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<A title=1147 target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1147">
1147</A> – Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in what would be their only success during the Second Crusade. <LI>1616 – The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etched by explorer Dirk Hartog. <LI>1875 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky (pictured) is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.
<LI>1922 – The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British. <LI>1971 – The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.

October 25: Republic Day in Kazakhstan (1990); Retrocession Day in Taiwan;
Armed Forces Day in Romania.
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<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Events
</SPAN></H2>- <LI>1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
<LI>1315 - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw, led an attack on Liverpool Castle. <LI>1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt. <LI>1616 - Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australian coast. <LI>1747 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
<LI>1760 - George III becomes King of Great Britain. <LI>1813 - War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay. <LI>1828 - The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
<LI>1854 - The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade). <LI>1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange was created. <LI>1875 - The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist. <LI>1900 - The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
<LI>1912 - Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne auf Naxos receives its debut performance at the Vienna State Opera. <LI>1917 - The First Marxist revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. <LI>1924 - The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party's hopes of re-election.
<LI>1935 - Hurricane floods Haiti, killing over 2,000 people. <LI>1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome-Berlin Axis. <LI>1938 - The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell".
<LI>1944 - Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. <LI>1944 - The USS Tang (SS-306) under Richard O'Kane (the top submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own torpedo.
<LI>1944 - The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Axis Powers' occupation. <LI>1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. <LI>1945 - The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies.
<LI>1962 - Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba <LI>1970 - The wreck of Confederate submarine Hunley was found off Charleston, South Carolina, by pioneer underwater archaeologist, Dr. E. Lee Spence, then just 22 years old. Hunley was the first submarine to sink a ship in warfare.
<LI>1971 - The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations) <LI>1972 - The Washington Post reports that White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman was the fifth person to control a secret cash fund designed to finance illegal political sabotage and espionage during the 1972 presidential election campaign (see also Watergate scandal).
<LI>1977 - Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0. <LI>1980 - Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague. <LI>1983 - Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters were executed in a coup d'état.
<LI>1987 - The Minnesota Twins defeat the St. Louis Cardinals four games to three to win the World Series. Frank Viola is named MVP. <LI>1991 - History of Slovenia: Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. <LI>1992 - Lithuania holds a referendum on its first post-Soviet constitution. <LI>1993 - Jean Chrétien becomes Prime Minister of Canada with a massive majority for his Liberal Party in a general election in which the governing Progressive Conservatives, led by Kim Campbell, lost 149 of 151 seats in the parliament.
<LI>1996 - The "Days of Action", the largest one day strike in Ontario, Canada's history, as over 250,000 protesters converged on the Ontario Legislature and attempted to shut-down Toronto, in protest to the Mike Harris government's budget cuts. <LI>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. <LI>2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP.
<LI>2004 - Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8. <LI>2007 - The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
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<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Births</SPAN></H2>- <LI>1102 - William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128) <LI>1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
<LI>1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757) <LI>1759 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1828) <LI>1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, British politician (d. 1834) <LI>1767 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830) <LI>1772 - Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
<LI>1802 - Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864) <LI>1806 - Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856) <LI>1811 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832) <LI>1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899) <LI>1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
<LI>1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936) <LI>1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956) <LI>1864 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920) <LI>1867 - Józef Dowbór-Musnicki, Polish general (d.1937) <LI>1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973) <LI>1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957) <LI>1888 - Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (d. 1943)
<LI>1889 - Abel Gance, French film director (d. 1981) <LI>1892 - Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972) <LI>1895 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969) <LI>1902 - Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933) <LI>1903 - Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman (d. 1976) <LI>1903 - Harry Shoulberg, American painter (d. 1995) <LI>1908 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (d. 2004)
<LI>1910 - William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994) <LI>1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (d. 1996) <LI>1913 - Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991) <LI>1914 - John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972) <LI>1915 - Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999) <LI>1921 - King Michael I of Romania
<LI>1923 - Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990) <LI>1924 - Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000) <LI>1926 - Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter <LI>1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano <LI>1927 - Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
<LI>1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, President of Uruguay <LI>1928 - Marion Ross, American actress <LI>1928 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006) <LI>1931 - Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager <LI>1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress <LI>1932 - Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager <LI>1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
<LI>1936 - Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian <LI>1939 - Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (d. 2005) <LI>1940 - Bobby Knight, American basketball coach <LI>1941 - Helen Reddy, Australian singer <LI>1941 - Anne Tyler, American novelist
<LI>1944 - Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes) <LI>1944 - James Carville, American political stategist <LI>1948 - Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach <LI>1948 - Daniel Mark Epstein, American poet and biographer <LI>1948 - Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach <LI>1948 - Dan Issel, American basketball player
<LI>1948 - Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest) <LI>1949 - Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player <LI>1950 - Chris Norman, English singer <LI>1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television) <LI>1952 - Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004) <LI>1954 - Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
<LI>1955 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist <LI>1955 - Glynis Barber, English actress <LI>1955 - Matthias Jabs, German guitarist (Scorpions) <LI>1957 - Nancy Cartwright, American actress <LI>1958 - Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer <LI>1961 - Ward Burton, American auto racer <LI>1962 - Nick Hancock, British television presenter <LI>1962 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers) <LI>1962 - Darlene Vogel, American actress
<LI>1963 - Tracy Nelson, American actress <LI>1964 - Nicole, German singer <LI>1964 - Michael Boatman, American actor <LI>1965 - Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor <LI>1966 - Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player <LI>1966 - Perry Satullo, American professional wrestler
<LI>1969 - Josef Beranek, Czech hockey player <LI>1969 - Oleg Salenko, Russian former footballer <LI>1970 - J.A. Adande, American sports columnist <LI>1970 - Adam Goldberg, American actor <LI>1970 -
Adam Pascal, American actor
<LI>1970 - Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies) <LI>1971 - Simon Charlton, English footballer <LI>1971 - Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer <LI>1971 - Midori Goto, Japanese violinist
<LI>1971 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player <LI>1975 - Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician <LI>1976 - Steve Jones, Irish footballer <LI>1977 - Birgit Prinz, German footballer <LI>1978 - Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer <LI>1978 - Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish athlete <LI>1979 - Rob Hulse, English footballer
<LI>1979 - Sarah Thompson, American actress <LI>1979 - Tony Torcato, American baseball player <LI>1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer <LI>1981 - Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer <LI>1982 - Jerome Carter, American football player <LI>1982 - Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
<LI>1983 - Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress <LI>1984 - Danny .S., English record producer <LI>1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens) <LI>1985 - Ciara Harris, American singer <LI>1986 - DJ Webstar, American disc jockey <LI>1986 - Eddie Gaven, American footballer <LI>1987 - Darron Gibson, Northern Ireland football player <LI>1993 - Tori Thompson, American singer
<LI>1995 - Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress <LI>2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium </LI>
<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[edit]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Deaths</SPAN></H2>- <LI>304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred) <LI>625 - Pope Boniface V
<LI>1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024) <LI>1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096) <LI>1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach, German Archbishop <LI>1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180) <LI>1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
<LI>1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:- <LI>Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France <LI>John I of Alençon (b. 1385) <LI>Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384) <LI>Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389) <LI>Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371) <LI>Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389) <LI>Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394) <LI>Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373) </LI>
<LI>1633 - Jean Titelouze, French organist <LI>1647 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608) <LI>1683 - William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England <LI>1733 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667) <LI>1757 - Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672) <LI>1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683) <LI>1826 - Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745) <LI>1833 - Abbas Mirza, prince of Persia (b. 1789)
<LI>1852 - John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793) <LI>1889 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820) <LI>1895 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819) <LI>1910 - Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878) <LI>1920 - King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893) <LI>1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman <LI>1938 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892) <LI>1953 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867 <LI>1955 - Sadako Sasaki atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
<LI>1957 - Albert Anastasia, Italian-born gangster (b. 1902) <LI>1957 - Lord Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878) <LI>1960 - Harry Ferguson, farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884) <LI>1963 - Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898) <LI>1965 - Eduard Einstein, son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910) <LI>1973 - Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
<LI>1973 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932) <LI>1976 - Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (b. 1903) <LI>1980 - Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912) <LI>1985 - Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952) <LI>1986 - Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919) <LI>1991 - Bill Graham, American rock promoter (b. 1931) <LI>1992 - Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936) <LI>1993 - Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958) <LI>1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
<LI>1994 - Kara Spears Hultgreen, American naval pilot (b. 1965) <LI>1994 - Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905) <LI>1995 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918) <LI>1995 - Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920) <LI>1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) <LI>2001 - Kaan, Japanese singer (b. 1989)
<LI>2002 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930) <LI>2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944) <LI>2002 - René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923) <LI>2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Founder Swadhyay Movement (b. 1920) <LI>2003 - Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925) <LI>2003 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915) <LI>2004 - John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
<LI>2005 - Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916) <LI>2006 - Danny Rolling, American murderer (b. 1954) (executed) </LI>
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<A title="Calendar of Saints" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_Saints">
R.C. Saints</A> feast days:- <LI>Saints Crispin and Crispian <LI>Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy </LI>
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- <LI>1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 2004</SPAN><SPAN class=body> World Series, Florida Marlins beat the New York Yankees 4 games to 2 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1996</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1995</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1994</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjack (she actually killed them)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Airbus A310 of Air Nigeria hijacked, 1 dead </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Canada Liberal party/Bloc Quebecois wins parliamentary election </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1993</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1992</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Dancing at Lughnasa" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 421 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1992</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Jake's Women" closes at Neil Simon Theater New York City after 245 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1992</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Rene Lachemann hired as Florida Marlins 1st manager </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1991</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs vs. India in cric 1-dayer at Sharjah
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Evander Holyfield KOs Buster Douglas in 3 for heavyweight boxing title </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1990</SPAN><SPAN class=body> New York Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1988</SPAN><SPAN class=body> France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1987</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Minnesota Twins win their 1st World Series championship beating St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 84th World Series </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1986</SPAN><SPAN class=body> International Red Cross ousted from South Africa </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1986</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1986</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 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 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1985</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1985</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Kosmos 1700 communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hepatitis virus is discovered </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Rangers beat Devils 11-2 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1984</SPAN><SPAN class=body> West German Chancellor Rainer Barzel resigns due to corruption
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1983</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1982</SPAN><SPAN class=body> David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA vs. Victoria </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 11th New York City Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 12th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missiles </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Allison Roe (2:25:29) and Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) win New York City marathon </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1981</SPAN><SPAN class=body> George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1980</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mike Weaver KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1980</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Barbra Streisand's "Guilty," album goes #1 for 3 weeks and her single "Woman In Love," goes #1 for 3 weeks </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1979</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Israeli Government approves "in principle," a draft compromise peace </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1978</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1976</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 5th Enterprise, approach and lands test (ALT) flight </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1976</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gov Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1975</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Denv Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St. Louis Spirits
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1975</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Air Force fires 1st ICBM </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1974</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Wings release "Junior's Farm" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chris Wills wins 1st National hang-gliding championship </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cubs trade Ferguson Jenkins to Rangers for Bill Madlock and Vic Harris
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1973</SPAN><SPAN class=body> San Francisco Giants trade Willie McCovey to San Diego Padres for pitcher Mike Caldwell </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1972</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow and John R Hicks
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> General Meeting of United Nations agrees to admit China PR </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1971</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.N. votes to expel Taiwan and admit Red China </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1970</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Women's Golf Charities Open </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Longest Oly field hockey game, Hol beats Spain 1-0 in 2h25m (6 OT) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1968</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1966</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 6 youths sentenced in "Johnson murderer!" in Amsterdam </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1965</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Golf Open </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1964</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Anti-Kennedy "WANTED FOR TREASON" pamphlets scattered in Dallas
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1963</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 110th member of United Nations admitted (Uganda) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Belgian nuclear reactor begins operation </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1962</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Stevenson demands U.S.S.R. ambassador Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1961</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1960</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1960</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cuba nationalizes all remaining U.S. businesses </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1957</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1956</SPAN><SPAN class=body> White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938 </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1955</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Tappan sells 1st microwave oven </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1953</SPAN><SPAN class=body> KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, California (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1952</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine "Donald Duck" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1952</SPAN><SPAN class=body> French president inaugurates Donzere-Mondragonstuw Dam </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1952</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* vs. India
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1951</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1950</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1950</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1950</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1948</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Special Council of Annulment convicts F. Weinreb for collaboration
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 27 performances </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Bradman scores 156 for SA vs. the Indians, 152 mins, 22 fours </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1947</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1946</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1945</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Cape Engano: 4 Japanese ships sink </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Samar-island
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle in Straits of Surigao: Japanese fleet destroyed </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1944</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gas output stopped in Amsterdam </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1943</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Burma railroad completed and opens </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 3rd day of battle at El Alamein: British offensive </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1942</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Fieldmarshal Rommel back in North-Africa </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1941</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa, Ukraine
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1941</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Germany attacks Moscow </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1941</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Winston Churchill routes "Forces South" to SE Asia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Army </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Duke, Latouche and Felter's musical premieres in New York City
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1940</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. Army Gen Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1939</SPAN><SPAN class=body> George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in New York City </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1939</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Nylon stockings go on sale in U.S. for 1st time </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1939</SPAN><SPAN class=body> William Saroyan's "Time of Your Life," premieres in New York City
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1938</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Japanese troops occupies Hankou and Wuhan </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1937</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1937</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1935</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1932</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Company consultant </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1932</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Mussolini promises to remain dictator for 30 years </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1930</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st football game in Atlantic City Convention Center </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1930</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1929</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1926</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach and gm of New York Rangers </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1925</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Lester Patrick takes over New York Rangers </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1925</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1924</SPAN><SPAN class=body> "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1923</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1918</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1917</SPAN><SPAN class=body> In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1917</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pan-Russian Congress opens in Petrograd </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1915</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Atty James L. Curtis named minister of Liberia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1907</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1906</SPAN><SPAN class=body> U.S. inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio and broadcasting
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1903</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1902</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Maksin Gorki's "Na dne," premieres in Moscow </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1902</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Santa Maria Guatemala hit by Earthquake; about 6,000 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1900</SPAN><SPAN class=body> England annexes Transvaal </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1893</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1891</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) ends </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1885</SPAN><SPAN class=body> John Brahms' 4th Symphony in E, premieres </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1884</SPAN><SPAN class=body> 1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps New York Mets (AA) in 3
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1881</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral" </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1875</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Peter Tsjaikofsky's "1st Pianoconcert up. 23" premieres in Boston </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1870</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1870</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Postcards 1st used in U.S. </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1864</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Marais Des Cygnes River, Kansas (Mine Creek) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1864</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Skirmish at Mine Creek, KS and Turkeytown, AL </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1861</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1859</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Merchant vessel Royal Charter runs aground at Liverpool, 459 die
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1854</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1854</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Prince Menshikov of Krim occupies British base at Balaclava </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1825</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1812</SPAN><SPAN class=body> US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1764</SPAN><SPAN class=body> John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1760</SPAN><SPAN class=body> George III ascends British throne </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1671</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1666</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Neth form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1621</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Gov Bradford of U.S. colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1616</SPAN><SPAN class=body> VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1596</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Spanish fleet sails from Lisbon to Ireland </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1577</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Pope Gregory XIII asks renewal of ecclesiastical hymns </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1555</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan
</SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1521</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1492</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1492</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas) </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1492</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1415</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1415</SPAN><SPAN class=body> John IV van Bourgondy becomes duke of Brabant/Limburg </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1241</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241)
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<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1147</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Battle at Doryleum: Arabs beat Koenraad III's crusaders </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1147</SPAN><SPAN class=body> King Afonso I of Portugal occupiers Lisbon </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 1131</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Crowning of Louis VII the Young, King of France </SPAN>
<SPAN class=bodybold>October 25, 625</SPAN><SPAN class=body> Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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