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What Happened Today in History?

25 October in History

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Events

  • 2023 A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured. Wikipedia ↗
  • 2010 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. Wikipedia ↗
  • 2009 The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721. Wikipedia ↗
  • 2001 Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1999 A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1997 After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1995 A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1990 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1989 The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1983 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. Wikipedia ↗
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  • 1980 Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1973 Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1971 The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1968 A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1968 Soyuz 2 is launched. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1949 The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1945 Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1944 World War II: 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. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1944 World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1944 World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1940 Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1932 George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1927 The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1924 The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1920 After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1917 Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1911 The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1875 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin Johnson Lang as conductor and Hans von Bülow as soloist. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1868 The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1861 The Toronto Stock Exchange is created. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1854 The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1822 Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1812 War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1809 Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1760 King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1747 War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1616 Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1147 Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum. Wikipedia ↗
  • 1147 Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon. Wikipedia ↗
  • 473 Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

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Died on this day

  • 2025 Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2025 Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2024 Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2024 Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2019 Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2018 Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2016 Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2016 Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
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  • 2015 David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2015 Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2015 Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2015 Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2014 Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2014 Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2013 Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2012 Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2012 Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2012 John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2012 Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2010 Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2010 Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2010 Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2004 John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2003 Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2003 Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2002 Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2002 René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2002 Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (born 1944) Wikipedia ↗
  • 2000 Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (born 1909) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1999 Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1999 Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1995 Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1995 Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1994 Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1994 Mildred Natwick, American actress (born 1905) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1993 Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1958) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1993 Vincent Price, American actor (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1992 Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1936) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1992 Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1991 Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1990 Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1989 Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1986 Forrest Tucker, American actor (born 1919) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1985 Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1982 Bill Eckersley, English footballer (born 1925) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1982 Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (born 1901) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1980 Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1980 Víctor Galíndez, Argentine boxer (born 1948) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1980 Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1979 Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1977 Félix Gouin, French politician (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1976 Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1975 Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1973 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1973 Cleo Moore, American actress (born 1928) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1973 Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (born 1891) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1972 Johnny Mantz, American race car driver (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1971 Mikhail Yangel, Soviet missile designer (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1970 Ülo Sooster, Estonian painter (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1969 Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (born 1893) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1967 Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (born 1886) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1963 Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (born 1898) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1960 Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (born 1884) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1957 Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mob boss (born 1902) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1957 Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (born 1878) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1956 Risto Ryti, Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland; 5th President of Finland (born 1889) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1955 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese girl (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1954 Purshottam Narayan Gadgil, Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (born 1874) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1953 Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1867) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1949 Mary Acworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (born 1867) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1945 Robert Ley, German politician (born 1890) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1941 Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1940 Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (born 1854) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1938 Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (born 1892) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1924 Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (born 1876) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1921 Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (born 1853) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1920 Alexander of Greece (born 1893) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1920 Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork died on hunger strike (born 1879) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1920 Joe Murphy, (Irish-American), died on hunger strike during the 1920 Cork hunger strike (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1919 William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (born 1849) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1916 William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (born 1849) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1910 Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (born 1878) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1902 Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (born 1870) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1895 Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (born 1819) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1889 Émile Augier, French playwright (born 1820) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1852 John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (born 1793) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1833 Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (born 1789) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1826 Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (born 1745) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1806 Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (born 1750) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1760 George II of Great Britain (born 1683) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1757 Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (born 1672) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1733 Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1667) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1683 William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (born 1623) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1651 Saint Job of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (born 1551) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1647 Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1557 William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (born 1505) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1514 William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (born 1431) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1495 John II of Portugal (born 1455) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1492 Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (born 1455) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1478 Catherine of Bosnia (born 1425) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Charles I of Albret Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Philip II, Count of Nevers (born 1389) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (born 1371) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Jean I, Duke of Alençon (born 1385) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Anthony, Duke of Brabant (born 1384) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, English soldier (born 1394) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, English politician (born 1373) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1415 Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (born c. 1380) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1359 Beatrice of Castile, queen consort of Portugal (born 1293) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1349 James III of Majorca (born 1315) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1292 Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England Wikipedia ↗
  • 1230 Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (born 1180) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1200 Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (born 1120) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1180 John of Salisbury, French bishop (born c. 1120) Wikipedia ↗
  • 1154 Stephen, King of England Wikipedia ↗
  • 1053 Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu Wikipedia ↗
  • 1047 Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (born 1024) Wikipedia ↗
  • 912 Rudolph I, king of Burgundy (born 859) Wikipedia ↗
  • 625 Pope Boniface V Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Armed Forces Day (Romania)Christian feast day: Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo)Christian feast day: Pope Boniface IChristian feast day: CannaChristian feast day: Blessed Carlo GnocchiChristian feast day: Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)Christian feast day: Crispin and CrispinianChristian feast day: FructusChristian feast day: Gaudentius of BresciaChristian feast day: GoeznoviusChristian feast day: Minias of FlorenceChristian feast day: Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches)Christian feast day: Tabitha (Dorcas)Christian feast day: TegulusChristian feast day: Blessed Thaddeus McCarthyChristian feast day: The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales)Christian feast day: The Hallowing of NestoriusChristian feast day: October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country)Republic Day (Kazakhstan)Retrocession Day and the memorial day for the Battle of Guningtou ( Taiwan)Sovereignty Day (Slovenia)Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “October 25”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 12 Oct 2026.