May 25

Pope Gregory VII, the reforming pope of the Investiture Controversy, died in exile at Salerno.

Emperor Charles V issued the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and banning his writings across the empire.

Ramesh S. Balsekar, an Advaita Vedanta teacher and translator for Nisargadatta Maharaj, was born in Bombay.

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens began its systematic excavation of the Athenian Agora, the civic and political heart of ancient Athens.

The World Fellowship of Buddhists, an international body linking Buddhists across schools and nations, was inaugurated at Kandy, Ceylon, in 1950.

The Turkish poet, playwright and essayist Necip Fazil Kisakurek, a major figure in modern Turkish letters, died at Erenkoy in Istanbul.

Addressing a joint session of the United States Congress, President Kennedy set the national goal of landing a person on the Moon and returning safely before the decade's end.