TODAY IN HISTORY

MONDAY OCT 25, 2021

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.

1760

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

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.

1859

Radical abolitionist John Brown went on trial in Charles Town, Va., for his failed raid at Harpers Ferry.

1881

Artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain.

1910

“America the Beautiful,” with words by Katharine Lee Bates and music by Samuel A. Ward, was first published.

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.

1982

The situation comedy “Newhart,” starring Bob Newhart as a Vermont innkeeper, premiered on CBS.

1998

All three were granted amnesty by South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.)

1999

Golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet flew uncontrolled for four hours before crashing in South Dakota; Stewart was 42.

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.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Marion Ross is 93. Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Knight is 81. Author Anne Tyler is 80. Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 77. Political strategist James Carville is 77. Singer Taffy Nivert (Starland Vocal Band) is 77. Rock musician Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) is 74. Actor Brian Kerwin is 72. Actor Mark L. Taylor is 71.