Today in History: May 25, George Floyd killed by Minneapolis police
In the present day is Sunday May the th day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On May George Floyd a Black man was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd s neck for 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 specific of which turned violent and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U S Also on this date In the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House Independence Hall in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum Related Articles Trump administration slams Boston federal judge for preventing deportations Mother of murdered -year-old Harmony Montgomery awarded M CT mom sentenced after using daughters to deliver crack cocaine 'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed published from prison early Lucas Golden Dome idea out of this world In Transjordan now Jordan became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch Abdullah I In President John F Kennedy advised Congress I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth In the U S Supreme Court in Griffin v County School Board of Prince Edward County ordered the Virginia county to reopen its society schools which leaders had closed in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court s Brown v Board of Tuition of Topeka desegregation ruling In Star Wars was circulated by th Century Fox it would become the highest-grossing film in history at the time In people died when an American Airlines DC- crashed just after takeoff from Chicago s O Hare Airport In NASA s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water the spacecraft established the presence of water ice at its landing site In the private company SpaceX made history as its Dragon capsule became the first commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station In Harvey Weinstein was arrested and charged in New York with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to development from the wave of charges against him Weinstein would be convicted of two felony counts in but an appeals court would overturn the conviction in A retrial on the charges began in April The present day s Birthdays Actor Ian McKellen is Country singer Jessi Colter is Actor-singer Leslie Uggams is Filmmaker and puppeteer Frank Oz is Actor Karen Valentine is Actor Jacki Weaver is Rock singer Klaus Meine Scorpions is Actor Patti D Arbanville is Playwright Eve Ensler is Actor Connie Sellecca is Musician Paul Weller is Sen Amy Klobuchar D-Minn is Actor-comedian Mike Myers is Actor Octavia Spencer is Actor Cillian Murphy is Football Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher is Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Aly Raisman is
