Historical Events In October - 25

1903  Senate begins investigating Teapot Dome scandals of Harding admin on October - 25.  

1904  Teresa Milanollo, composer, dies at 77 on October - 25.  

1906  US inventor Lee de Forest patents "Audion," a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting on October - 25.  

1907  Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden on October - 25.  

1907  On this day in history edmund Hart Turpin, composer, dies at 72  

1909  On October - 25 philleo Nash, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67)  

1912  On this day in history jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)  

1913  Horace Grant Fletcher, composer on this day in history.  

1914  John Berryman, American poet (Friends & Associates) on October - 25.  

1915  On October - 25 atty James L Curtis named minister of Liberia  

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1917  On this day in history in Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power  

1917  Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive on October - 25.  

1918  On this day in history nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia founders off the Alaskan coast.  

1918  Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die on October - 25.  

1920  Alexander, king of Greece (1917-20), dies after ape bite at 27 on October - 25.  

1921  On this day in history bat Masterson gambler, saloon keeper, lawman, journalist; subject of TV series in the 1960s; died  

1921  On this day in history brian Malzard Foss, psychologist  

1923  Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal on October - 25.  

1923  Bobby Thomson, HR hitter (Giants win the pennant) on October - 25.  

1924  On October - 25 airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), completes round trip transcontinental cruise that began on 7 October.  

1924  The first appearance of Little Orphan Annie comic strip on October - 25.  

1924  "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip 1st published on this day in history.  

1924  Billy Barty, Millsboro Pa, 3'9" actor (Under the Rainbow, Foul Play) on October - 25.  

1925  On October - 25 lester Patrick takes over NY Rangers  

1925  On this day in history yakov Rylskly, USSR, sabre team (Olympic-bronze-1956)  

1926  On this day in history lester Patrick becomes 1st coach & gm of NY Rangers  

1926  On October - 25 biff McGuire, New Haven Ct, actor (Serpico, Heart is Lonely Hunter)  

1926  Frederick Jr Zech, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1927  On October - 25 criminals Squizzy Taylor and Snowy Cutmore die in shootout at Carlton, Melbourne.  

1927  On this day in history barbara Cook, Atlanta Ga, stage singer/actress (Music Man)  

1928  On October - 25 anthony Franciosa, [Papaleo], NYC, actor (Jeff-Name of the Game)  

1929  Former Interior Sec Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe on October - 25.  

1929  Peter Loader, cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA) on this day in history.  

1929  On this day in history james Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies  

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1102  On this day in history birth of william Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)  

1330  Louis II of Flanders (d. 1384) was born on October - 25.  

1360  Louis, founder of house of Anjou was born on this day in history.  

1510  René/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII was born on October - 25.  

1510  Renée of France, french princess (d. 1574) was born on October - 25.  

1528  Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/soldier/politician was born on October - 25.  

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Weelkes, composer  

1683  On this day in history birth of charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, British politician (d. 1757)  

0304  On October - 25 marcellinus, bishop of Rome, dies  

0625  Boniface V, Italian Pope (619-25), dies on this day in history.  

1047  On this day in history magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies  

1154  On this day in history stefanus van Blois, king of England (1135-54), dies  

1400  Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London on October - 25.  

1415  Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout/duke, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1495  John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies on October - 25.  

1510  On October - 25 il Giorgione, [Giorgio del Castelfranco], Italian painter, dies at 32