What are the important events that happened on October 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 25 is the 298th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 12, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,761,350,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaoctagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 115 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,691 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 25 Historical Events
- 1415 –The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
- 1760 –George III becomes King of Great Britain.
- 1828 –The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
- 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.
- 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)
- 1977 –Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2009 –The 25 October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
Who were born on October 25?
- 1800 –Thomas Macaulay, British poet, historian, and politician (d. 1859)
- 1923 –Bobby Thomson, Scotland born American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1928 –Anthony Franciosa, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1936 –Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
- 1963 –Tracy Nelson, American actress
- 1965 –2 Cold Scorpio, American professional wrestler
- 1971 –Rosie Ledet, Creole Zydeco accordion player and singer
- 1971 –Simon Charlton, English footballer
- 1981 –Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1983 –Tim McGarigle, American football player
Who died on October 25?
- 1826 –Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745)
- 1905 –Dimosthenis Dogkas, Greek politician (unknown)
- 1910 –Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878)
- 1963 –Karl Terzaghi, Austrian-American engineer (b. 1883)
- 1973 –Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
- 1995 –Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
- 1995 –Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920)
- 1998 –Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
- 1999 –Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
- 2008 –Anne Pressly, American news anchor (b. 1982)
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