On this day: 25 October

Selected events and births on 25 October, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1760 – George III became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather George II. Read more: George III George II of Great Britain
• 1924 – The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation. Read more: Daily Mail Zinoviev letter Communist Party of Great Britain
• 2001 – Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale. Read more: Windows XP Microsoft Windows
• 2022 – At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Read more: Liz Truss Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Born on this day

• 1995 – Conchita Campbell, Canadian actress Read more: Conchita Campbell
• 1995 – Jock Landale, Australian basketball player Read more: Jock Landale
• 1995 – Patrick McCaw, American basketball player Read more: Patrick McCaw
• 1996 – PJ Dozier, American basketball player Read more: PJ Dozier
• 1997 – Federico Chiesa, Italian footballer Read more: Federico Chiesa
• 1998 – Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player Read more: Juan Soto
• 1998 – Lee Know, South Korean singer Read more: Lee Know
• 1999 – Clara Soccini, Italian singer-songwriter, actress and model Read more: Clara (singer)
• 1999 – Romeo Langford, American basketball player Read more: Romeo Langford
• 2000 – Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer Read more: Dominik Szoboszlai
• 2000 – Vincent Zhou, American figure skater Read more: Vincent Zhou
• 2001 – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant Read more: Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / October 25 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.