25 October
Notable Births
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
b. 2001
Heir apparent to the Belgian throne (born 2001)
Dominik Szoboszlai
b. 2000
Hungarian footballer (born 2000)
Vincent Zhou
b. 2000
American figure skater (born 2000)
Romeo Langford
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Juan Soto
b. 1998
Dominican baseball player (born 1998)
Lee Know
b. 1998
South Korean singer and dancer (born 1998)
Federico Chiesa
b. 1997
Italian footballer (born 1997)
PJ Dozier
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Jock Landale
b. 1995
Australian basketball player (born 1995)
Patrick McCaw
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Richard Jouve
b. 1994
French cross-country skier (born 1994)
Jefferson Lerma
b. 1994
Colombian footballer (born 1994)
Gor Minasyan
b. 1994
Armenian weightlifter (born 1994)
Ray Robson
b. 1994
American chess grandmaster (born 1994)
Isaiah Austin
b. 1993
American professional basketball player
Iván García (diver)
b. 1993
Mexican diver (born 1993)
William Howard (basketball)
b. 1993
French basketball player (born 1993)
Rachel Matthews
b. 1993
American actress
Clarisse Agbegnenou
b. 1992
French judoka (born 1992)
Davide Formolo
b. 1992
Italian cyclist (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
Satish Shah
d. 2025
Indian actor and comedian (1951–2025)
Rolf Dupuy
d. 2025
French anarchist and historian (1946–2025)
Phil Lesh
d. 2024
American musician (1940–2024)
Kim Soo-mi
d. 2024
South Korean actress (1949–2024)
Thomas Keating
d. 2018
American Cistercian monk and teacher of centering prayer
Carlos Alberto Torres
d. 2016
Brazilian footballer and manager (1944–2016)
Bob Hoover
d. 2016
American aviator (1922–2016)
Lisa Jardine
d. 2015
British historian (1944–2015)
Flip Saunders
d. 2015
American basketball player and coach (1955–2015)
Jack Bruce
d. 2014
Scottish musician (1943–2014)
Carlos Morales Troncoso
d. 2014
Dominican Republic politician (1940–2014)
Arthur Danto
d. 2013
American art critic and philosopher (1924–2013)
Nicholas Hunt
d. 2013
Royal Navy Admiral (1930–2013)
Hal Needham
d. 2013
American stunt performer and film director (1931–2013)
Paul Reichmann
d. 2013
Canadian businessman (1930–2013)
Bill Sharman
d. 2013
American basketball player and coach (1926–2013)
Marcia Wallace
d. 2013
American actress and comedienne (1942–2013)
Jacques Barzun
d. 2012
French-American historian (1907–2012)
Jaspal Bhatti
d. 2012
Indian actor (1955–2012)
Mary McCarthy (author)
d. 1989
American novelist and political activist (1912–1989)
On This Day in History
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2023
A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured.
2023 Lewiston shootings
2010
Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.
Mount Merapi
2010
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.
2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami
2009
The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
October 2009 Baghdad bombings
2001
Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
Microsoft
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.
Learjet 35
1997
After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
1995
A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision
1990
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
1989
The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
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.
United States invasion of Grenada
1980
Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
1973
Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 339
1971
The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
China
1968
A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.
Fairchild F-27
1968
Soyuz 2 is launched.
Soyuz 2
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
Cuban Missile Crisis
1949
The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
Battle of Guningtou
1945
Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.
Geography of Taiwan
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.
World War II