October 25
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October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
- 1576 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (d. 1623)
- 1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British poltician (d. 1757)
- 1692 – Elizabeth Farnese, wife of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
- 1759 - Maria Feodorovna, Russian Empress (d. 1828)
- 1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
- 1767 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
- 1782 - Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
- 1789 - Heinrich Schwabe, German astronomer and botanist (d. 1875)
- 1800 - Thomas Macaulay, British poet, historian and politician (d. 1859)
- 1802 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)
- 1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
- 1811 – Evariste Galois, mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1821 - Antonio Ciseri, Italian painter (d. 1891)
- 1825 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
- 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (d. 1907)
- 1828 - Dragan Tsankov, Bulgarian political figure (d. 1911)
- 1838 – Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
- 1856 – Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
- 1864 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1864 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
- 1867 – Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
- 1868 - Dan Burke, American baseball player (d. 1933)
- 1877 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (d. 1957)
- 1879 - Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (d. 1924)
- 1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1888 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
- 1889 – Abel Gance, film writer (d. 1981)
- 1889 - Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1891 - Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
- 1892 – Leo G. Carroll, actor (d. 1972)
- 1895 – Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
- 1900 - Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian social activist (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Eddie Lang, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
- 1903 - Katharine Byron, United States Congresswoman (d. 1976)
- 1910 – William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994)
- 1912 – Minnie Pearl, comedian and singer (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
- 1914 – John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
- 1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Chubby Jackson, American jazz musician and bandleader (d. 2003)
- 1919 - Norman E. Erbe, Governor of Iowa (d. 2000)
- 1921 - Michael I, former King of Romania
- 1923 - Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1924 – Bill Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
- 1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibanez, former President of Uruguay
- 1927 – Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
- 1928 – Marion Ross, American actress
- 1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Jack Haley Jr., film producer and director (d. 2001)
- 1935 – Russell Schweickart, American astronaut
- 1936 - Martin Gilbert, British historian
- 1936 - Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
- 1937 - Roberto Menescal, Brazilian musician
- 1939 - Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and writer (d. 2007)
- 1940 – Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
- 1941 – Anne Tyler, novelist
- 1942 – Helen Reddy, Australian singer
- 1944 – Jon Anderson, singer (Yes)
- 1944 – James Carville, political operative
- 1947 – Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
- 1948 – Dan Gable, wrestler and coach
- 1949 – Brian Kerwin, actor
- 1951 – Richard Lloyd, musician
- 1954 – Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
- 1955 - Glynis Barber, English actress
- 1955 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz musician
- 1955 – Matthias Jabs, German guitarist
- 1957 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
- 1958 – Phil Daniels, British actor
- 1962 - Nick Hancock, British TV presenter
- 1962 – Darlene Vogel, American actress
- 1962 – Chad Smith, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1963 – Tracy Nelson, actress
- 1964 – Nicole Hohloch, German singer
- 1966 - Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 – Oleg Salenko, Ukrainian-Russian footballer
- 1970 – Ed Robertson, guitarist and singer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1971 – Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 – Midori, Japanese violinist
- 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
- 1977 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer
- 1979 - Rob Hulse, English footballer
- 1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1981 - Hiroshi Aoyama, Japanese motorcycle racer
- 1984 – Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
- 1984 – Katy Perry, American singer
- 1985 – Ciara Harris, American singer
- 1985 - Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer
- 1987 – Fabian Hambuechen, German gymnast
- 1987 – Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
- 2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
- 2006 – Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian craniopagus conjoined twins
Deaths [change]
- 304 - Pope Marcellinus
- 625 - Pope Boniface V
- 1047 – King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
- 1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
- 1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach, German archbishop
- 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet (b. 1340)
- 1415 - Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
- 1415 - Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371)
- 1495 – King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
- 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1733 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1760 – King George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- 1833 - Abbas Mirza of Persia (b. 1789)
- 1836 - Antonios Miaoulis, Greek politician and revolutionary leader (b. 1800)
- 1920 – King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893)
- 1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman (b. 1853)
- 1945 - Robert Ley, German Nazi official (b. 1890)
- 1951 - Amelie of Orleans, last Queen of Portugal (b. 1865)
- 1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese Hiroshima Atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
- 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)
- 1973 - Robert Scholl, German politician (b. 1891)
- 1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)
- 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (b. 1920)
- 1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
- 1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
- 2001 - Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, Empress of Iran (b. 1932)
- 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- 2002 - Rene Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and spiritual figure (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
- 2004 – John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
- 2009 - Camillo Cibin, Italian papal bodyguard (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
- 2011 - Tom McNeeley, American boxer (b. 1937)
- 2012 - John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
- 2012 - Jacques Barzun, French-born American historian and philosopher (b. 1907)
Events [change]
- 1147 - Portuguese forces under Afonso I of Portugal, and crusaders from England and Flanders, conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
- 1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats a French army at the Battle of Agincourt.
- 1616 – Dirk Hartog makes the second-recorded European landing in Australia, on Dirk Hartog Island, off the west coast.
- 1671 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Iapetus.
- 1760 - George III of the United Kingdom becomes King, after the death of his grandfather, King George II of Great Britain.
- 1788 – The HMAV Bounty reaches Tahiti.
- 1812 - War of 1812: American frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
- 1854 - Crimean War: Battle of Balaklava, including the British Charge of the Light Bridage.
- 1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
- 1900 - The United Kingdom annexes Transvaal.
- 1918 - Canadian steamship Princess Sophia hits a reef off Alaska and sinks, killing all 356 people on board.
- 1927 - Italian luxury steamship Principessa Mafalda hits a rock off Porto Seguro, Brazil, and sinks, killing 312 people.
- 1940 - Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general of the United States Army.
- 1941 - World War II: The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Nazi-Hungarian control.
- 1945 – The Republic of China takes over Taiwan.
- 1955 - In Japan, 12-year-old Sadako Sasaki dies, as a result of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima 10 years earlier. Her origami cranes, folded after she became unwell, have become symbols of peace and opposition to nuclear weapons.
- 1962 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
- 1962 – Uganda joins the UN.
- 1971 – At the UN, the People's Republic of China joins, as the Republic of China is expelled.
- 1979 - Catalonia and the Basque Country gain some autonomy (self-rule) within Spain.
- 1979 – The last new episode of Fawlty Towers airs.
- 1983 – The US and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after its Prime Minister Maurice Bishop is killed in a coup.
- 1990 - Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union
- 1991 - Four months after the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
- 1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing 7 students.
- 1995 - Latvia applies to join the EU.
- 1997 - Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP.
- 2007 - Singapore Airlines carry out the first passenger flight of an Airbus A380.
- 2009 - Bombings in Baghdad kill 155 people.
- 2010 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra causes tsunamis, which kill over 400 people, and leave many more missing.
Observances [change]
- Constitution Day (Lithuania)
- Armed Forces Day (Romania)
- Day of the Basque Country
- Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
- Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)
