On this day in music history:

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield (1973)

Century Child by Nightwish (2002)

What About Love? by Deborah Coleman (2004)

Tranquility Base, Vol. 1 by Above & Beyond (2023)

Tubular Bells

Album by Mike Oldfield,

released May 25, 1973.

Track list: Tubular Bells, Part One; Tubular Bells, Part Two.

Century Child

Album by Nightwish,

released May 25, 2002.

Track list: Bless the Child; End of All Hope; Dead to the World; Ever Dream; Slaying the Dreamer; Forever Yours; Ocean Soul; Feel for You; The Phantom of the Opera; Beauty of the Beast; Lagoon; The Wayfarer; Bless the Child; End of All Hope; Dead to the World.

What About Love?

Album by Deborah Coleman,

released May 25, 2004.

Track list: Bad Boy; Lie No Better; Undeniable; Can You Hear Me?; When Will I Be Loved?; Healing Ground; The River Wild; What About Love?; Loves Like Rain; Lookin’ for a Real Love; A Woman in Love.

Tranquility Base, Vol. 1

Album by Above & Beyond,

released May 25, 2023.

Track list: Angry JP8; Wasp; 500; VLEKNO; Spin Off; Angry JP8 (Extended Mix); Wasp (Extended Mix); 500 (Extended Mix); VLEKNO (Extended Mix); Spin Off (Extended Mix).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 35.
Episode entitled: Badge for a Coward.
Released May 25, 1960.
Directed by Paul Stewart.
Written by Jay D. Crowley, Ward Hawkins and Robert Quaid.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Edward Kemmer, Ruta Lee, Leonard Nimoy, Kathryn Card, Addison Richards, Stephen Chase.

On this day in movie history - Framed (1947):

Framed

directed by Richard Wallace,

written by Ben Maddow,

based on a story by John Patrick,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1947.
Music by Marlin Skiles.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin, Jack Baxley, Eugene Borden, Al Bridge, Paul E. Burns, Charles Cane, David Fresco, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Fred Graff, Robert Kellard, Philip Kieffer, Kenneth MacDonald, Cy Malis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Gene Roth, Mabel Smaney, Art Smith, Harry Strang, William Stubbs, Sid Tomack, Michael Towne, Lillian Wells, Cecil Weston, Crane Whitley, Mel Wixon, Barbara Wooddell.

Born on this day – Sarah Marshall:

Sarah Marshall

Actress

May 25, 1933 – January 18, 2014

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 77 Sunset Strip (1964); A Rage to Live (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1962); Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1962); American Masters (1995); Applause (1973); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Bad Blood (2012); BBC Play of the Month (1972); Breaking Point (1963); Bristlelip (1982); Ça se discute (2006); Cheers (1989); Dangerous Minds (1995); Daniel Boone (1965–1968); Dave (1993); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Embassy (1972); F Troop (1966); French Silk (1994); Get Smart (1966); Hart to Hart (1983); Hong Kong (1960); I Spy (1966); Ironside (1967); Kentucky Jones (1964); King Richard II (1954); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955–1961); Look Up and Live (1957); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Medical Center (1972); Miss Winslow and Son (1979); My Favorite Martian (1966); Omnibus (1969); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); People Like Us (1990); Perry Mason (1962); Peter Loves Mary (1960); Play for Today (1971); Producers' Showcase (1955); Remington Steele (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1954); Scruples (1980); Sexton Blake (1969); Small Wonder (1987); Star Trek (1967); Startime (1960); Stoney Burke (1963); Strange Report (1969); Studio One (1957); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1960); The Bunker (1981); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The DuPont Show of the Week (1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1965); The Jeffersons (1981); The Letter (1982); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Outsider (1968); The People vs. Jean Harris (1981); The Rogues (1964); The Sound and the Fidelity (1962); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Wild Wild West (1967); Three's Company (1981); Thriller (1961); True Story (1957); Wild and Wonderful (1964).

Born on this day – Ann Robinson:

Ann Robinson

Actress

Stunt horse rider

May 25, 1929 – September 26, 2025

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); All About Eve (1950); Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991); Attack of the B Movie Monsters (1985); Bachelor Father (1960); Bad for Each Other (1953); Ben Casey (1962); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Black Midnight (1949); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cheyenne (1955–1957); City Beneath the Sea (1953); Damn Citizen (1957); Dante (1961); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1962); Dragnet (1954); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Frenchie (1950); Fury (1955–1956); Gilligan's Island (1966); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Gun Brothers (1956); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); I Want You (1951); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Imitation of Life (1959); It's a Great Life (1955); Johnny Midnight (1960); Julie (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Manhunt (1960); Midnight Movie Massacre (1988); Mike Hammer (1959); My Lovely Monster (1991); Passport to Danger (1954); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Police Woman (1978); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rawhide (1960); Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Sci-Fi Buzz (1995); Shotgun Slade (1960); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Stage 7 (1955); Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (2005); Studio 57 (1955); Sugarfoot (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Frankenstein (2018); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Cimarron Kid (1952); The Cold Sun (1956); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Glass Wall (1953); The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995); The Horror Show (1979); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2011); The Last Page of Summer (2020); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Magnetic Moon (1956); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Naked Monster (2005); The New Adam-12 (1990); The Roaring 20's (1962); The Robot of Regalio (1956); The Sky Is Falling: Making 'the War of the Worlds' (2005); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Texan (1960); The War of the Worlds (1953); The Web (1953); To the Galaxy and Beyond with Mark Hamill (1997); UFO Files (2005); War of the Worlds (2005); War of the Worlds / TV Series (1988–1989); Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005); Waterfront (1954).

Born on this day – Robert Ludlum:

Robert Ludlum

Writer

May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001

Born on this day – Claude Pinoteau:

Claude Pinoteau

Director

Writer

May 25, 1925 – October 5, 2012

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); À l'ombre des grands chênes (Abel Gance) (2005); A Monkey in Winter (1962); Accessoires et aventures équestres: souvenirs de Claude Pinoteau (2010); Allons au cinéma (1976); Any Number Can Win (1963); Banana Peel (1963); Beau geste (2023); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde (2011); Cache Cash (1994); Casse sur la côte (2013); Charles Péguy (1952); Ciné regards (1981); Ciné-cinécourts (1998); Claude Pinoteau, au service du cinéma (2021); Crésus (1960); Dialogue pour un portrait (1977); Empreintes (2012); Escape to Nowhere (1973); Greed in the Sun (1964); Guns for San Sebastian (1968); Henri Verneuil Profession conteur (2012); Histoire et romance, souvenirs de La Neige et le feu (2010); Impressions d'Orsay (1986); It Only Happens to Others (1971); Ivresse à Tigreville (2013); Kampen om tungtvannet (1948); La 7ème cible (1984); La Boum éternelle : Histoire d'un grand film sans prétention (2023); La fiancée des ténèbres (1945); La neige et le feu (1991); L'apprentissage de la mise en scène: souvenirs de Claude Pinoteau (2010); Le cinéma de Jean Giono (2004); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le grand escogriffe (1976); L'enfant seul (1968); Les enfants de la boum (2001); Les enfants terribles du Cinéma (2011); Les fêtes galantes (1965); Les habits du Dimanche (1985); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Les palmes de M. Schutz (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); L'Homme de Hong-Kong (2013); L'homme en colère (1979); Life Love Death (1969); Lino Ventura, la part intime (2018); Lino, il n'était que lui-même (2012); Lino: un portrait de Lino Ventura (1996); Lola Montès (1955); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Midi Trente (1974); Miroir (1947); Money Money Money (1972); Okay (1983); Orpheus (1950); Panique (1946); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Pour le cinéma (1974–1976); Premiers pas (2005); Sacrée soirée (1991–2008); Samedi soir (1973); Smic Smac Smoc (1971); Souvenirs des collines (2007); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 25th Hour (1967); The Blue Bicycle (2000); The Crook (1970); The Day and the Hour (1963); The Party (1980); The Party 2 (1982); The Slap (1974); The Student (1988); Tout l'or du monde (1961); Un abbé nommé Pierre, une vie pour les autres (2005); Un jour, un destin (2011); Up to His Ears (1965); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vivement dimanche (2010); Weekend at Dunkirk (1964).