On This Day: Saturday October 25, 2014 Holidays Feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, Saints Fronto and George, The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Saints Chrysanthus and Daria, St. Richard Gwyn, and St. Gaudentius of Brescia. Kazakhstan: Republic Day. Taiwan: Retrocession Day. Virgin Islands: Thanksgiving Day. Saint Crispins Day. Events 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 expel Taiwan. 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 northern Minnesota 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. Births 1825 - Johann Strauss, Viennese composer. 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer. 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish-born Cubist painter and sculptor. 1888 - Richard Byrd, American polar explorer and first to reach North Pole. 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, American actor. 1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedienne. 1912 - Jack Kent Cooke, a Canadian entrepreneur who became one of the most widely-known executives in North American professional sports. 1940 - Bobby Knight, American basketball coach. 1941 - Ann Tyler, American author. 1961 - Chad Smith (born Chadwick Gaylord Smith), American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers). 1961 - Ward Burton, American race car driver. 1970 - Ed Robertson, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies). 2001 - Princess Elisabeth of Belgium. Deaths 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet. 1920 - King Alexander of Greece, some say from blood poisoning shortly after being bitten by a pet monkey. 1993 - Vincent Price, American film actor. 1999 - Golfer Payne Stewart, in a plane crash in South Dakota. 2002 - Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer, and songwriter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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