This Day In History — The Charge of the Light Brigade

October 25

1400
Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.

1415
The Battle of Agincourt between England and France during the Hundred Years War took place.

1760
King George III of Britain was crowned.

1854
The Charge of the Light Brigade took place at Balaklava during the Crimean War.

1962
John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1971
The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.

1983
The United States invaded the Caribbean nation of Grenada.

Birthdays

Pablo Picasso

1881–1973, Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and ceramist, who worked in France. (Pablo Ruiz y Picasso)

Johann Strauss

composer (1825)

Georges Bizet

operatic composer (1838)

Sarah Bernhard

actor (1844)

Henry Norris Russell

astronomer (1877)

Richard E. Byrd

aviator and polar explorer (1888)

John Berryman

poet and critic (1914)

Bob Knight

basketball coach (1940)

Anne Tyler

novelist (1941)

Midori

violinist (1971)

Ciara

singer (1985)

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