October 25 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for October 25
In the headlines today:

2002	Actor Richard Harris (Gladiator, Harry Potter) dies in a London hospital at age 72.
2001	Microsoft unveils its Windows XP operating system.
1999	Pro golfer Payne Stewart dies aboard a Learjet that flew without human command for four hours, then crashed in South Dakota.
1995	tennis player Bobby Riggs dies in California, at age 77.
1993	Jean Chretien succeeds Kim Campbell as Canada's prime minister.
1983	US forces invade Grenada.
1971	The United Nations votes to expel Taiwan and admit mainland China.
1962	Photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba is presented to the UN Security council by US Ambassador Adlai Stevenson.
1962	Uganda is admitted to the United Nations.
1945	Greece is admitted to the United Nations.
1918	Nearly 400 passengers drown when the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia sinks off the Alaskan coast.
1854	The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place during the Crimean War.
1812	The US frigate United States captures the British ship Macedonian during the War of 1812.
1760	George III succeeds his late grandfather, George II, to become King of the British Empire.