May 25

May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by May 24, and succeeded by May 26. Following May 25, there are 220 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"He who wrongs another unjustly will regret it, though men may applaud him; but he who is wronged is safe from regret, though the world may blame him."

Events

• 1878 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky obtains her divorce from Michael C. Betanelly, her second husband.
• 1880 – Mme. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott "took pansil" (the five Buddhist precepts) in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
• 1884 – The Coulombs leave the Headquarters at Adyar after having been expelled.

Births

• 1803 – Edward Bulwer-Lytton, occult novelist and Rosicrucian (d. 1873)

Deaths

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (b. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia