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October 25 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 67 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1147 - The Portuguese , under Afonso I , and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a four-month siege .1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum .1315 - Adam Banastre, Henry de Lea and William Bradshaw , led an attack on Liverpool Castle .1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt .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.1747 - British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre .1760 - George III becomes King of Great Britain .1813 - War of 1812 : Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay .1828 - The St Katharine Docks opened in London .1854 - The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade ).1861 - The Toronto Stock Exchange was created.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.1900 - The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal .1912 - Richard Strauss ' opera Ariadne auf Naxos receives its debut performance at the Vienna State Opera .1917 - Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution , involving the capture of the Winter Palace , Petrograd , Russia .1924 - The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail British Labour Party 's hopes of re-election.1935 - Hurricane floods Haiti , killing over 2,000 people.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 - 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 .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 .
1944 - The Romanian Army liberates Carei , the last Romanian city under Axis Powers ' occupation.
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.
1945 - The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan 's surrender to the Allies .1962 - Cuban missile crisis : Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba 1970 - The wreck of Confederate submarine Hunley 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.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 )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 ).1977 - Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.1980 - Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague .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 .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 .1992 - Lithuania holds a referendum on 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 , led by Kim Campbell , lost 149 of 151 seats in the parliament .1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois , killing seven students.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.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 .2004 - Fidel Castro , Cuba 's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8 .2007 - The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines , with flight number SQ 380 , flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia .
Births
1102 - William Clito , Count of Flanders (d. 1128 )1330 - Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384 )1510 - Renée of France , french princess (d. 1574 )1683 - Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , British politician (d. 1757 )1759 - Maria Fyodorovna of Russia , wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (d. 1828 )1759 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville , British politician (d. 1834 )
1767 - Benjamin Constant , Swiss writer (d. 1830 )1772 - Geraud Duroc , French general (d. 1813 )1782 - Levi Lincoln, Jr. , 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868 )1802 - Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864 )1806 - Max Stirner , German philosopher (d. 1856 )1811 - Évariste Galois , French mathematician (d. 1832 )1825 - Johann Strauss II , Austrian composer (d. 1899 )1838 - Georges Bizet , French composer (d. 1875 )1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger , Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936 )1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov , Russian composer (d. 1956 )1864 - John Francis Dodge , American automobile pioneer (d. 1920 )
1867 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki , Polish general (d.1937 )1881 - Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973 )1888 - Richard E. Byrd , American explorer (d. 1957 )1888 - Nils von Dardel , Swedish painter (d. 1943 )
1889 - Abel Gance , French film director (d. 1981 )1891 - Father Coughlin , Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster (d. 1979 )1892 - Leo G. Carroll , English actor (d. 1972 )1895 - Levi Eshkol , Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969 )1902 - Eddie Lang , American jazz guitarist (d. 1933 )1903 - Katharine Byron , U.S. Congresswoman (d. 1976 )1903 - Harry Shoulberg , American painter (d. 1995 )
1908 - Edmond Pidoux , Swiss writer (d. 2004 )1910 - William Higinbotham , American physicist (d. 1994 )1912 - Minnie Pearl , American comedian and singer (d. 1996 )1913 - Klaus Barbie , Nazi war criminal (d. 1991 )1914 - John Berryman , American poet (d. 1972 )1915 - Ivan M. Niven , Canadian mathematician (d. 1999 )1917 - Lee MacPhail , American baseball manager and league executive1921 - King Michael I of Romania 1923 - Jean Duceppe , Quebec actor (d. 1990 )1924 - Billy Barty , American actor (d. 2000 )1926 - Ismail Gulgee , Pakistani painter1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya , Russian soprano
1927 - Barbara Cook , American singer and actress1927 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , President of Uruguay
1928 - Marion Ross , American actress1928 - Anthony Franciosa , American actor (d. 2006 )
1931 - Jimmy McIlroy , Irish footballer and football manager1931 - Annie Girardot , French actress
1932 - Harry Gregg , Irish footballer and football manager1933 - Eugene "Porky" Lee , American child actor (d. 2005 )1935 - Russell Schweickart , astronaut1936 - Sir Martin Gilbert , British historian1939 - Robin Spry , Canadian filmmaker and producer (d. 2005 )1940 - Bobby Knight , American basketball coach1941 - Helen Reddy , Australian singer1941 - Anne Tyler , American novelist
1944 - Jon Anderson , English singer (Yes )1944 - James Carville , American political stategist and commentator
1947 - Glenn Tipton , English guitarist (Judas Priest )1948 - Dave Cowens , American basketball player and coach1948 - Daniel Mark Epstein , American poet and biographer
1948 - Dan Gable , American wrestler and coach
1948 - Dan Issel , American basketball player
1949 - Réjean Houle , Canadian ice hockey player1950 - Chris Norman , English singer1951 - Richard Lloyd , American guitarist (Television )1952 - Ioannis Kyrastas , Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004 )1954 - Mike Eruzione , American hockey player1955 - Robin Eubanks , American jazz trombonist1955 - Glynis Barber , English actress
1955 - Matthias Jabs , German guitarist (Scorpions )
1957 - Nancy Cartwright , American actress1958 - Kornelia Ender , East German swimmer1961 - Ward Burton , American auto racer1962 - Nick Hancock , British television presenter1962 - Chad Smith , American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers )
1962 - Darlene Vogel , American actress
1963 - Tracy Nelson , American actress1964 - Michael Boatman , American actor1964 - Nicole , German singer
1964 - Kevin Michael Richardson , American actor
1965 - Þorsteinn Bachmann , Icelandic actor1965 - 2 Cold Scorpio , American professional wrestler
1966 - Wendel Clark , Canadian ice hockey player1966 - Perry Satullo , American professional wrestler
1969 - Josef Beranek , Czech hockey player1969 - Oleg Salenko , Russian former footballer
1970 - J.A. Adande , American sports columnist1970 - Adam Goldberg , American actor
1970 - Adam Pascal , American actor
1970 - Ed Robertson , Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies )
1971 - Simon Charlton , English footballer1971 - Athena Chu , Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 - Midori Goto , Japanese violinist
1971 - Pedro Martínez , Dominican baseball player
1972 - Jonathan Torrens , Canadian actor1975 - Ryan Clement , former XFL quarterback1975 - Eirik Glambek Bøe , Norwegian musician
1976 - Steve Jones , Irish footballer1977 - Birgit Prinz , German footballer1978 - Russell Anderson , Scottish footballer1979 - Rob Hulse , English footballer1979 - Sarah Thompson , American actress
1979 - Tony Torcato , American baseball player
1980 - Mehcad Brooks , American actor and former model1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips , English footballer1981 - Jerome Isaac Jones , American singer
1981 - Austin Winkler , American lead vocalist (Hinder )
1982 - Jerome Carter , American football player1982 - Eman Lam , Hong Kong singer
1983 - Han Yeo-reum , South Korean actress1984 - Danny .S. , English record producer1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt , Swedish musician (A-Teens )
1984 - Katy Perry , American singer
1985 - Ciara Harris , American singer1986 - DJ Webstar , American disc jockey1986 - Eddie Gaven , American footballer
1987 - Darron Gibson , Irish football player1988 - Jonathan Wilson , American Novelist1995 - Conchita Campbell , Canadian actress2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
Deaths
304 - Pope Marcellinus (martyred)625 - Pope Boniface V 1047 - King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024 )1154 - King Stephen of England (b. 1096 )1200 - Conrad of Wittelsbach , German Archbishop1230 - Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford , English soldier (b. 1180 )1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer , English poet1415 - Killed in the Battle of Agincourt :
1492 - Thaddeus McCarthy , Irish Catholic bishop1495 - King John II of Portugal (b. 1455 )1514 - William Elphinstone , Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431 )1555 - Olympia Fulvia Morata , Italian classical scholar (b. 1526 )1557 - William Cavendish , English politician (b. 1505 )1633 - Jean Titelouze , French organist1647 - Evangelista Torricelli , Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608 )1683 - William Scroggs , Lord Chief Justice of England1733 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri , Italian mathematician (b. 1667 )1757 - Antoine Augustine Calmet , French theologian (b. 1672 )1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683 )1826 - Philippe Pinel , French psychiatrist (b. 1745 )1833 - Abbas Mirza , prince of Persia (b. 1789 )1852 - John C. Clark , American politician (b. 1793 )1889 - Émile Augier , French dramatist (b. 1820 )1895 - Charles Hallé , German pianist and conductor (b. 1819 )1910 - Willie Anderson , Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878 )1920 - King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893 )1921 - Bat Masterson , American journalist and lawman1938 - Alfonsina Storni , Argentine poet (b. 1892 )1945 - Robert Ley , Nazi German leader (b. 1890 )1953 - Holger Pedersen , Danish linguist (b. 1867 1955 - Sadako Sasaki atomic bomb victim (b. 1943 )1957 - Albert Anastasia , Italian-born gangster (b. 1902 )1957 - Lord Dunsany , Irish writer (b. 1878 )
1960 - Harry Ferguson , farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884 )1963 - Roger Désormière , French conductor (b. 1898 )1965 - Eduard Einstein , son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910 )1973 - Cleo Moore , American actress (b. 1928 )1973 - Abebe Bikila , Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932 )1976 - Raymond Queneau , French poet and novelist (b. 1903 )1980 - Virgil Fox , American organist (b. 1912 )1985 - Gary Holton , English actor (b. 1952 )1986 - Forrest Tucker , American actor (b. 1919 )1991 - Bill Graham , American rock promoter (b. 1931 )1992 - Roger Miller , American musician and composer (b. 1936 )1993 - Danny Chan , Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958 )1993 - Vincent Price , American actor (b. 1911 )
1994 - Kara Spears Hultgreen , American naval pilot (b. 1965 )1994 - Mildred Natwick , American actress (b. 1905 )
1995 - Bobby Riggs , American tennis player (b. 1918 )1995 - Viveca Lindfors , Swedish-born actress (b. 1920 )
1999 - Payne Stewart , American golfer (b. 1957 )2002 - Richard Harris , Irish actor (b. 1930 )2002 - Paul Wellstone , U.S. Senator from Minnesota (b. 1944 )
2002 - René Thom , French mathematician (b. 1923 )
2003 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Founder Swadhyay Movement (b. 1920 )2003 - Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925 )2003 - Robert Strassburg , American composer (b. 1915 )
2004 - John Peel , British disc jockey (b. 1939 )2005 - Wellington Mara , American football team owner (b. 1916 )2006 - Danny Rolling , American murderer (b. 1954 ) (executed)
Holidays and observances
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