Historical Events - October 25
1861 : The Toronto Stock Exchange opened.
1924 : The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years.
1945 : Taiwan was annexed by China at the end of World War II. The Japanese army surrendered to the Chinese army.
1951 : First post-independence elections began In India.
1962 : Uganda joined the United Nations.
1994 : A. M. Ahmadi became the 26th Chief Justice of India.
1999 : South African author J. M. Coetzee received the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature for the second time.
2000 : Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters of NASA, returned to Earth safely after a 13-day mission.
2009 : Two suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 155 and injured 721.
Famous Birthdays – October 25
840: Jacob ibn al-Leth al-Safar, founder of the Safarid dynasty.
1864: John Francis Dodge, co-founder of the Dodge Automobile Company.
1881: Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, and sculptor.
1929: M. N. Venkatachaliah, 25th Chief Justice of India.
1937: Dr. Ashok Ranade, Indin Music critic.
1956: Soni Razdan, Indian-British actress.
1984: Katy Perry, American singer, and songwriter.
1985: Ciara, American singer, songwriter, and model.
1987: Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer.
Death Anniversaries – October 25
1400: Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, and author.
1647: Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist and inventor of the barometer.
1760: George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
1960: Harry Ferguson, British Mechanic, founder of the Ferguson Company.
1980: Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet, and lyricist.
2002: Richard John Harris, an Irish actor, and singer.
2003: Pandurangshastri Athavale, an Indian active thinker and philosopher.
2012: Jaspal Bhatti, Indian Comedian.
2019: Dilip Parekh, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Gujrat.
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