10-25-2005, 05:32 AM
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October 25th
1400 ~ Death of Geoffrey Chaucer, Poet.
1825 ~ Birthday of Johann Strauss II, Composer.
1838 ~ Birthday of Georges Bizet, Composer.
1854 ~ Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade). You can listen and follow along to Lord Tennyson as he reads his poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”.
1881 ~ Birthday of Pablo Picasso, Painter & Sculptor.
1924 ~ First appearance of "Little Orphan Annie”.
1936 ~ Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini created the Rome-Berlin Axis.
1971 ~ The UN seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China.
1993 ~ Jean Chrétien became prime minister of Canada.
1993 ~ Death of Vincent Price, Actor.
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