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On This Day in History — October 25
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Highlights of October 25
- 2022 — At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Read more
- 2010 — Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month. Read more
- 2001 — Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale. Read more
- 1950 — The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War. Read more
- 1944 — Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis. Read more
- 1944 — USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo. Read more
- 1929 — Following a series of similar actions against other sculptures, hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured), created by the college's master of sculpture Herbert Maryon. Read more
- 1927 — The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths. Read more
- 1924 — The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation. Read more
- 1920 — Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention. Read more
- 1864 — American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River. Read more
- 1854 — Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava. Read more
- 1760 — George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II. Read more
- 1616 — Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia still in existence. Read more
- 1415 — Hundred Years' War: The army of Henry V of England, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt (pictured) on Saint Crispin's Day. Read more
- 1147 — Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade. Read more
Events
- 2023 — A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured. Read more
- 2010 — A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people. Read more
- 2009 — The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721. Read more
- 2001 — Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1997 — After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo. Read more
- 1995 — A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. Read more
- 1990 — The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union. Read more
- 1989 — The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1980 — Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude. Read more
- 1973 — Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339. Read more
- 1971 — The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations. Read more
- 1968 — A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people. Read more
- 1968 — Soyuz 2 is launched. Read more
- 1962 — Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba. Read more
- 1949 — The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins. Read more
- 1945 — Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Read more
- 1940 — Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. Read more
- 1932 — George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party. Read more
- 1927 — The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1920 — After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies. Read more
- 1918 — British forces attack Turkish forces under Mustafa Kemal in the battle of Aleppo, which the British capture the following day. Read more
- 1917 — Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia. Read more
- 1911 — The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1868 — The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland. Read more
- 1861 — The Toronto Stock Exchange is created. Read more
- 1854 — The Battle of Balaclava takes place during the Crimean War. It is soon memorialized in verse as The Charge of the Light Brigade. Read more
- 1822 — Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins. Read more
- 1812 — War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian. Read more
- 1809 — Golden Jubilee of George III is celebrated in Britain as he begins the fiftieth year of his reign. Read more
- 1760 — King George III succeeds to the British throne on the death of his grandfather George II. Read more
- 1747 — War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1415 — Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his men-at-arms and archers, defeats the larger French army in the Battle of Agincourt. Read more
- 1147 — Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum. Read more
- 1147 — Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon. Read more
- 473 — Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire. Read more
Born on October 25
- 2001 — Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant Read more
- 2000 — Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer Read more
- 2000 — Vincent Zhou, American figure skater Read more
- 1999 — Clara Soccini, Italian singer-songwriter, actress and model Read more
- 1999 — Romeo Langford, American basketball player Read more
- 1998 — Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player Read more
- 1998 — Lee Know, South Korean singer Read more
- 1997 — Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer Read more
- 1996 — PJ Dozier, American basketball player Read more
- 1995 — Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress Read more
- 1995 — Jock Landale, Australian basketball player Read more
- 1995 — Patrick McCaw, American basketball player Read more
- 1994 — Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier Read more
- 1994 — Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer Read more
- 1994 — Matteo Lodo, Italian rower Read more
- 1994 — Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter Read more
- 1994 — Ray Robson, American chess Grandmaster Read more
- 1993 — Isaiah Austin, American basketball player Read more
- 1993 — Iván Garcia, Mexican diver Read more
- 1993 — William Howard, French basketball player Read more
- 1993 — Rachel Matthews, American actress Read more
- 1993 — Zeno Robinson, American voice actor Read more
- 1992 — Ayça Ayşin Turan, Turkish actress Read more
- 1992 — Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka Read more
- 1992 — Davide Formolo, Italian cyclist Read more
- 1992 — Sergey Ridzik, Russian freestyle skier Read more
- 1991 — Davide Faraoni, Italian footballer Read more
- 1991 — Isabella Shinikova, Bulgarian tennis player Read more
- 1990 — Mattia Cattaneo, Italian cyclist Read more
- 1990 — Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty pageant winner Read more
- 1990 — Asha Philip, British athlete Read more
- 1990 — Milena Rašić, Serbian volleyball player Read more
- 1990 — Dzina Sazanavets, Belarusian weightlifter Read more
- 1989 — Filip Grgić, Croatian taekwondo practitioner Read more
- 1989 — Sten Grytebust, Norwegian footballer Read more
- 1989 — David Hala, Australian rugby league player Read more
- 1989 — Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer Read more
- 1989 — Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress Read more
- 1988 — Robson Conceição, Brazilian boxer Read more
- 1988 — Lewis McGugan, English professional footballer Read more
Died on October 25
- 2025 — Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951) Read more
- 2025 — Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946) Read more
- 2024 — Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940) Read more
- 2024 — Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949) Read more
- 2019 — Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937) Read more
- 2018 — Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923) Read more
- 2016 — Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944) Read more
- 2016 — Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922) Read more
- 2015 — David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956) Read more
- 2015 — Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944) Read more
- 2015 — Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988) Read more
- 2015 — Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955) Read more
- 2014 — Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943) Read more
- 2014 — Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940) Read more
- 2013 — Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934) Read more
- 2013 — Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (born 1924) Read more
- 2013 — Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (born 1930) Read more
- 2013 — Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931) Read more
- 2013 — Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930) Read more
- 2013 — Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (born 1926) Read more
- 2013 — Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (born 1942) Read more
- 2012 — Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907) Read more
- 2012 — Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955) Read more
- 2012 — John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938) Read more
- 2012 — Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944) Read more
- 2010 — Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957) Read more
- 2010 — Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951) Read more
- 2010 — Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922) Read more
- 2004 — John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939) Read more
- 2003 — Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920) Read more
- 2003 — Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (born 1925) Read more
- 2002 — Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930) Read more
- 2002 — René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (born 1923) Read more
- 2002 — Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (born 1944) Read more
- 2000 — Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (born 1909) Read more
- 1999 — Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923) Read more
- 1999 — Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957) Read more
- 1995 — Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress (born 1920) Read more
- 1995 — Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (born 1918) Read more
- 1994 — Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1965) Read more
Holidays & observances
Armed Forces Day (Romania); Christian feast day:
Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo); Christian feast day:
Canna; Christian feast day:
Blessed Carlo Gnocchi; Christian feast day:
Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity); Christian feast day:
Crispin and Crispinian; Christian feast day:
Fructus; Christian feast day:
Gaudentius of Brescia; Christian feast day:
Goeznovius; Christian feast day:
María Teresa Ferragut Roig and four of her daughters; Christian feast day:
Maurus of Pécs; Christian feast day:
Minias of Florence; Christian feast day:
Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches); Christian feast day:
Tabitha (Dorcas); Christian feast day:
Tegulus; Christian feast day:
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy; Christian feast day:
The Six Welsh Martyrs and companions (in Wales); Christian feast day:
The Hallowing of Nestorius; Christian 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 and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “October 25”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.