October 25

October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1147 – Seljuk Turks completely annihilate German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
• 1154 – Henry II becomes King of England.
• 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 West 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.
• 1812 – War of 1812: The American frigate, USS United States, commanded by Stephen Decatur, captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of Missolonghi begins.
• 1828 – St Katharine Docks open in London.
• 1854 – The Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
• 1861 – The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
• 1900 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• 1917 – Traditionally 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.
• 1920 – After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
• 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.
• 1927 – The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
• 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". His warning is widely ignored.
• 1940 – Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
• 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 under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
• 1944 – The Romanian city of Carei is liberated by Romanian and Soviet forces from Nazi-Hungarian occupation.
• 1944 – World War II: 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. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.
• 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 a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.
• 1962 – Uganda joins the United Nations.
• 1962 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
• 1971 – The United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations)
• 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 are 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.
• 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.
• 2004 – Cuban President Fidel Castro announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned.
• 2009 – The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.

Births

• 1102 – William Clito, French son of Sybilla of Conversano (d. 1128)
• 1330 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (d. 1384)
• 1510 – Renée of France (d. 1574)
• 1683 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)
• 1709 – Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (d. 1753)
• 1759 – Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
• 1759 – William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
• 1767 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and politician (d. 1830)
• 1772 – Géraud Duroc, French general (d. 1813)
• 1782 – Levi Lincoln, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
• 1800 – Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859)
• 1802 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)
• 1864 – Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter (d. 1828)
• 1806 – Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (d. 1856)
• 1811 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1832)
• 1815 – Camillo Sivori, Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (d. 1894)
• 1825 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
• 1838 – Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (d. 1875)
• 1856 – Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archeologist (d. 1936)
• 1864 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920)
• 1864 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American composer (d. 1956)
• 1867 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
• 1868 – Dan Burke, American baseball player (d. 1933)
• 1868 – Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946)
• 1875 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author and educator (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Adolf Möller, German rower (d. 1968)
• 1881 – Julius Frey, German swimmer (d. 1960)
• 1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1882 – John T. Flynn, American journalist and author (d. 1964)
• 1882 – Tony Jackson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1921)
• 1886 – Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Richard E. Byrd, American admiral (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Abel Gance, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1889 – Smoky Joe Wood, American baseball player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1891 – Charles Coughlin, Canadian-American priest and radio host (d. 1979)
• 1892 – Nell Shipman, Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1970)
• 1894 – Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer and writer (d. 1954)
• 1895 – Levi Eshkol, Ukrainian-Israeli politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
• 1900 – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Henry Steele Commager, American historian and author (d. 1998)
• 1902 – Eddie Lang, American guitarist (d. 1933)
• 1903 – Katharine Byron, American politician (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (d. 2004)
• 1910 – William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer, created Tennis for Two (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Minnie Pearl, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Klaus Barbie, German captain (d. 1991)
• 1914 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (d. 1972)
• 1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Lee MacPhail, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Chubby Jackson, American bassist and bandleader (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Michael I of Romania
• 1923 – Don Banks, Australian composer (d. 1980)
• 1923 – Jean Duceppe, Canadian actor (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Billy Barty, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Earl Palmer, American drummer (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Takis, Greek sculptor
• 1926 – Ismail Gulgee, Pakistani painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Jimmy Heath, American saxophonist and composer (Heath Brothers)
• 1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
• 1927 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay
• 1927 – Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1928 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Marion Ross, American actress and singer
• 1930 – Harold Brodkey, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Jimmy McIlroy, Irish footballer and manager
• 1933 – Eugene Gordon Lee, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Joe Mercer, English jockey
• 1935 – Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
• 1935 – Sam Taylor, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Martin Gilbert, English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
• 1937 – Roberto Menescal, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1939 – Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
• 1939 – Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Bob Knight, American basketball player and coach
• 1941 – Lynda Benglis, American artist
• 1941 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1941 – Anne Tyler, American author and critic
• 1944 – Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yes, Jon and Vangelis, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, and The Warriors)
• 1944 – James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant
• 1944 – Fred Housego, Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host
• 1944 – Kati Kovács, Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 – Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1946 – Koji Yamamoto, Japanese baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1947 – Glenn Tipton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Judas Priest and The Flying Hat Band)
• 1948 – Diana Burrell, English viola player and composer
• 1948 – Dave Cowens, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 – Daniel Mark Epstein, American poet and author
• 1948 – Dan Gable, American wrestler and coach
• 1948 – Dan Issel, American basketball player and coach
• 1949 – Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1949 – Hans-Georg Kraus, German footballer
• 1949 – Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (Uncle Walt's Band) (d. 1996)
• 1950 – Chris Norman, English singer-songwriter (Smokie)
• 1951 – Richard Lloyd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television and Rocket from the Tombs)
• 1952 – Samir Geagea, Lebanese commander and politician
• 1952 – Wendy Hall, English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic
• 1952 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
• 1952 – Mollie O'Brien, American singer and guitarist
• 1954 – Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1954 – David Worrall, Australian composer and educator
• 1955 – Glynis Barber, South African-English actress
• 1955 – Danny Darwin, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 – Robin Eubanks, American trombonist and educator (SFJAZZ Collective)
• 1955 – Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter (Scorpions)
• 1956 – Jüri Mõis, Estonian businessman and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 1956 – Paul Regina, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1957 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress and singer
• 1957 – Bernard Hogan-Howe, English police officer
• 1958 – Philip A. Beachy, scientist
• 1958 – Phil Daniels, English actor and singer
• 1958 – Kornelia Ender, German swimmer
• 1958 – Lynn Toler, American lawyer and judge
• 1959 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Divinyls) (d. 2013)
• 1960 – June Brigman, American illustrator
• 1961 – Ward Burton, American race car driver
• 1961 – Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot, and Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats)
• 1961 – Janice Tanton, Canadian illustrator
• 1961 – Willie Walsh, Irish-English businessman
• 1962 – Nick Hancock, English actor and screenwriter
• 1962 – Steve Hodge, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – Darlene Vogel, American actress
• 1962 – Roy Stuart, American photographer and director
• 1963 – Dominic Dromgoole, English director, playwright, and critic
• 1963 – John Levén, Swedish bassist (Europe)
• 1963 – Tracy Nelson, American actress
• 1964 – Nicole, German singer
• 1964 – Michael Boatman, American actor
• 1964 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor and singer
• 1965 – Mathieu Amalric, French actor and director
• 1965 – Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
• 1965 – Claire Colebrook, Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic
• 1965 – Rebecca Pidgeon, American-English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1965 – 2 Cold Scorpio, American wrestler
• 1966 – Keisha, American pornographic actress
• 1966 – Wendel Clark, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Perry Saturn, American wrestler
• 1968 – Speech, American rapper (Arrested Development)
• 1968 – Sean Sasser, American chef and activist (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1969 – Nika Futterman, American voice actress and singer
• 1969 – Oleg Salenko, Russian footballer
• 1969 – Alex Webster, American bass player (Cannibal Corpse and Blotted Science)
• 1970 – J. A. Adande, American journalist
• 1970 – Peter Aerts, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1970 – Adam Goldberg, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Adam Pascal, American actor and singer
• 1970 – Ed Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Barenaked Ladies and Yukon Kornelius)
• 1970 – Daniel Scheinhardt, German footballer
• 1970 – Chely Wright, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Simon Charlton, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1971 – Neil Fallon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Clutch, The Company Band, and The Bakerton Group)
• 1971 – Midori Gotō, Japanese-American violinist and educator
• 1971 – Leslie Grossman, American actress
• 1971 – Rosie Ledet, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
• 1971 – Pedro Martínez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1972 – Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Sayuri Uchida, Japanese actress
• 1973 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (d. 2005)
• 1974 – Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player
• 1974 – Goya Jaekel, German footballer
• 1975 – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kings of Convenience and Skog)
• 1975 – Ryan Clement, American football player
• 1975 – Zadie Smith, English author and academic
• 1975 – Giorgos Tsalikis, Greek singer
• 1976 – Steve Jones, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Brett Kirk, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – The Alchemist, American rapper, DJ, and producer (The Whooliganz and Gangrene)
• 1977 – Yehonathan Gatro, Israeli singer and actor
• 1977 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer and psychologist
• 1977 – Kateryna Serebrianska, Ukrainian gymnast
• 1978 – Russell Anderson, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Markus Pöyhönen, Finnish sprinter
• 1979 – Eddie Argos, English singer-songwriter (Art Brut)
• 1979 – Bat for Lashes, English singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Rob Hulse, English footballer
• 1979 – Rosa Mendes, Canadian-American wrestler and model
• 1979 – Ivana Sert, Serbian-Turkish model and fashion designer
• 1979 – Sarah Thompson, American actress
• 1979 – Tony Torcato, American baseball player
• 1980 – Mehcad Brooks, American model and actor
• 1980 – Hubert Radke, Polish basketball player
• 1981 – Josh Henderson, American actor and singer
• 1981 – Young Rome, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (IMx)
• 1981 – Austin Winkler, American singer-songwriter (Hinder)
• 1981 – Jon Wood, American race car driver
• 1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
• 1982 – Jerome Carter, American football player
• 1982 – Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer-songwriter (at17)
• 1983 – Gyptian, Jamaican singer
• 1983 – Mirjam Liimask, Estonian hurdler
• 1983 – Tim McGarigle, American football player
• 1983 – Taylor Vixen, American porn actress and director
• 1983 – Han Yeo-reum, South Korean actress
• 1984 – Sara Lumholdt, Swedish singer and dancer (A-Teens)
• 1984 – Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Iván Ramis, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1985 – Kara Lynn Joyce, American swimmer
• 1985 – Dani López, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Daniele Padelli, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Ayahi Takagaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1986 – Eddie Gaven, American soccer player
• 1986 – DJ Webstar, American DJ and producer
• 1987 – Bill Amis, American basketball player
• 1987 – Black Angelika, Romanian porn actress
• 1987 – Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
• 1988 – Chandler Parsons, American basketball player
• 1988 – Shane Edwards, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Mandi Lampi, Finnish actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1989 – Ivan Marconi, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
• 1990 – Filipe Galvão, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1990 – Austin Peralta, American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
• 1992 – Kamie Crawford, American model, Miss Teen USA 2010
• 1994 – Jack Payne, English footballer
• 2001 – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
• 2006 – Krista and Tatiana Hogan, Canadian conjoined twins

Deaths

• 625 – Pope Boniface V
• 686 – Prince Ōtsu of Japan (b. 663)
• 1047 – Magnus the Good, Norwegian king (b. 1024)
• 1154 – Stephen, King of England (b. 1096)
• 1200 – Conrad of Wittelsbach, German cardinal (b. 1120)
• 1221 – Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, Master Chamberlain of England (b. c. 1165)
• 1230 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1180)
• 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (b. 1343)
• 1415 – Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:
  • Charles I of Albret
  • Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
  • Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)
  • Jean I, Duke of Alençon (b. 1385)
  • Anthony, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
  • Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394)
  • Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
• 1478 – Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)
• 1492 – Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop (b. 1455)
• 1495 – John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
• 1514 – William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop, founded University of Aberdeen (b. 1431)
• 1555 – Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian-German scholar (b. 1526)
• 1557 – William Cavendish, English courtier and civil servant (b. 1505)
• 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
• 1683 – William Scroggs, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)
• 1733 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)
• 1757 – Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (b. 1672)
• 1760 – George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1773 – Johann Georg Estor, German historian and theorist (b. 1699)
• 1806 – Henry Knox, American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)
• 1826 – Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)
• 1833 – Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
• 1852 – John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1879 – Nachum Kaplan, preacher and philanthropist (b. 1811)
• 1889 – Émile Augier, French playwright (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1902 – Frank Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1910 – Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
• 1916 – William Merritt Chase, American painter (b. 1849)
• 1920 – Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1920 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (b. 1879)
• 1921 – Bat Masterson, American journalist and police officer (b. 1853)
• 1938 – Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet (b. 1892)
• 1941 – Franz von Werra, Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1945 – Robert Ley, German politician (b. 1890)
• 1949 – Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
• 1953 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese victim of the atomic bomb (b. 1943)
• 1957 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-American mobster (b. 1902)
• 1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Harry Ferguson, Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 – Louis Abell, American rower (b. 1884)
• 1962 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (b. 1891)
• 1963 – Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (b. 1898)
• 1963 – Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian-American geologist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Eduard Einstein, Swiss son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
• 1967 – Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 – Ülo Sooster, Estonian artist (b. 1924)
• 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)
• 1973 – Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1973 – Robert Scholl, German accountant and politician (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
• 1976 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (b. 1903)
• 1979 – Gerald Templer, English field marshal (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Virgil Fox, American organist and educator (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter and actor (Heavy Metal Kids) (b. 1952)
• 1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
• 1989 – Mary McCarthy, American author and critic (b. 1912)
• 1990 – Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 1991 – Bill Graham, German-American concert promoter (b. 1931)
• 1992 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
• 1992 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter (b. 1916)
• 1993 – Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1958)
• 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Kara Hultgreen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Te Ata Fisher, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1920)
• 1995 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
• 1996 – Roland Wilson, Australian public servant (b. 1904)
• 1998 – Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
• 1999 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
• 2000 – Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese officer and submarine commander (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 2002 – René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Robert Strassburg, American conductor and composer (b. 1915)
• 2004 – John Peel, English radio host and producer (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Barbara Keogh, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Wellington Mara, American commander and businessman (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Danny Rolling, American serial killer (b. 1954)
• 2008 – Gerard Damiano, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2008 – Anne Pressly, American journalist and actress (b. 1982)
• 2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
• 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
• 2012 – John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Aung Gyi, Burmese general and politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Les Mueller, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Nigel Davenport, English actor (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Marcia Wallace, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing) (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Reyhaneh Jabbari, Iranian murderer (b. 1988)
• 2014 – Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day (Romania)
• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Carlo Gnocchi
  • Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy
  • Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity)
  • Crispin and Crispinian
  • Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
  • Gaudentius of Brescia
  • Minias of Florence
  • Mar Nestorius
  • October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Constitution Day (Lithuania)
• Day of the Basque Country (Basque Country)
• Earliest day on which Nevada Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Nevada)
• Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while October 31 is the latest; celebrated on last Friday in October. (Australia)
• Republic Day (Kazakhstan)
• Retrocession Day (Taiwan)
• Thanksgiving Day (Grenada)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada