Historical Events for 25th October 2025

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1925 - Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno
1941 - 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa, Ukraine
1968 - East German swimmer Roland Matthes wins the 200m backstroke gold medal in Olympic record 2:09.6 at the Mexico City Games; wraps up backstroke double
1984 - "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
2004 - Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8
2016 - Paul Beatty becomes the 1st American to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel "The Sellout"
2017 - The first fossil of an ichthyosaur (a marine reptile, 152 million years old) is found in India, according to a report published in the PLOS ONE science journal
2021 - Elon Musk makes a record $25 billion in one day pushing his estimated worth to $255.2 billion, likely making him the richest person ever according to Forbes

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