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This day in history
October 25
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2022
At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Liz Truss →
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2010
Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month. Mount Merapi →
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2001
Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale. Windows XP →
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1950
The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War. People's Volunteer Army →
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1944
Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis. Heinrich Himmler →
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1944
USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo. USS Tang (SS-306) →
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1929
Hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle, England, tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured), a sculpture by Herbert Maryon. Colleges of Durham University →
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1927
The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths. SS Principessa Mafalda →
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1924
The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation. Daily Mail →
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1920
Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention. Terence MacSwiney →
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1864
American Civil War: During Price's Missouri Expedition, Union troops defeated Sterling Price's Confederate army in three successive battles: Marais des Cygnes, Mine Creek, and Marmiton River. American Civil War →
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1854
Crimean War: The ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade was decisively repelled by Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava. Crimean War →