On This Day — May 25

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on May 25.

• 2018: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
• 2018: Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
• 2013: Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
• 2012: The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
• 2011: Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

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