October 25
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[edit] Births
- 1692 - Elizabeth Farnese, wife of King Philip V of Spain (d. 1766)
- 1767 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (d. 1830)
- 1811 - Evariste Galois, mathematician (d. 1832)
- 1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
- 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
- 1856 - Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (d. 1936)
- 1864 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (d. 1956)
- 1867 - Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d.1937)
- 1869 - John Heisman, American football coach (d. 1936)
- 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
- 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, explorer (d. 1957)
- 1889 - Abel Gance, film writer (d. 1981)
- 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, actor (d. 1972)
- 1895 - Levi Eshkol, Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
- 1902 - Eddie Lang, jazz musician (d. 1933)
- 1910 - William Higinbotham, physicist (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Minnie Pearl, comedian and singer (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal
- 1914 - John Berryman, American poet (d. 1972)
- 1915 - Ivan M. Niven, Canadian mathematician
- 1924 - Billy Barty, actor (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
- 1927 - Barbara Cook, singer, actress
- 1928 - Marion Ross, actress
- 1933 - Jack Haley Jr., film producer and director (d. 2001)
- 1935 - Russell Schweickart, astronaut
- 1940 - Bobby Knight, basketball coach
- 1941 - Anne Tyler, novelist
- 1942 - Helen Reddy, singer
- 1944 - Jon Anderson, singer (Yes)
- 1944 - James Carville, political operative
- 1948 - Glenn Tipton, guitarist
- 1948 - Dan Gable, wrestler and coach
- 1949 - Brian Kerwin, actor
- 1951 - Richard Lloyd, musician
- 1954 - Mike Eruzione, American hockey player
- 1956 - Mathias Jabs, guitarist
- 1959 - Nancy Cartwright, voice actress
- 1962 - Darlene Vogel, American actress
- 1963 - Tracy Nelson, actress
- 1970 - Ed Robertson, guitarist and singer (Barenaked Ladies)
- 1971 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 - Midori, Japanese violinist
- 1977 - Birgit Prinz, German footballer
- 1981 - Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer
- 1984 - Sara Helena Lumholdt, Swedish musician (A-Teens)
- 1985 - Ciara Harris, singer
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Events
- 1788 - The HMVA Bounty reaches Tahiti.
- 1979 - The last new episode of Fawlty Towers airs.
