Today in History for 25th October 2025

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Historical Events

1666 - Brandenburg, Brunswick, Denmark and The Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance
1930 - Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) begins 1st scheduled US transcontinental air service between NYC and Los Angeles, California; 30 hour trip includes overnight stop in Kansas City, Missouri
1984 - "Give My Regards to Broad Street" premieres (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1990 - NY Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)
2024 - MLB World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hits 1st 'walk-off' grand slam in World Series history in 6-3 win over New York Yankees in 10 innings at Dodger Stadium

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Famous Birthdays

1884 - Eduardo Barrios, Chilean novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy), born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 1963)
1912 - Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 1997)
1973 - Steve White, American football defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist (White Teeth; On Beauty; Swing Time), born in Brent, London, England
1981 - Austin John Winkler, American rock singer (Hinder, 2001-13), and songwriter, born in Oklahoma City

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Famous Deaths

1647 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (inventor of barometer), dies at 39
1760 - George II [Georg August], King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60), Elector of Hanover, dies of thoracic aortic dissection at 76
1806 - Henry Knox, American general (Continental Army and later the United States Army) and 1st US Secretary of War (1785-94), dies at 56 after swallowing a chicken bone which lodged in his throat and caused a fatal infection
1895 - Charles Hallé, Anglo-German pianist, conductor and founder (Halle Orchestra), dies at 76
2022 - Brian Robinson, English cyclist (Tour de France: first Briton to finish 1955; first stage winner 1957), dies at 91

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