May 25

Events



 * 1844 - The first news communicated by telegraph in the U.S. was sent

Birth

 * 1848 –, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
 * 1877 –, American singer (d. 1954)
 * 1922 –, American big band singer
 * 1926 –, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1991)
 * 1929 –, American soprano (d. 2007)
 * 1936 –, American singer and songwriter
 * 1943 –, American singer
 * 1943 –, British rock musician (Family)
 * 1944 –, French singer and songwriter (d. 2005)
 * 1948 –, German musician (Scorpions)
 * 1956 –, Jamaican singer
 * 1956 –, American music composer
 * 1958 –, British musician
 * 1969 –, Canadian guitar player (Megadeth)
 * 1973 –, American hip-hop performer
 * 1975 –, American singer
 * 1976 –, German singer (Guano Apes)
 * 1977 –, Dutch radio DJ
 * 1980 – Co-founder and guitarist for The Fray
 * 1984 –, Greek singer

Deaths

 * 1934 –, English composer (b. 1874)
 * 1942 –, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902)
 * 1965 –, American blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player
 * 1994 –, American jazz guitarist (b. 1940)
 * 1996 – ,American singer and guitarist (Sublime) (b. 1968)
 * 2003 –, American sound technician and vocal operator (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976)
 * 2006 –, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941)
 * 2008 –, American rapper and producer (b. 1977)
 * 2010 –, South African opera singer (b. 1975)