GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS FRIDAY, October 25, the 298th day of 2013 with 67 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 7:08 and sunset is @ 5:48. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. ON THIS DAY IN: 1415 - King of England, Henry V, led his forces to victory at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France during the Hundred Years War. 1760 - King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II. 1812 - The U.S. frigate United States captured the British vessel Macedonian during the War of 1812. 1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War; Lord James Cardigan led a charge of light cavalry over open terrain against well-defended Russian artillery at Balaclava. 1900 - The Transvaal, a mineral- and gold-rich region of South Africa. was annexed by the British. 1929 - Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Hardings cabinet, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. It was part of the Teapot Dome Affair. He was the first Cabinet member in history to go to jail. 1944 - The Japanese were defeated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest sea engagement of World War II. This loss made them increasingly dependent on using suicidal attacks of Kamikaze fighters. 1971 - United Nations General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expelTaiwan. 1972 - The first women to become FBI agents completed training: Susan L. Roley and Joanne E. Pierce. 1982 - Newhart debuted on TV. 1983 - U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said this was done to protect U.S. citizens there and restore order after a recent coup within Grenadas Communist government. 2001 - Microsoft Corporation releases its new computer operating system to the public,Windows XP. 2002 - Sen. Paul Wellstone, (D-Minn)., was killed in a plane crash in northernMinnesota along with his wife, daughter, and five others, just 11 days before Election Day. 2004 - Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist announced that he has thyroid cancer. 2005 - U.S. military deaths in Iraq reached 2,000.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:28:38 +0000
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