1. In 1787, the Massachusetts State Convention ratified the United States Constitution. Massachusetts was the sixth state to do so and played a significant role in the formation of the federal government.

2. On May 25, 1810, Louisa Adams became the first woman born outside of the United States to become the First Lady when her husband, John Quincy Adams, was inaugurated as the sixth President of the United States.

3. In 1927, the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Boston on May 25 as part of his transatlantic flight, which made him the first person to complete a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

4. On May 25, 1977, the movie "Star Wars" was released in theaters for the first time. Created by George Lucas, the science fiction film became a cultural phenomenon and is still popular today.

5. In 2004, on May 25, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the case Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples violated the state constitution. Massachusetts became the first state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriage.