Right now is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2025. There are 67 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On Oct. 25, 1929, former Secretary of the Inside Albert B. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes in alternate for oil subject leases at Teapot Dome in Wyoming and the Elk Hills and Buena Vista oil fields in California. Because of the “Teapot Dome Scandal” Fall would change into the primary U.S. Cupboard member to be imprisoned for crimes dedicated whereas in workplace.
Additionally on this date:
In 1760, Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.
In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles City, Virginia, for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry. (He was convicted and later hanged.)
In 1962, throughout an emergency assembly of the U.N. Safety Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin affirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba. Stevenson then introduced the council with photographic proof of the bases, a key second within the Cuban missile disaster.
In 1983, a U.S.-led pressure invaded Grenada on the order of President Ronald Reagan, who stated the motion was wanted to guard U.S. residents there.
In 1986, in Recreation 6 of the World Sequence, the New York Mets rallied for 3 runs with two outs within the tenth inning, defeating the Boston Purple Sox 6-5 and forcing a seventh sport; the tiebreaking run scored on Boston first baseman Invoice Buckner’s error on Mookie Wilson’s sluggish grounder. (The Mets went on to win Recreation 7 and the Sequence.)
In 1999, golfer Payne Stewart and 5 others had been killed when their Learjet misplaced cabin strain, flew a whole lot of miles off target on autopilot, and crashed in a subject in South Dakota. Stewart was 42.
In 2002, Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was killed in a aircraft crash in northern Minnesota alongside together with his spouse, daughter and 5 others, a week-and-a-half earlier than the election.
In 2022, Rishi Sunak grew to become Britain’s first prime minister of shade after being chosen to steer the governing Conservative Celebration.
In 2023, Robert Card opened hearth at a bowling alley and a bar and grill in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 folks and leaving 13 others wounded. Card was discovered lifeless by suicide two days after the assault, the worst mass capturing in Maine’s historical past.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Actor Marion Ross is 96.
- Writer Anne Tyler is 84.
- Rock singer Jon Anderson (Sure) is 81.
- Political strategist James Carville is 81.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Dave Cowens is 77.
- Olympic gold medal wrestler Dan Gable is 77.
- Olympic gold medal hockey participant Mike Eruzione is 71.
- Actor Nancy Cartwright (TV: “The Simpsons”) is 68.
- Rock drummer Chad Smith (Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers) is 64.
- Actor-comedian-TV host Samantha Bee is 56.
- Nation singer Chely (SHEL’-ee) Wright is 55.
- Violinist Midori is 54.
- Baseball Corridor of Famer Pedro Martinez is 54.
- Actor Craig Robinson is 54.
- Writer Zadie Smith is 50.
- Actor Mehcad (muh-KAD’) Brooks is 45.
- Pop singer Katy Perry is 41.
- Singer Ciara is 40.
- Golfer Xander Schauffele is 32.
- MLB All-Star Juan Soto is 27.