25 October
leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1811 - Evariste Galois, mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1825 - Johann Strauss II, composer (d. 1899)
- 1838 - Georges Bizet, composer (d. 1875)
- 1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
- 1864 - Alexander Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer (d. 1956)
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso, painter, sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, explorer (d. 1957)
- 1889 - Abel Gance, film writer (d. 1981)
- 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, actor (d. 1972)
- 1895 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
- 1902 - Eddie Lang, jazz musician (d. 1933)
- 1910 - William Higinbotham, physicist (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Minnie Pearl, comedian, singer (d.1996)
- 1924 - Billy Barty, actor (d. 2000)
- 1927 - Barbara Cook, singer, actress
- 1928 - Marion Ross, actress
- 1933 - Jack Haley Jr., film producer, director (d. 2001)
- 1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
- 1940 - Bobby Knight, basketball coach
- 1941 - Anne Tyler, novelist
- 1942 - Helen Reddy, singer
- 1944 - Jon Anderson, singer (Yes)
- 1944 - James Carville, Jr., political operative
- 1948 - Glenn Tipton, guitarist
- 1948 - Dan Gable, amateur wrestling champion, coach
- 1949 - Brian Kerwin, actor
- 1951 - Richard Lloyd, musician
- 1954 - Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 United States Olympic gold medal-winning ice hockey team
- 1956 - Mathias Jabs, guitarist
- 1959 - Nancy Cartwright, voice actress (The Simpsons, Rugrats, Kim Possible)
- 1963 - Tracy Nelson, actress
- 1971 - Pedro Martínez, baseball pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner
- 1971 - Midori, violinist
- 1984- Sara Helena Lumholdt, youngest member of the A-Teens
Deaths
- 625 - Pope Boniface V
- 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, poet
- 1495 - king John II of Portugal
- 1895 - Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor
- 1910 - Willie_Anderson, golfer
- 1921 - Bat Masterson, journalist, lawman
- 1953 - Holger Pedersen, Dutch linguist (b. 1867)
- 1955 - Sadako Sasaki
- 1957 - Lord Dunsany, writer
- 1974 - Nick Drake, musician
- 1986 - Forrest Tucker, actor
- 1992 - Roger Miller, musician, composer
- 1993 - Vincent Price, actor
- 1995 - Bobby Riggs, tennis player
- 1999 - Payne Stewart, golfer
- 2002 - Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator: A Democrat from Minnesota
- 2002 - Richard Harris, actor
Holidays
October 24 - October 26 - November 25 - September 25 - more historical anniversaries
