October 25

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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• Cleo Moore

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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2017 Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage - Rockstar
• 2016 The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey - Closer
• 2015 The Weeknd - The Hills
• 2014 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
• 2013 Lorde - Royals
• 2012 Maroon 5 - One More Night
• 2011 Adele - Someone Like You
• 2010 Far*East Movement - Like A G6
• 2009 Britney Spears - 3
• 2008 Britney Spears - Womanizer
• 2007 Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
• 2006 Ludacris - Money Maker
• 2005 Kanye West - Gold Digger
• 2004 Ciara - Goodies
• 2003 Beyonce - Baby Boy
• 2002 Nelly - Dilemma
• 2001 Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real
• 2000 Christina Aguilera - Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)
• 1999 Santana - Smooth
• 1998 Monica - The First Night
• 1997 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
• 1997 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
• 1996 Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
• 1995 Mariah Carey - Fantasy
• 1994 Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You
• 1993 Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
• 1992 Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
• 1991 Mariah Carey - Emotions
• 1990 Janet Jackson - Black Cat
• 1989 Janet Jackson - Miss You Much
• 1988 Phil Collins - Groovy Kind Of Love
• 1987 Michael Jackson - Bad
• 1986 Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
• 1985 Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
• 1984 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
• 1983 Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream
• 1982 Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now?
• 1981 Christopher Cross - Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
• 1980 Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
• 1979 Herb Alpert - Rise
• 1978 Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City
• 1977 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
• 1976 Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
• 1975 Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood
• 1974 Dionne Warwicke - Then Came You
• 1973 Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
• 1972 Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
• 1970 Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
• 1969 The Temptations - I Can't Get Next To You
• 1968 The Beatles - Hey Jude
• 1967 Lulu - To Sir With Love
• 1966 ? (Question Mark) and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
• 1965 The Beatles - Yesterday
• 1964 Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy Diddy
• 1963 Jimmy Gilmer - Sugar Shack
• 1962 Bobby (Boris) Pickett - Monster Mash
• 1961 Dion - Runaround Sue
• 1960 Brenda Lee - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)
• 1959 Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
• 1958 Tommy Edwards - It's All In The Game
• 1957 The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
• 1955 Roger Williams - Autumn Leaves
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2017 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Heathens
• 2015 X Ambassadors - Renegades
• 2014 Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars
• 2013 Lorde - Royals
• 2012 fun. - Some Nights
• 2011 Foo Fighters - Walk
• 2010 Stone Sour - Say You'll Haunt Me
• 2009 Alice In Chains - Check My Brain