100 years anniversary |
25 Oct 1924
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"Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published
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25 Oct 1924
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birth
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Billy Barty, American actor and singer (d. 2000) |
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25 Oct 1924
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birth
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Earl Palmer, American drummer (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2008) |
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25 Oct 1924
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The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail. The Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win. |
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25 Oct 1924
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birth
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Billy Barty Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play)
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25 Oct 1924
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1st appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip
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75 years anniversary |
25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Brian Kerwin: Chicago, Illinois -- Actor (Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo)
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25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Walter Hyatt: Musician
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25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Réjean Houle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
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25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Hans-Georg Kraus, German footballer |
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25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Walter Hyatt, American singer-songwriter (Uncle Walt's Band) (d. 1996) |
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25 Oct 1949
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death
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Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867) |
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25 Oct 1949
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birth
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Brian Kerwin Chicago Ill, actor (Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo)
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50 years anniversary |
25 Oct 1974
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birth
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Chris Murray: Port Hardy -- NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
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25 Oct 1974
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birth
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Frank Middleton: Guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
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25 Oct 1974
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birth
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Joanne Black: Miss Universe - Ireland (1996)
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25 Oct 1974
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Air Force fires 1st ICBM
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25 Oct 1974
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birth
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Lee Byung-kyu, South Korean baseball player |
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25 Oct 1974
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birth
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Goya Jaekel, German footballer |
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25 Oct 1974
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Wings release "Junior's Farm"
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25 years anniversary |
25 Oct 1999
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death
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Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957) |
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20 years anniversary |
25 Oct 2004
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death
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John Peel, English radio host and producer (b. 1939) |
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25 Oct 2004
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Cuban President Fidel Castro announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned. |
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25 Oct 2004
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music
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John Peel died in Cuzco, Peru of a heart attack, aged 65. He was BBCs longest-serving radio DJ and the first DJ to introduce The Ramones, Roxy Music, The Smiths, The Fall, Rod Stewart, Blur, the Sex Pistols, T. Rex and others to the masses. He founded Dandelion Records in 1969, which released records by Kevin Coyne, Bridget St John and Medicine Head. He was also known for his Peel Sessions, releases of live radio sessions. Peel was appointed an OBE in 1998.
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15 years anniversary |
25 Oct 2009
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event
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The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721. |
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10 years anniversary |
25 Oct 2014
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death
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Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing) (b. 1943) |
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25 Oct 2014
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death
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Reyhaneh Jabbari, Iranian murderer (b. 1988) |
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25 Oct 2014
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death
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Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940) |
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25 Oct 2014
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music
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Jack Bruce, best known as one third of Cream, died of liver disease aged 71. Bruce played bass, sang and was the principal songwriter in Cream, and his CV reads like a comprehensive guide to the British blues boom, with spells in Alexis Korners Blues Inc, the Graham Bond Organisation, John Mayalls Bluesbreakers and Manfred Mann.
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