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Birthday October 25, 1759 Baron Grenville, (Whig), British PM (1806-07) |
Birthday October 25, 1825 Johann Strauss, the Younger (Waltz King) |
Birthday October 25, 1838 Georges Bizet, composer |
Birthday October 25, 1843 Gleb Uspensky, Russian author (Power of the Soil) |
Birthday October 25, 1877 Henry Norris Russell, astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) |
Birthday October 25, 1881 Pablo Picasso, doodler (Guernica) (or 10-05) |
Birthday October 25, 1884 Eduardo Barrios, Chilean novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy) |
Birthday October 25, 1888 Richard E Byrd, polar explorer |
Birthday October 25, 1902 Henry Steele Commager, historian |
Birthday October 25, 1909 Whit Bissell, Actor |
Birthday October 25, 1912 Sarah Ophelia Colley, better known as Minnie Pearl |
Birthday October 25, 1912 Minnie Pearl, in Tenn (Grand Old Oprey, Hee-Haw) |
Birthday October 25, 1926 Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano |
Birthday October 25, 1927 Barbara Cook, in Atlanta Ga |
Birthday October 25, 1928 Marion Ross, in Minn (Happy Days) |
Birthday October 25, 1928 Tony Franciosa, Actor |
Birthday October 25, 1931 Annie Giradot, in Paris |
Birthday October 25, 1935 Russell L. (Rusty) Schweickart, astronaut (Apollo 9) |
Birthday October 25, 1941 Helen Reddy, in Melbourne Australia (I am Woman) |
Birthday October 25, 1948 Wrestling legend Dan Gable is born |
History October 25, 1400 Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies in London. |
History October 25, 1415 Battle of Agincourt Welsh longbow defeats the armored knight |
History October 25, 1415 Battle of Agincourt |
History October 25, 1671 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus satellite of Saturn. |
History October 25, 1675 Iapetus moon of Saturn Discovered by Giovanni Cassini |
History October 25, 1748 Henry Fielding becomes justice of the peace |
History October 25, 1760 George III ascends the British throne. |
History October 25, 1764 John Adams marries Abigail Smith |
History October 25, 1774 Congress petitions English king to address grievances |
History October 25, 1825 Erie Canal opens for business in NY |
History October 25, 1853 Indians attack transcontinental railroad survey crew in Utah |
History October 25, 1854 The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War) |
History October 25, 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade |
History October 25, 1861 Keel of the Monitor laid |
History October 25, 1903 Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin. |
History October 25, 1910 Barney Oldfield defeats boxer Jack Johnson in Brooklyn auto race |
History October 25, 1916 French troops celebrate recapture of Fort Douaumont at Verdun |
History October 25, 1929 Cabinet member guilty in Teapot Dome scandal |
History October 25, 1930 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began |
History October 25, 1944 First kamikaze attack of the war begins |
History October 25, 1960 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale NYC |
History October 25, 1962 Stevenson demands USSR amb Zorin answer regarding Cuban missle bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over |
History October 25, 1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World |
History October 25, 1971 UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan. |
History October 25, 1971 The U.N. seats the People's Republic of China and expels Taiwan |
History October 25, 1972 Nixon suspends bombing of North Vietnam |
History October 25, 1973 Nixon vetoes War Powers Resolution |
History October 25, 1975 USSR Venera 10 made day Venus landing |
History October 25, 1980 Australian rock gods AC/DC earn their first Top 40 hit with You Shook Me All Night Long |
History October 25, 1983 US invades Grenada a country 1/2000 its population. |
History October 25, 1983 United States invades Grenada |
History October 25, 1984 Rangers beat Devils 11-2 |
History October 25, 1994 Susan Smith reports a false carjacking to cover her murder |
History October 25, 2000 Russian military plane crashes into mountain |
History October 25, 2002 Camelot, Harry Potter star Richard Harris dies |