Today In History
Today is Wednesday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2017. There are 67 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1854: The “Charge of the Light Brigade” took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men charged the Russian army, suffering heavy losses.
ON THIS DATE
› 1929: Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall was convicted in Washington, D.C., of accepting a $100,000 bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny. (Fall was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000; he ended up serving nine months.)
› 1939: The play “The Time of Your Life,” by William Saroyan, opened in New York.
› 1945: Taiwan became independent of Japanese colonial rule.
› 1954: A meeting of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Cabinet was carried live on radio and television; to date, it’s the only presidential Cabinet meeting to be broadcast.
› 1962: During a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba; Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Council.
› 1971: The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former American League president Dr. Bobby Brown is 93. Actress Marion Ross is
89. Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Knight is 77. Pop singer Helen Reddy is
76. Rock musician Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) is
70. Actor Brian Kerwin is
68. Actor Mark L. Taylor is 67. Movie director Julian Schnabel is 66. Rock musician Matthias Jabs is 61. Actress Nancy Cartwright (TV: “The Simpsons”) is
60. Country singer Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) is 59. Actor Adam Goldberg is 47. Actor-singer Adam Pascal is 47. Rock musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) is 47. Actress Persia White is
47. Country singer Chely Wright is 47. Violinist Midori is 46. Actor Craig Robinson is 46. Actor Josh Henderson is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Young Rome is 36. Pop singer Katy Perry is 33. Rock singer Austin Winkler is 33. Singer Ciara is
32. Actress Krista Marie Yu (TV: “Dr. Ken”) is 29. Actress Conchita Campbell is 22.