How Many Days Until October 25?

This day in history: October 25

1. 1927

   The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths.

2. 1929

   Following a series of similar actions against other sculptures, hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle tarred and feathered Statue of Industry, created by the college's master of sculpture Herbert Maryon.

3. 1944

   Heinrich Himmler ordered a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a nonconformist youth group that assisted army deserters and others hiding from the Nazis.

4. 1944

   USS Tang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo.

5. 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.

6. 2001

   Windows XP, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, was released for retail sale.

7. 2010

   Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.

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