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25 October 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2022 - At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
Anniversary
2010 - Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.Active stratovolcano in Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Anniversary
2001 - Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.2001 Microsoft operating system version
Anniversary
1950 - The People's Volunteer Army ambushed the South Korean II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, and elsewhere engaged the 1st Infantry Division at the Battle of Unsan, marking China's entry into the Korean War.Communist Chinese forces during the Korean War
Anniversary
1944 - Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis.German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)
Historical events
History
2023 - A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured.Spree shooting in Maine, U.S.
History
2010 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.2010 Indonesian earthquake and tsunami
History
2009 - The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.2009 ISIS terror attack in Baghdad, Iraq
History
2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.American multinational technology company
History
1999 - A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne Stewart and golf course designer Bruce Borland.Executive business jet series
History
1997 - After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.Ethno-political conflict in the Republic of the Congo
History
1995 - A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.Grade crossing collision in Fox River Grove, Illinois
History
1990 - The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.Soviet republic from 1936 to 1991
History
1989 - The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.Football match
History
1983 - 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.1983 United States-led military invasion
Notable births
Born
2001 - Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of BrabantHeir apparent to the Belgian throne (born 2001)
Born
2000 - Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballerHungarian footballer (born 2000)
Born
2000 - Vincent Zhou, American figure skaterAmerican figure skater (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Romeo Langford, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Juan Soto, Dominican baseball playerDominican baseball player (born 1998)
Born
1998 - Lee Know, South Korean singerSouth Korean singer and dancer (born 1998)
Born
1996 - PJ Dozier, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951)Indian actor and comedian (1951–2025)
Died
2025 - Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946)French anarchist and historian (1946–2025)
Died
2024 - Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949)South Korean actress (1949–2024)
Died
2019 - Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937)Indian politician and industrialist (1937–2019)
Died
2018 - Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)American Cistercian monk and teacher of centering prayer
Died
2016 - Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944)Brazilian footballer and manager (1944–2016)
Died
2016 - Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922)American aviator (1922–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated
Lunar age: 22.4 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
2.56 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Leo
15.93 degrees
Constellation: Cancer
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.