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Crimean War / Tchaikovsky / Kamikaze / Halloween

On This Day (October 25): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
October 25, 2025

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Good morning — it’s Saturday, October 25. Today we’re exploring the Hundred Years' War, Charge of the Light Brigade, Japanese kamikaze attacks, and much more — quick and sharp.

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🚀 Time Machine

-1415

Henry V defeats a larger French army with the longbow at Azincourt, France, during the Hundred Years' War.

-1854

During the Crimean War, the famous "Charge of the Light Brigade" resulted in more than 100 deaths.

-1875

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was performed for the first time in Boston, Massachusetts.

-1920

Greek King Alexander died after a monkey attacked him at the age of 27.

-1944

For the first time, Japanese kamikaze ("divine wind") bombers attacked American warships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

-1971

UN votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist Taiwan and admit the Communist People's Republic of China.

-1978

"Halloween", directed by John Carpenter and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis, was released.

-1983

President Ronald Reagan orders U.S. forces to invade Grenada and secure the safety of American nationals.

-2017

Xi Jinping unveils his new ruling council in the Great Hall of the People; none of them are young enough to succeed him.

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📸 Snapshot

During the early phases of school integration, a black girl and a white girl ride the bus together in Boston, Massachusetts, 1975

🗨️ Final Words

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“Well boys, do your best for the women and children, and look out for yourselves.”

* Captain of the Titanic (15 April 1912), giving orders before the ship sank.

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