Summary of the Day ✨ 25 October (25/10)
A series of devastating disasters struck worldwide as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a tsunami near Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands killing at least 400 people, while Mount Merapi began a month-long eruption that claimed 353 lives and displaced 350,000 others. In the United States, a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine left 18 dead and 13 injured, while Microsoft released Windows XP, which would go on to become one of the company’s most successful operating systems.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured.
- 2010: Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.
- 2010: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.
- 2009: The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
- 2001: Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft’s most successful operating systems.
- 1999: A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland.
- 1997: After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 1995: A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
- 1990: The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
- 1989: The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1983: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d’état.
- 1980: Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
- 1973: Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
- 1971: The People’s Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
- 1968: A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire, killing 32 people.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
- 2000: Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer
- 2000: Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
- 1999: Romeo Langford, American basketball player
- 1998: Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player
- 1998: Lee Know, South Korean singer
- 1997: Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer
- 1996: PJ Dozier, American basketball player
- 1995: Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress
- 1995: Jock Landale, Australian basketball player
- 1995: Patrick McCaw, American basketball player
- 1994: Richard Jouve, French cross-country skier
- 1994: Jefferson Lerma, Colombian footballer
- 1994: Matteo Lodo, Italian rower
- 1994: Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951)
- 2025: Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946)
- 2024: Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940)
- 2024: Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949)
- 2019: Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937)
- 2018: Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)
- 2016: Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944)
- 2016: Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922)
- 2015: David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956)
- 2015: Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944)
- 2015: Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)
- 2015: Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955)
- 2014: Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)
- 2014: Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)
- 2013: Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Armed Forces Day (Romania)
- Christian feast day:
Bernat Calbó (Bernard of Calvo) - Christian feast day:
Pope Boniface I - Christian feast day:
Canna - Christian feast day:
Blessed Carlo Gnocchi - Christian feast day:
Crysanthus and Daria (Western Christianity) - Christian feast day:
Crispin and Crispinian - Christian feast day:
Fructus - Christian feast day:
Gaudentius of Brescia - Christian feast day:
Goeznovius - Christian feast day:
Minias of Florence - Christian feast day:
Mar Nestorius (in the Nestorian churches) - Christian feast day:
Tabitha (Dorcas) - Christian feast day:
Tegulus - Christian feast day:
Blessed Thaddeus McCarthy