October 25
October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining.
Events:
- 1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French army at the Battle of Agincourt
- 1662 - King Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France
- 1760 - George III becomes King of England
- 1854 - Battle of Balaklava[?] during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade)
- 1900 - England annexes the Transvaal
- 1903 - United States Senate begins investigating the Teapot Dome Scandal
- 1924 - First appearance of Little Orphan Annie
- 1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini crate the Rome-Berlin Axis
- 1944 - Japan launches first kamikaze attacks, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
- 1945 - Japan surrenders Taiwan to Chiang Kai-shek
- 1962 - Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Russian missiles are installed in Cuba
- 1983 - United States invades Grenada
- 1971 - United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels Taiwan
- 2001 - Microsoft Windows XP released
Births:
- 1811 - Evariste Galois, mathematician
- 1825 - Johann Strauss II, composer (+ 1899)
- 1838 - Georges Bizet, composer (+ 1875)
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso, painter, sculptor (+ 1973)
- 1886 - Leo G. Carroll, actor (+ 1972)
- 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, explorer (+ 1957)
- 1889 - Abel Gance[?], film writer (+ 1981)
- 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, actor
- 1912 - Minnie Pearl[?], comedian, singer (+ 1996)
- 1924 - Billy Barty[?], actor (+ 2000)
- 1927 - Barbara Cook[?], singer, actress
- 1928 - Marion Ross[?], actress
- 1933 - Jack Haley Jr.[?], film producer, director (+ 2001)
- 1935 - Russell Schweickart[?], astronaut
- 1940 - Bobby Knight, basketball coach
- 1941 - Anne Tyler[?], novelist
- 1942 - Helen Reddy[?], singer
- 1944 - Jon Anderson, singer (Yes)
- 1944 - James Carville, Jr.[?], political operative
- 1948 - Glenn Tipton, guitarist
- 1948 - Dan Gable[?], amateur wrestling champion, coach
- 1949 - Brian Kerwin[?], actor
- 1954 - Mike Eruzione[?], captain of the United States Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey team
- 1956 - Mathias Jabs[?], guitarist
- 1963 - Tracy Nelson[?], actress
- 1971 - Pedro Martinez, baseball pitcher
- 1971 - Midori, violinist
Deaths:
- 625 - Pope Boniface V
- 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, poet
- 1921 - Bat Masterson[?], journalist, lawman
- 1953 - Holger Pedersen, linguist
- 1957 - Lord Dunsany, writer
- 1974 - Nick Drake, musician
- 1886 - Forrest Tucker[?], actor
- 1992 - Roger Miller[?], musician, composer
- 1993 - Vincent PRice[?], actor
- 1995 - Bobby Riggs[?], tennis player
- 1999 - Payne Stewart[?], golfer
- 2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator: A Democrat from Minnesota
- 2002 - Richard Harris, actor
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