Notable Birthdays for October 25
John Francis Dodge (1864-1920) - Co-founder of the Dodge Company.
Thomas Armat (1866-1948) - Co-inventor of the of the early movie projector named the Edison Vita.
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Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1875-1961) - Children's author of Miss Hickory.
John T. Flynn (1882-1964) - Journalist who vocalized opposition to the U.S. entering WWII.
Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) - Aviation pioneer who claims to be the first person to reach the north and south poles.
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Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) - Liberal historian and author known for speaking against the government decisions.
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (1912-1996) - Entertainer who went by the name stage Minnie Pearl.
John Berryman (1914-1972) - Author of 77 Dream Songs (1964).
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David Ausubel (1918-2008) - Psychologist with major contributions in the study of cognitive and behavioral learning patterns.
Billy Barty (1924-2000) - Actor with credits Mickey McGuire and Willow.
Earl Palmer (1924-2008) - Hall of Fame drummer who receives credit as one of the inventors of rock and roll.
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Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) - Psychologist known for his research in theory of stages of moral development.
Jeanne Cooper (1928-2013) - Actress known for her stellar role as Katherine Chancellor on Young and the Restless.
Marion Ross (1928-Still Living) - Actress who played Marion Cunningham on Happy Days.
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Gloria Katz (1942-2018) - Screenwriter with writing credits in American Graffiti and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Phil Volk (1945-Still Living) - Bassist for the band Paul Revere & the Raiders.
Nancy Cartwright (1957-Still Living) - Voice actress for Bart Simpson on the Simpsons.
Chad Smith (1961-Still Living) - Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Neil Fallon (1971-Still Living) - Singer for the rock band Clutch.
Katy Perry (1984-Still Living) - Contemporary pop music singer.
Ray Robson (1994-Still Living) - Youngest Chess Grandmaster of all time.
Notable Events for October 25
1780 - John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1812 - American frigate (ship) the USS United States Decatur captures the British frigate HMS Macedonian.
1861 - The first telegraph message is sent from St Louis to San Francisco.
1870 - Pimlico Race Course (Old Hilltop) opens in Baltimore.
1870 - The first postcards are used in the U.S.
1891 - The first international 6 day bike race ends at Madison Square Garden.
1906 - Lee de Forest patents the 3-diode amplification valve called the Audion, an invention later used for broadcast radios.
1918 - The Canadian steamship Princess Sophia hits a reef off the Alaskan coast, killing 398 people.
1923 - The first report on the Teapot Dome Scandal is published by the U.S. Senate.
1930 - TWA begins a 30 hour trip as the first scheduled air service between NY City and Los Angeles, CA.
1938 - Francis J. L. Beckman (Archbishop of Dubuque, IA) denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people" and warns the music leads down a "primrose path to hell".
1940 - Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes the first Black General in the U.S.
1957 - Crime boss Albert Anastasia is murdered in a barber's chair in NY City.
1960 - First electronic wrist watch (Hamilton Electric 500) is put on sale.
1962 - U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presents the UN Security Council photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
1969 - The American ocean liner SS United States completes its 400th voyage for crossing over the Atlantic Ocean.
1976 - Alabama Governor Wallace grants a full pardon to Clarence Norris, one of nine Black boys falsely accused and convicted of assaulting two white women in the deep South.
1978 - Jamie Lee Curtis makes her film debut in the horror movie Halloween.
1983 - The U.S. and Caribbean allies invade Grenada.
1994 - Susan Smith claims her 2 kids were carjacked, sparking a shocking investigation leading to her killing her children.
1995 - Seven kids die when a commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, IL.
2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP.
2018 - First work of art produced by artificial intelligence sells for $432,500 at auction.
2018 - Google says it has fired 48 people for sexual harassment, including Android software creator.
2020 - Pope Francis appoints the first Black American Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory
2021 - Forbes dubs Elon Musk as the richest person ever.
