TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SUNDAY, OCT. 25, the 299th day of 2020. There are 67 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1910, “America the Beautiful,” with words by Katharine Lee Bates and music by Samuel A. Ward, was first published.
In 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.
In 1881, artist Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain.
In 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.
In 1962, American author John Steinbeck was named winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Ronald Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.
In 1986, in Game 6 of the World Series, the New York Mets rallied for three runs with two outs in the 10th inning, defeating the Boston Red Sox 6-5 and forcing a seventh game. (The Mets went on to win the Series.)
In 1994, Three defendants were convicted in South Africa of murdering American exchange student Amy Biehl. (In 1998, all three were granted amnesty by South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.)
In 1999, golfer Payne Stewart, 42, and five others were killed when their Learjet crashed in South Dakota.
In 2002, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota, along with his wife, daughter and five others, a week and a half before the election.
In 2014, the World Health Organization said more than 10,000 people had been infected with Ebola and that nearly half of them had died. Jack Bruce, 71, the bassist and lead vocalist of the 1960s power trio Cream, died in London.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Former American League president Dr. Bobby Brown is 96. Actor Marion Ross is 92. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bob Knight is 80. Author Anne Tyler is 79. Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) and singer Taffy Nivert (Starland Vocal Band) are
76. Rock musician Glenn Tipton ( Judas Priest) is 73. Movie director Julian Schnabel is 69. Rock musician Matthias Jabs is 64. Actress Nancy Cartwright (TV: “The Simpsons”) is 63. Country singer Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) is
62. Rock musician Chad Smith ( Red Hot Chili Peppers; Chickenfoot) is
59. Actor Tracy Nelson is 57. Actors Michael Boatman and Kevin Michael Richardson are 56. Actor Mathieu Amalric is 55. Singer Speech is 52. Actor-comedian-TV host Samantha Bee is 51. Actors Adam Goldberg and Persia White, actor-singer Adam Pascal, rock musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) and country singer Chely Wright are 50. Actor Michael Weston is 47. Actor Zachary Knighton is
42. Actor Mariana Klaveno is 41. Actors Mehcad Brooks and Ben Gould are 40. Pop singer Katy Perry and rock singer Austin Winkler are 36. Singer Ciara is
35. Actor Krista Marie Yu (TV: “Dr. Ken”) is 32.Actor Rachel Matthews is 27. Actor Conchita Campbell is 25.