What happened on October 25? There are more than 286 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 25
October 25 is the 299th day of the year 2024. There are 67 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 43rd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Lucedale, Mississippi 39452 sunrise will occur at 07:03 AM and sunset will occur at 06:13 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 96 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 25
- 1147Seljuk Turks completely annihilate German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
- 1147The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege.
- 1415The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
- 1616Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
- 1747British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1760George III becomes King of Great Britain.
- 1812War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
- 1828The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
- 1854The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
- 1861The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
- 1900The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1917Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia. The date refers to the Julian Calendar date, and corresponds with November 7 in the Gregorian calendar.
- 1920After 74 days on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney died.
- 1924The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party’s hopes of re-election.
- 1938The 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”.
- 1940Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
- 1944Battle 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.
- 1944Heinrich 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.
- 1944The Romanian Army liberates Carei, the last Romanian city under Axis Powers occupation.
- 1944The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship’s own malfunctioning torpedo.
- 1945The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan’s surrender to the Allies.
- 1962Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
- 1962Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
- 1962Uganda joins the United Nations.
- 1971The 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)
- 1977Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
- 1980Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
- 1983Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
- 1991History 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.
- 1995A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
- 1997After 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.
- 2004Fidel Castro, Cuba’s President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
- 2009The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
- 2010Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, begins over a month of eruptions.
Who Were Born On October 25?
- 1102William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
- 1330Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384)
- 1510Renée of France, French princess (d. 1574)
- 1683Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)
- 1759Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg), Russian empress (d. 1828)
- 1759William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
- 1767Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
- 1772Geraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
- 1782Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
- 1800Thomas Macaulay, British poet, historian, and politician (d. 1859)
- 1802Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864)
- 1806Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
- 1811Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1825Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
- 1838Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
- 1856Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
- 1864Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1864John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (d. 1920)
- 1867Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
- 1881Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1886Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972)
- 1888Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (d. 1943)
- 1888Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
- 1889Abel Gance, French film director (d. 1981)
- 1889Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball pitcher (d. 1985)
- 1891Father Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and radio broadcaster (d. 1979)
- 1892Nell Shipman, Canadian actress, screenwriter, and film producer (d. 1970)
- 1895Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
- 1902Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
- 1902Henry Steele Commager, American historian (d. 1998)
- 1903Harry Shoulberg, American painter (d. 1995)
- 1903Katharine Byron, U.S. Congresswoman (d. 1976)
- 1908Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (d. 2004)
- 1910William Higinbotham, American physicist (d. 1994)
- 1912Minnie Pearl, American comedian and singer (d. 1996)
- 1913Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
- 1914John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
- 1915Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician (d. 1999)
- 1917Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive
- 1918Chubby Jackson, American jazz double-bassist and band leader (d. 2003)
- 1921King Michael I of Romania
- 1923Bobby Thomson, Scotland born American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1923Jean Duceppe, Quebec actor (d. 1990)
- 1924Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1924Earl Palmer, American rock & roll and rhythm and blues drummer (d. 2008)
- 1924Henry Sy, Chinese-Filipino businessman
- 1926Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
- 1926Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter
- 1926Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
- 1927Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
- 1927Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, former President of Uruguay
- 1927Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist (d. 1987)
- 1928Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1928Marion Ross, American actress
- 1931Annie Girardot, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1931Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and football manager
- 1932Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager
- 1933Eugene “Porky” Lee, American child actor (d. 2005)
- 1935Russell Schweickart, astronaut
- 1935Sam Taylor, American jump blues musician and songwriter (d. 2009)
- 1936Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
- 1936Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian
- 1937Roberto Menescal, Brazilian jazz guitarist important to founding of bossa nova
- 1939Fred Marcellino, American illustrator (d. 2001)
- 1939Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek film director and a writer (d. 2007)
- 1939Robin Spry, Canadian filmmaker and producer (d. 2005)
- 1939Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player
- 1940Bobby Knight, American basketball coach
- 1941Anne Tyler, American novelist
- 1941Helen Reddy, Australian singer
- 1944James Carville, American political strategist and commentator
- 1944Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes)
- 1944Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer
- 1945Peter Ledger, Australian artist (d. 1994)
- 1947Coco Robicheaux, American blues musician
- 1947Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
- 1948Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
- 1948Dan Issel, American basketball player
- 1948Daniel Mark Epstein, American poet and biographer
- 1948Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
- 1949Hans-Georg Kraus, German footballer
- 1949Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1949Walter Hyatt, American singer and songwriter, leader of Uncle Walt’s Band
- 1950Chris Norman, English singer
- 1951Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television)
- 1952Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
- 1952Samir Geagea, Lebanese Politician
- 1954David Worrall, Australian composer and polymedia artist
- 1954Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
- 1955Danny Darwin, American baseball player
- 1955Glynis Barber, English actress
- 1955Matthias Jabs, German guitarist (Scorpions)
- 1955Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist
- 1957Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress
- 1958Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer
- 1958Phil Daniels, English actor
- 1960Christina Amphlett, lead vocalist for The Divinyls
- 1961Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1961Janice Tanton, Canadian artist
- 1961Ward Burton, American auto racer
- 1961Willie Walsh, Irish businessman
- 1962Darlene Vogel, American actress
- 1962Nick Hancock, British television presenter
- 1963Tracy Nelson, American actress
- 1964Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor
- 1964Michael Boatman, American actor
- 1964Nicole, German singer
- 1965Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
- 19652 Cold Scorpio, American professional wrestler
- 1966Perry Satullo, American professional wrestler
- 1966Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969Josef Beranek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1969Nika Futterman, American voice actress
- 1969Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer
- 1970Adam Goldberg, American actor
- 1970Adam Pascal, American actor
- 1970Chely Wright, American country music artist
- 1970Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1970J.A. Adande, American sports columnist
- 1970Peter Aerts, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist
- 1971Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1971Midori Goto, Japanese violinist
- 1971Neil Fallon, Lead singer of Clutch (band)
- 1971Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- 1971Rosie Ledet, Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer
- 1971Simon Charlton, English footballer
- 1972Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor
- 1973Lamont Bentley, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1974Goya Jaekel, German footballer
- 1974Lee Byung-Kyu, South Korean baseball player
- 1975Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician
- 1975Ryan Clement, former XFL quarterback
- 1976Brett Kirk, Australian Rules footballer
- 1976Steve Jones, Irish footballer
- 1977Birgit Prinz, German footballer
- 1977Yehonathan Gatro, Israeli singer and actor
- 1978Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish athlete
- 1978Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
- 1979Bat for Lashes, British singer
- 1979Eddie Argos, British songwriter & musician
- 1979Milena Roucka, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1979Rob Hulse, English footballer
- 1979Sarah Thompson, American actress
- 1979Tony Torcato, American baseball player
- 1980Mehcad Brooks, American actor and former model
- 1981Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder)
- 1981Jerome Isaac Jones, American singer
- 1981Jon Wood, American NASCAR driver
- 1981Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
- 1981Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1982Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
- 1982Jerome Carter, American football player
- 1983Gyptian, Jamaican reggae singer
- 1983Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
- 1983Taylor Vixen, American pornographic actress
- 1983Tim McGarigle, American football player
- 1984Katy Perry, American singer
- 1984Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
- 1985Ciara, American singer
- 1985Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer and Olympian
- 1986DJ Webstar, American disc jockey
- 1986Eddie Gaven, American soccer player
- 1987Darron Gibson, Irish football player
- 1987Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast and Olympic medallist
- 1988Shane Edwards, Australian Rules footballer
- 1989Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer
- 1993Kelley Missal, American actress
- 2001Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
- 2006Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian craniopagus conjoined twins
Who Died On October 25?
- 304Pope Marcellinus
- 625Pope Boniface V
- 1047King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
- 1154King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
- 1200Conrad of Wittelsbach, German Archbishop
- 1230Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)
- 1400Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371)
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: John I of Alençon (b. 1385)
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394)
- 1415Killed in the Battle of Agincourt: Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
- 1478Katarina Kosača, queen consort of Bosnia
- 1492Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop
- 1495King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
- 1514William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)
- 1555Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)
- 1557William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)
- 1633Jean Titelouze, French organist
- 1647Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1683William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England
- 1733Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1757Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
- 1760George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- 1773Johann Georg Estor, German jurist (b. 1699)
- 1806Henry Knox, American general and politician (b. 1750)
- 1826Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745)
- 1833Abbas Mirza of Persia (b. 1789)
- 1852John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)
- 1889Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
- 1895Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
- 1905Dimosthenis Dogkas, Greek politician (unknown)
- 1910Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878)
- 1920King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893)
- 1920Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and activist (b. 1879)
- 1921Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman (b. 1853)
- 1936Antonios Miaoulis, Greek politician and revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence (b. 1800)
- 1938Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892)
- 1945Robert Ley, German Nazi leader (b. 1890)
- 1953Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)
- 1955Sadako Sasaki, Japanese atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
- 1957Albert Anastasia, Italian-born American organized crime figure (b. 1902)
- 1957Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878)
- 1960Harry Ferguson, Irish farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884)
- 1963Karl Terzaghi, Austrian-American engineer (b. 1883)
- 1963Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898)
- 1965Eduard Einstein, son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
- 1973Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)
- 1973Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
- 1973Robert Scholl, German politician, father of Hans and Sophie Scholl (b. 1891)
- 1975Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
- 1976Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (b. 1903)
- 1979Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, British military administrator (b. 1898)
- 1980Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1921)
- 1980Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
- 1985Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952)
- 1986Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1991Bill Graham, American rock promoter (b. 1931)
- 1992Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)
- 1993Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958)
- 1993Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1994Kara Spears Hultgreen, American naval pilot (b. 1965)
- 1994Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1995Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
- 1995Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920)
- 1998Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
- 1999Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
- 2002Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2002René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2002Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- 2003Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and spiritual figure (b. 1920)
- 2003Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915)
- 2003Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
- 2004John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
- 2005Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916)
- 2006Danny Rolling, American convicted murderer (b. 1954)
- 2007Martín Caballero, Colombian guerrilla leader
- 2008Anne Pressly, American news anchor (b. 1982)
- 2010Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
- 2010Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
- 2010Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
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