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 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 See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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