This Day in History October 25: Notable Historical Events on October 25

Domestic events taking place on October 25

October 25, 1746:Ngo Thi Nham was born (Hanoi). He was the son of Ngo Thi Si. In 1775, he passed the doctoral exam. In 1788, Nguyen Hue led his army to the North, he was highly regarded and appointed as the Left Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. During his time as Quang Trung's assistant, his talents were highly developed in the fields of politics, military, and diplomacy. His works have great value in the national literary treasure such as: "Nhi thap nhat su toat yeu", "But hai tung dam"; "Ung van nhan vinh"...

October 25, 1910:Au Trieu's real name is Le Thi Dan, from Thua Thien-Hue province. After biting her finger and drawing blood to write on the prison wall calling for her compatriots to fight for independence, she used a silk scarf to hang herself.

October 25, 1921:Date of birth: Senior Lieutenant General, Professor, People's Teacher Hoang Minh Thao. Birth name is Ta Thai An, hometown is Bao Khe commune, Kim Dong district (now Hung Yen city), Hung Yen province. In March 1975, he held the position of Commander of the Central Highlands Liberation Campaign. After 1975, he successively held the positions of: Director of the Army Academy (1976-1977), Director of the Senior Military Academy (1977-1989), Vice Chairman of the Military Science Council of the Ministry of National Defense, Director of the Military Strategy Institute of the Ministry of National Defense (1990-1995). He was retired by the State and the Army in 1995.

October 25, 1941:The Viet Minh General Headquarters officially announced the "Viet Minh Program" to widely disseminate among the masses.

October 25, 1945:Comrade Hoang Van Thai, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), announced the Decision to establish the Intelligence Department under the General Staff, marking the strong development of Vietnam's defense intelligence force.

October 25, 1951:Traditional day of the Academy of Politics (formerly the Intermediate Political School of the Vietnam People's Army) was established in July 1951. On October 25, 1951, the school was honored to welcome President Ho Chi Minh to visit and give instructions. To remember the merits of the Party and Uncle Ho, with the consent of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, the school took October 25 as its traditional day.

October 25, 2010:108 Military Central Hospital is recognized as a special-class hospital for its contributions to treatment, public health care, and medical research achievements.

International events taking place on October 25

October 25, 1415:Hundred Years' War: English forces win a decisive victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt in northeastern France.

October 25, 1671:Astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Iapetus.

October 25, 1854:Crimean War: Russian forces fight Anglo-Ottoman-French forces at the Battle of Balaclava.

October 25, 1881:Pablo Picasso was born, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. Picasso had his first exhibition when he was only 13 years old and then decided to drop out of art school so he could focus entirely on experimenting with modern art styles.

October 25, 1888:Birthday of Richard Evelyn Byrd - the first person to fly over Antarctica.

October 25, 1971:The United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's representative state at the organization.

October 25, 1990:Kazakhstan becomes a Republic.

October 25, 2001:Windows XP personal computer operating system is released to general availability (GA).