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Events on October 25

• 1415 During the Hundred Years' War, the English secure a major victory over the French at the Battle of Azincourt through the use of longbowmen.
• 1555 In Brussels, Charles V announces his decision to abdicate as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in a solemn state ceremony. The abdication is carried out in the following year.
• 1853 In Munich, the Neue Pinakothek is opened as a museum for contemporary painting.
• 1929 On “Black Friday,” the previous day's extraordinary stock-market losses continue on the New York Stock Exchange.
• 1961 American tanks drive up to Checkpoint Charlie after East German border guards prevented the Western Allies from entering the Soviet sector. On October 27, Soviet tanks move in. On October 28, both sides withdraw again.
• 1979 The Bundeswehr's Leopard 2 main battle tank is put into service.
• 1979 The American-British science-fiction horror film Alien opens in German cinemas.
• 1983 Udo Lindenberg is allowed to perform at a rock concert at the Palace of the Republic in Berlin. The West German singer's only guest appearance in East Germany made his hit “Sonderzug nach Pankow” possible, in which he had ironically appealed to Head of State Erich Honecker.
• 1984 Rainer Barzel resigns as President of the German Bundestag because of his involvement in the Flick affair.
• 2001 Microsoft releases the new Windows XP operating system.
• 2007 Singapore Airlines completes the first flight of an Airbus A380 with passengers on board.
• 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins at his 92nd Grand Prix, the Portuguese Grand Prix, thereby surpassing Michael Schumacher's previous record.

Born on October 25

• 1881 Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
• 1895 Levi Eschkol, Israeli politician
• 1921 Michael I, the last King of Romania
• 1931 Klaus Hasselmann, German climate scientist, meteorologist and oceanographer, Nobel laureate
• 1944 Jon Anderson, British singer
• 1950 Chris Norman, British musician and songwriter
• 1961 Chad Smith, American drummer
• 1971 Jakob Hein, German physician and author
• 2000 Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer
• 2001 Elisabeth of Belgium, Belgian heir to the throne

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „25. Oktober“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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