October 25th, 1909

Born on October 25th, 1909

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What happened on October 25th?

October 25th, 1924

The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation.

October 25th, 1920

Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 1854

Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava.

October 25th, 1760

George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 2022

At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

October 25th, 2010

Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.

October 25th, 2001

Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.

October 25th, 1980

Proceedings on the Hague Abduction Convention, a multilateral treaty providing an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another, concluded at The Hague.

October 25th, 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.

October 25th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 25th

Same year
Born in 1909

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Jessica Tandy

British actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

47

Art Tatum

American jazz pianist

*October 13th, 1909, Toledo †November 5th, 1956, Los Angeles

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

92

Ernst Gombrich

Austrian art historian

*March 30th, 1909, Vienna †November 3rd, 2001, London

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

75

Larry Clinton

American musician (1909–1985)

*August 17th, 1909, Brooklyn †May 2nd, 1985, Tucson

43

Marcel Lepan

French coxswain

*September 14th, 1909, Boulogne-sur-Mer †March 10th, 1953, Boulogne-sur-Mer

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

98

Alexander King

British chemist and environmentalist (1909-2007)

*January 26th, 1909, Langside †February 28th, 2007, London

68

Gertrude Abercrombie

American painter (1909-1977)

*February 17th, 1909, Austin †July 3rd, 1977, Chicago

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

50

Stepan Bandera

Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909–1959)

*January 1st, 1909, Staryi Uhryniv †October 15th, 1959, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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