October 25 Holidays

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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... ↗
• 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... ↗
• 1980 — Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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

🏀 Sports on this Date

• NBA: Houston Rockets @ Atlanta Hawks — 00:00 Scheduled
• NBA: Washington Wizards @ Chicago Bulls — 00:00 Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks — 00:00 Scheduled
• MLS: Vancouver Whitecaps @ Colorado Rapids — 00:30 Scheduled
• MLS: San Jose Earthquakes @ FC Dallas — 00:30 Scheduled
• MLS: Minnesota United FC @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 Scheduled