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During the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, Henry V, the young king of England, leads his forces to victory at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France.
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John Adams marries Abigail Smith
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On this day in 1861, signaling an important shift in the history of naval warfare, the keel of the Union ironclad Monitor is laid at Greenpoint, New York.
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Pablo Picasso was born october 25, 1881
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On October 25, 1910, white race car driver Barney Oldfield beats prizefighter Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight champion of the world, in two five-mile car races in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
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On October 25, 1948, wrestling legend Don Gable is born in the tiny town of Waterloo, Iowa.
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President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s Marxist regime, orders the Marines to invade and secure their safety.
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Susan Smith reports that she was carjacked in South Carolina by a man who took her two small children in the backseat of her car.
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The Ilyushin-18 jet was built in 1968 and was used to transport military personnel. On October 25, a crew of 11 was flying 72 soldiers from Chkalovsky Airport near Moscow to the Batumi Airport in Georgia, in the Caucasus region east of the Black Sea
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"Camelot","Harry Potter" star Richard Harris dies.