October 25

October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays

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 Great Britain
• 1828 - St Katharine Docks opened in London
• 1854 - Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade)
• 1900 - United Kingdom 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 create the Rome-Berlin Axis
• 1944 - Japan launches first kamikaze attacks, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
• 1945 - Japan surrenders Taiwan to the Republic of China
• 1962 - Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Russian missiles are installed in Cuba
• 1971 - United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (on Taiwan)
• 1983 - United States invades Grenada
• 1986 - The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox in game 6 of the World Series and go on to win the championship two days later.
• 2001 - Microsoft Windows XP released

Births

• 1811 - Evariste Galois, mathematician († 1832)
• 1825 - Johann Strauss II, composer († 1899)
• 1838 - Georges Bizet, composer († 1875)
• 1864 - Alexander Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer († 1956)
• 1881 - Pablo Picasso, painter, sculptor († 1973)
• 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, explorer († 1957)
• 1889 - Abel Gance, film writer († 1981)
• 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, actor († 1972)
• 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 1980 United States Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey team
• 1956 - Mathias Jabs, guitarist
• 1963 - Tracy Nelson, actress
• 1971 - Pedro Martínez, baseball pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner
• 1971 - Midori, violinist

Deaths

• 625 - Pope Boniface V
• 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, poet
• 1495 - king John II of Portugal
• 1895 - Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor
• 1910 - Willie_Anderson, golfer
• 1921 - Bat Masterson, journalist, lawman
• 1953 - Holger Pedersen, linguist
• 1957 - Lord Dunsany, writer
• 1974 - Nick Drake, musician
• 1986 - 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

Holidays

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