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October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 67 days remaining.
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732 - Battle of Tours : Near Poitiers , France , leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors , stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe . The governor of Cordoba , Abd-ar-Rahman, is killed during the battle.1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French army at the Battle of Agincourt 1662 - King Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France 1760 - George III becomes King of Great Britain 1813 - War of 1812 : Canadians and Mohawks beat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay 1828 - St Katharine Docks opened in London 1854 - Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade )1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange was created.1900 - United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal 1922 - The Dail of the Irish Free State approves the constitution of the new state, formally bringing it into being.1923 - United States Senate begins investigating the Teapot Dome Scandal 1924 - The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail British Labour Party 's hopes of re-election. 1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome -Berlin Axis 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".1944 - Japan launches first kamikaze attacks, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf 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 1945 - The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies .1950 - The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War , sending thousands of "volunteers" across the Yalu river border to attack United Nations forces1962 - Cuban missile crisis : Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba 1971 - United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (see China and the United Nations )1983 - Operation Urgent Fury : The United States and Grenada , six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters were executed in a coup d'état .1986 - The New York Mets defeat the Boston Red Sox due to Bill Buckner's famous error in Game 6 of the World Series and go on to win the championship two days later1992 - Latvia establishes its first post-Soviet constitution 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 lost 149 of 151 seats in the parliament .1991 - Rock band Steely Dan reunites1994 - Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina claims that a black carjacker had driven off with her two sons (Smith later confessed to drowning the children in John D. Long Lake, and was convicted of murder)1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois , killing seven students.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 .2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP 2003 - The Cedar Fire is reported at 5:37 pm. It becomes the largest wildfire in California history.2004 - Fidel Castro , Cuba 's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8th .2004 - Chanel Cole , one of the most talented and unique performers is eliminated from Australian Idol .2004 - Official Guided by Voices Day in Bloomington, Indiana .
Births 1811 - Evariste Galois , mathematician (d. 1832 )1825 - Johann Strauss II , composer (d. 1899 )1838 - Georges Bizet , composer (d. 1875 )1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croat paleontologist (d. 1936 )1864 - Alexander Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer (d. 1956 )1867 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general, commander of Greater Poland Uprising in 1919 (d.1937 )1881 - Pablo Picasso , painter, sculptor (d. 1973 )1888 - Richard E. Byrd , explorer (d. 1957 )1889 - Abel Gance , film writer (d. 1981 )1892 - Leo G. Carroll , actor (d. 1972 )1895 - Levi Eshkol , Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969 )1902 - Eddie Lang , jazz musician (d. 1933 )1910 - William Higinbotham , physicist (d. 1994 )1912 - Minnie Pearl , comedian, singer (d. 1996 )1913 - Klaus Barbie , Nazi war criminal1914 - John Berryman , American poet (d. 1972 )1924 - Billy Barty , actor (d. 2000 )1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya , Russian soprano1927 - Barbara Cook , singer, actress1928 - Marion Ross , actress1933 - Jack Haley Jr., film producer, director (d. 2001 )1935 - Russell Schweickart , astronaut1940 - Bobby Knight , basketball coach1941 - Anne Tyler , novelist1942 - Helen Reddy, singer1944 - Jon Anderson , singer (Yes )1944 - James Carville, Jr., political operative 1948 - Glenn Tipton , guitarist 1948 - Dan Gable , amateur wrestling champion, coach 1949 - Brian Kerwin, actor1951 - Richard Lloyd , musician1954 - Mike Eruzione , captain of the 1980 United States Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey team1956 - Mathias Jabs, guitarist 1959 - Nancy Cartwright , voice actress (The Simpsons Rugrats Kim Possible 1963 - Tracy Nelson , actress1970 - Ed Robertson, guitarist and singer for Barenaked Ladies 1971 - Pedro Martínez , baseball pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner1971 - Midori , violinist 1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt , youngest member of the A-Teens1986 - Conor Smith , Irish actor
Deaths 625 - Pope Boniface V 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer , poet1495 - King John II of Portugal 1895 - Charles Hallé , pianist and conductor1910 - Willie_Anderson , golfer1920 - Alexander I, King of the Hellenes , of sepsis (after being bitten by a pet monkey)1921 - Bat Masterson , journalist, lawman1953 - Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867 )1955 - Sadako Sasaki 1957 - Lord Dunsany , writer1957 - Albert Anastasia , mafia don1974 - Nick Drake , musician1986 - Forrest Tucker , actor1987 - Louis Guttman, sociologist1991 - Bill Graham , rock promoter1992 - Roger Miller , musician, composer1993 - Danny Chan , singer, actor & songwriter of HK1993 - Vincent Price , actor1995 - Bobby Riggs , tennis player1999 - Payne Stewart , golfer2002 - Paul Wellstone , U.S. Senator : A Democrat from Minnesota 2002 - Richard Harris , actor2004 - John Peel , British DJ (b. 1939 )
Holidays Feast day of Saint Crispin October 24 - October 26 - November 25 - September 25 - more historical anniversaries
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NS Library - Issue of 25th October, 2004 (592 words)
In criticising Nick Cohen's remarks about Muslims ("Muslim is not a dirty word", 4 October ), none of your letter-writers (11 and 18 October ) disputes his most serious charge: that the Muslim Association of Britain favours the killing of former Muslims who convert to rationalism or some other faith. The justification given by the Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell (Letters, 18 October ) for continuing with military aid to the Uribe regime in Colombia hinges on a false statement: the regime's claim that abuses by its forces are individual rather than institutional. Theodore Dalrymple ("Hopi candles for the worried well", 18 October ) comes close to understanding a critical health issue when he notes that "one of the great therapeutic advantages" of alternative medicine over the NHS is that people "pay cash" for it.
25th October - definition of 25th October in Encyclopedia (809 words)
25th October - definition of 25th October in Encyclopedia October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. October 24 - October 26 - November 25 - September 25 - more historical anniversaries
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