• ... that caste-based communal reservations in Tamil Nadu were introduced by the government of the Raja of Panagal in August 1921?
• ... that the Rotunda Museum houses one of the foremost collections of Jurassic geology on the Yorkshire Coast?
• ... that Time magazine covers have featured self-portraits of film director and artist Matt Mahurin, who has portrayed himself as Sigmund Freud, a caveman and an Abu Ghraib prisoner?
• ... that the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings was surprised to learn of the existence of Buckland Windmill, the only wind sawmill in the United Kingdom?
  

• Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia with "Believe".
• The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union modelled on the European Union, is founded in Brasília.
• Manchester United win the UEFA Champions League, defeating Chelsea in the final.
• Ma Ying-jeou (pictured) is sworn in as the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
• At least 40 people are killed as a wave of anti-foreign violence spreads across South Africa.
• Russia wins the 2008 World Championship in ice hockey, defeating Canada in the final.
• Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Liberation Party is re-elected President of the Dominican Republic.
• The Nigerian Red Cross reports that at least 100 people are dead after a pipeline explosion in Lagos.

May 25: Independence Day in Jordan (1946); Liberation Day in Lebanon (2000); African Liberation Day in various African countries

• 1521 – The Diet of Worms declared Protestant Reformer Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic, banning his literature, and requiring his arrest.
• 1946 – Abdullah bin Husayn (pictured), Emir of the Emirate of Transjordan, was proclaimed King of the renamed "Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan".
• 1961 – During a speech to a Joint Session of the United States Congress, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo space program, with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".
• 1977 – Star Wars, a science fantasy film written and directed by George Lucas, was released, becoming one of the most successful films of all time.
• 2000 – Israel withdrew its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.

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