October 25

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on October 25. From 1900 until now. October 25 is under the sign of Scorpio. Famous birthdays on this day include Katy Perry (1984), Ciara (singer) (1985) and Annie Girardot (1931). Several movies were released around October 25 over the years, such as Lazybones in 1925 directed by Frank Borzage and Battle Royale in 2000 directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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Holidays

Day of the Romanian Army
Virgin Islands - Thanksgiving Day : end of the hurricane season
Republic of China - Taiwan Retrocession Day (1945)
Also see October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
R.C. Saints - Feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispian; Six Welsh martyrs and companions; forty martyrs of England and Wales
Kazakhstan - Republic Day
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Events

2018 The United Kingdom opens all combat roles in the British Armed Forces, including special forces, to women for the first time. (Reuters)
2017 Congressional Gold Medal: The Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to Filipino American veterans of World War II more than 70 years after the end of that war. (Manila Bulletin)
2016 2016 Quetta police training college attack: Gunmen attack a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, leaving at least 59 people dead and 117 others injured. ISIL - Khorasan Province claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters), (AP via Yahoo!), (Al Jazeera Media Network) (BBC), (Dawn), (CNN)
2015 Israeli-Palestinian conflict (2015): Israeli border police shoot dead a 17-year-old girl after she approached them with a knife in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. (The New Daily AU)A Palestinian stabs an Israeli settler in Gush Etzion. 3 more stabbing attacks against Israelis resulted in no Israeli fatalities. (Ynet)
2014 Iraqi insurgency (2011-present): Kurdish peshmergas retake the city of Zumar and several nearby villages from ISIS, while Iraqi government forces and Shi'ite militias seize control of Jurf Al Sakhar. (Reuters/Huffington Post)
2013 Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:: Military officials report that 74 members of Boko Haram have been killed in a combined ground and aerial assault on militant camps in northeastern Borno State. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian civil war: The Syrian government announces via its state media that it will suspend military operations from Friday to Monday, during this year's Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, as part of a ceasefire proposal by U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. (CNN)
2011 A Philippine civil defence official estimates that approximately 10,000 people in the southern Philippines have fled their homes due to fighting between Abu Sayyaf rebels and government forces. (AFP via News Limited)
2010 An earthquake and consequent tsunami off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, kills over 400 people and leaves hundreds missing.ref name=quotBBC News Major earthquakequot
2009 American billionaire philanthropist Jeffry Picower and friend of Bernie Madoff drowns in his Florida swimming pool after suffering a heart attack, at age 67. Picower was the subject of a US$7.2 billion lawsuit filed by the Madoff fraud case trustee.
2008 War in Darfur: Human Rights Watch says that more than 40 civilians have been killed in attacks by pro-government Arab militias on rebel-held villages in South Darfur. (BBC News)
2007 Supporters of a U.S. congressional resolution condemning the Armenian genocide drop calls for a vote. (CNN)
2006 The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of marriage equality.
2005 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli warplanes and artillery units hit areas in the northern Gaza Strip. (BBC)
2004 The US Congressional Gold Medal is awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
2003 The Cedar Fire begins in San Diego County, burning 280,000 acres (1,100 square km), 2,232 homes and killing 14.
2002 U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, his family and staff, are killed by a plane accident at Eveleth, Minnesota.
2001 Microsoft launches the Windows XP operating system in the USA. The software is based on Windows NT and Windows 2000, but includes a Compatibility Mode allowing most software written for older Windows versions to operate correctly. Prices are US$199 (Home Edition) and US$299 (Professional Edition).
1999 Golfer Payne Stewart, 42, dies in an aircraft accident.
1997 After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
1996 Frank, Brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
1995 Victor / Victoria, opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 738 performances
1994 Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them)
1993 Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead
1992 Dancing at Lughnasa closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 421 performances
1991 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah
1990 New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991).
1987 Minnesota Twins win their first World Series championship beating Saint Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series.
1986 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1 / 2,000 its population (US Wins!)
1981 12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
1980 Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)
1977 Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
1976 5th Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight
1975 Denv Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St. Louis Spirits
1974 Air Force fires 1st ICBM
1973 Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris
1972 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow and John R Hicks
1971 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
1970 The wreck of the Confederate submarine ''Hunley'' is found off Charleston, South Carolina, by pioneer underwater archaeologist, Dr. E. Lee Spence, Cover Story: Time Capsule From The Sea ampndash ''U.S. News amp World Report'', July 2–9, 2007 then just 22 years old. ''Hunley'' was the first submarine in history to sink a ship in warfare.
1968 Chicago, Illinois, recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its first settler.
1967 An abortion bill passes in the British Parliament.
1966 6 youths sentenced in Johnson murderer! in Amsterdam
1965 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud".
1964 Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
1963 Anti-Kennedy WANTED FOR TREASON pamphlets scattered in Dallas
1962 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation
1961 The first edition of ''Private Eye'', the British satirical magazine, is published.
1960 Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
1957 Russian Minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him
1955 Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938
1954 Landslides caused by heavy rains hit Salerno, Italy, killing about 300.
1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
1952 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine Donald Duck
1951 Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom.
1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
1948 Special Council of Annulment convicts F Weinreb for collaboration
1947 Under the Counter closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 performances
1946 1st trial against Nazi war criminals (Neurenberg)
1945 Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek.
1944 Battle at Samar-island
1943 Burma railroad completed and opens
1942 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive
1941 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa Ukraine
1940 Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
1939 Nylon stockings go on sale in US for 1st time
1938 Japanese troops occupies Hankou andWuhan
1937 Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money
1935 Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel, Haiti.
1932 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Company consultant
1930 First scheduled transcontinental air service begins.
1929 Former US Interior Secretary Albert Fall is convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe.
1926 Harry Houdini is operated on in Detroit, Michigan, and is found to have a gangrenous ruptured appendix. Doctors realize he will die soon.
1925 Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers
1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip 1st published
1923 Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal
1922 The Third Dáil enacts the Constitution of the Irish Free State.
1920 After 74 days on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney died.
1918 Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die.
1917 In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power
1907 Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden
1906 US inventor Lee de Forest patents Audion, a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting
1902 Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die
1900 England annexes Transvaal.
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Famous Birthday

Katy Perry: American singer, songwriter and actress.
Ciara (singer)
Annie Girardot: French actress at the top of her career...
Nathalie Simon: French TV host.
Chad Smith: American drummer (Red Hot Chili...
Mathieu Amalric: French actor and filmmaker.
Elena Lenina
Klaus Barbie: German Nazi war criminal, known as the...
Vincent McDoom
Nilda Fernández
Valérie Vogt
Glynis Barber: South African-English actress.
Helen Reddy: Australian musician, a singer and...
Adam Goldberg: American actor, director, producer, and...
Chely Wright: American singer-songwriter and actress.
Lionel Charbonnier: French football (soccer) player, a...
David Furnish
Jon Anderson: English singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Claude Perdriel: French business leader, the...
James Carville: American political strategist and...
Sébastien Huyghe
Bobby Knight: College basketball coach (Indiana,...
Conchita Campbell
Christina Amphlett
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz
Elisabeth of Belgium
Michael of Romania
Matthias Jabs: German guitarist and songwriter...
Peter Aerts: Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial...
Robin Eldridge: American actress whose career began when...
Josh Henderson: American actor and singer.
Galina Vishnevskaya: Leningrad, Russia -- Soprano (Madama...
Victoria Francés
Karolina Sprem
John Berryman: American writer, a Regents Professor at...
Adam Pascal: American actor and singer.
Marion Ross: TV Actress.
Kornelia Ender: in German Democratic Republic; 100m/200m...
Jean Duceppe: Canadian actor (d. 1990).
Kevin Michael Richardson: American actor.
Orso Maria Guerrini
Tom Eplin: American actor seen in the TV soap "Days...
Fred Housego: Scottish actor who appeared in...
Gale Anne Hurd
Pedro Martínez: Dominican-American baseball player and...
Anthony Franciosa: American actor (Born 1928).
Christos Tsiolkas: Greek-Australian experimental writer,...
Leslie Grossman: American actress.
Jack Haley Jr
Danny Darwin: American pro baseball pitcher.
Jacques Dubois: Versailles Painters.
Elías Figueroa
Michael Sweetney
Achille Silvestrini: Italian ecclesiastic, the foreign...
Arlene Howell
Ian MacGillivray: Scottish professor of Obstetrics and...
Dan Gable: American amateur wrestler and head...
Rusty Schweickart: American astronaut on the Apollo 9...
Zadie Smith: English author and academic.
Bat for Lashes
Chubby Jackson: American bassist and bandleader (d....
Dave Cowens: American basketball star, drafted by the...
Bob Jansky: American astrologer and author, formerly...
Suheir Hammad
Bartolomeo Sorge: Italian ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic...
Hong Sang-soo
Milena Roucka: Canadian professional wrestler.
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Esther Duflo: French-American economist born in a...
Laurie Cholewa
Zelmo Beaty: American basketball player and coach (d....
Peter Van den Begin
Anne Tyler: American writer, highly acclaimed for...
Federico Zardi: Italy Writer.
Earl Palmer: American drummer (The Wrecking Crew) (d....
Edmond Pidoux: Swiss author and poet (d. 2004).
Eddie Lang: American jazz guitarist (d. 1933).
John C Robinson
Dan Issel: American athlete, professional...
Robert Delford-Brown
Bud Held
Philleo Nash: American anthropologist, government...
Zachary Knighton
Nancy Cartwright: American voice actress.
Carlo Gnocchi
Ward Burton: American race car driver on the NASCAR...
Chuck Roberts
Chandler Parsons: Basketball Player.
Glenn Tipton: English singer-songwriter and guitarist...
Mehcad Brooks: American actor and former model.
Sarah Thompson (actress)
Robbie McIntosh
Megan Taylor
Mariana Klaveno: Movie Actress.
Clarisse Agbegnenou
Kelly Chase: Porcupine Plain, California -- NHL right...
Perry Saturn: American wrestler.
Elif Shafak
Christian Godefroy
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Famous Deaths

Vincent Price: American actor and author who was best...
Pascale Ogier: Actress (Ghost Dance), dies of heart...
Viveca Lindfors: Swedish actress and director with a face...
Abebe Bikila: Ethiopian marathon runner (Olympics-gold...
Mary McCarthy: American writer, novelist and critic, a...
Gregory Isaacs: Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d....
Bobby Riggs: American tennis player and champion of...
Veikko Hakulinen: Finland -- 30K / 50K cross country skier...
Albert Anastasia: Italian mafia chief, gangster and...
Risto Ryti: Finnish Minister / Premier / President,...
Henry C van de Velde: Flemish Painter / architect, dies at 94.
Lord Dunsany [Edward J M D Plunkett]: Author (Jorkens), dies at 79.
Maria "Mary" Beekman: Actress (Modern Landhaaien), dies at 73.
Umberto "Albert" Anastasia: US gangster (Murder Inc), dies at 55.
Bob Murphy: TV host (RFD America), dies at 42.
Jose Padilla: Composer, dies at 71.
Abu-Bakr Khairat: Composer, dies at 53.
Belle Montrose: Actress (Mrs Harrison-Hathaways), dies...
Rudolf Forster: Actor (Threepenny Opera, Tonio Kroeger),...
Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum: Actor / director (King Lear), dies at...
Norman Norell [Levinson]: US fashion designer, dies at 72.
G Paul H Schuitema: Graphically designer / photographer.
Frank Puglia: Actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies...
Raymond Queneau [M Presle]: French writer (Last Days), dies at 73.
Hermann Ambrosius: Composer, dies at 86.
Elsa Moranet: Writer, dies at 67.
Bill Cody: Actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City),...
Gerard Walschap: Flemish writer (Men of Goods).
Khigh Dhiegh: Actor (Forbidden Nights), dies of heat...
Adelino Da Palma Carlos: Prime Minister of Portugal (1974).
Francisco Velis: El Salvador guerilla leader (FMLN),...
Philip P Cohen: Doctor (Nobel), dies at 85.
Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky: Russian Cosmonaut, dies at 54.
Anthony David Machell Cox: Medievalist, dies at 81.
Kenneth Kweku Sinaman Dadzie: Diplomat, dies at 65.
Robert Grieve: Civil Servant, dies at 84.
Robert Lorimer Riggs: Tennis Player, dies at 77.
Eugene Polyakov: Dancer, dies at 95.
Roger Miller at age 56 of lung and throat cancer American singer/songwriter ("King of the Road": "England Swings", "You Don't Want My...
Morton Downey: singer (Star of the Family), dies at age...
Cecil Brown: news correspondant (CBS), dies at age...
Robert Ley: German Nazi leader (Born 1890).
Sadako Sasaki: Japanese atomic bomb victim (Born 1943).
Vladimir Herzog: Brazilian journalist and activist (Born...
Warren Wiebe: American singer (Born 1953).
Rene Thom: French mathematician (Born 1923).
Pandurang Shastri Athavale: Indian philosopher and spiritual figure...
Martin Caballero: Colombian guerrilla leader.
Anne Pressly: American news anchor (Born 1982).
Alexander : King of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape...
Willie Anderson: American basketball player, a one-time...
Roger Desormiere: French composer and conductor.
Ariel Durant: American historian who collaborated with...
Jean Schlumberger: French jewellery designer, the most...
Alfonsina Storni: One of the most important Argentine and...
Bat Masterson: American journalist and lawman (Born...
Frank Norris: American journalist and author (d....
Terence MacSwiney: Irish author playwright and politician...
Holger Pedersen: Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953).
Vesna Parun: Croatian poet (Born 1922).
Robert Scholl: German politician, father of Hans and...
Danny Rolling: American convicted murderer (Born 1954).
Mildred Natwick: US actress (Barefoot in Park), dies at...
Lisa Blount: American actress and producer (Born...
Peter Jensen: co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at age...
Edward Plunkett: 18th Baron of Dunsany Irish author poet...
David Healy: Actor (Supergirl, Doomsday Gun, Patton),...
Wellington Mara: Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d....
Cleo Moore: American actress (Born 1928).
[B] Frank[lin] Norris: US writer (Pit), dies at 32.
Harry Ferguson: Irish-English engineer invented the...
Teresa Milanollo: Composer, dies at 77.
Edmund Hart Turpin: Composer, dies at 72.
Frederick JR Zech: Composer, dies at 68.
Jaime de Magalhes Lima: Portuguese Author / poet, dies at 76.
Cornelis JK van Aalst: President Dutch Business Society, dies...
H van Zanten: Guerrilla leader on North Sumatra,...
Fake Krist: Nazi collaborator, killed.
Sergei Bortkiewicz: Composer, dies at 75.
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