TODAY IN HISTORY

Oct. 25, 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.

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During the Hundred Years’ War, outnumbered English soldiers led by Henry V defeated French troops in the Battle of Agincourt in northern France.

1760

Britain’s King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.

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.

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.

1957

Mob boss Albert Anastasia of “Murder Inc.” notoriety was shot to death by masked gunmen in a barber shop inside the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York.

1994

Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina, claimed that a black carjacker had driven off with her two young sons. Three defendants were convicted in South Africa of murdering American exchange student Amy Biehl.

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