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Today in History: October 25

1415
An English army under Henry V defeats the French at Agincourt, France. The French had out numbered Henry's troops 60,000 to 12,000 but British longbows turned the tide of the battle.

1950
Chinese Communist Forces launch their first-phase offensive across the Yalu River into North Korea.

1951
In a general election, England's Labour Party loses to Conservatives. Winston Churchill becomes prime minister, and Anthony Eden becomes foreign secretary.

1954
President Eisenhower conducts the first televised Cabinet meeting.

1958
The last U.S. troops leave Beirut.

1960
Martin Luther King, Jr., is sentenced to four months in jail for a sit-in.

1983
1,800 U.S. troops and 300 Caribbean troops land on Grenada. U.S. forces soon turn up evidence of a strong Cuban and Soviet presence--large stores of arms and documents suggesting close links to Cuba.

1991
The last soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the Republic of Slovenia.

2009
Terrorist bombings in Baghdad kill over 150 and wound over 700.

2021
Elon Musk makes a record $25 billion in one day pushing his estimated worth to $255.2 billion, likely making him the richest person ever according to Forbes

Today in History: Born on October 25

1881
Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor or over 6,000 works.

1957
Nancy Cartwright, voice actress; voice of Bart Simpson and other characters in the long-running animated TV series The Simpsons.

1984
Katy Perry, singer, songwriter; ("Part of Me"; "Roar") named Billboard magazine's Woman of the Year 2012.

2001
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant; heiress apparent to the Belgian throne.


JOTD

Doctor my bottom hurts.
Doc: "Can you tell me exactly where it hurts?"

P: "Right around the entrance."

Doc: "As long as you call it entrance it will hurt."