Public Holidays on October 25

• 🌍 臺灣光復暨金門古寧頭大捷紀念日 (Taiwan)

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On This Day in History — October 25

• 2009 — The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kills 155 and wounds at least 721.
• 1997 — After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
• 1995 — A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
• 1983 — Operation Urgent Fury: 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 at The Hague.
• 1977 — Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.

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Notable Births on October 25

• 1946 — Yazzie Johnson, Navajo artist
• 1945 — Peter Ledger, Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1945 — Phil "Fang" Volk, American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
• 1944 — Azizan Abdul Razak, Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)
• 1944 — Jon Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 — James Carville, American lawyer and political consultant

Notable Deaths on October 25

• 2016 — Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1944)
• 2015 — David Cesarani, English historian and author (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2015 — Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (b. 1988)
• 2015 — Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
• 2014 — Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)

Sports on October 25

• NBA: Washington Wizards @ Chicago Bulls — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Tampa Bay Rays @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: UTSA Roadrunners @ Tulane Green Wave — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Houston Rockets @ Atlanta Hawks — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: San Jose Earthquakes @ FC Dallas — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 26

• 🌍 Labour Day (New Zealand)
• 🌍 National Holiday (Austria)
• 🌍 Nationalfeiertag (Austria)
• 🌍 October Bank Holiday (Ireland)
• 🌍 October Holiday (Ireland)
• 🌍 臺灣光復暨金門古寧頭大捷紀念日（補假） (Taiwan)

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On This Day in History — October 26

• 2017 — Royal cremation of Bhumibol Adulyadej at the Sanam Luang, Bangkok.
• 2016 — An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes central Italy.
• 2015 — A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in northeastern Afghanistan, killing 398 people and leaving 2,536 people injured.
• 2004 — GTA San Andreas makes its debut.
• 2003 — The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km2), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
• 2002 — Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance...

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Notable Births on October 26

• 1996 — Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
• 1994 — Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
• 1994 — Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
• 1992 — Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
• 1991 — Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
• 1990 — Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player

Notable Deaths on October 26

• 2017 — Ali Ashraf Darvishian, Iranian novelist, short story writer and academic. (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Willis Carto, American activist and theorist (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (b. 1937)
• 2015 — Giuseppe Nazzaro, Italian-Syrian bishop and theologian (b. 1937)
• 2014 — Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (b. 1923)
• 2014 — Mo Collins, American football player and coach (b. 1976)

Sports on October 26

• NHL: Colorado Avalanche @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Kansas City Chiefs @ Seattle Seahawks — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: LA Galaxy @ LAFC — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Memphis Grizzlies @ Sacramento Kings — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Vancouver Canucks — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• La Liga: Osasuna @ Sevilla — 20:00 UTC Scheduled

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