Year 1861
The Toronto Stock Exchange opened.
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25 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 25 October.
Year 1924
The British arrested Subhash Chandra Bose and sent him to jail for two years.
Year 1932
Pearless' investment company was established.
Year 1945
Taiwan was annexed by China at the end of World War II. The Japanese army surrendered to the Chinese army.
Year 1951
First post-independence elections began In India.
Year 1962
Uganda joined the United Nations.
Year 1964
First indigenous tank was manufactured in Awdi factory and was named 'Vijayant'.
Year 1971
National Science and Technology Committee established.
Year 1983
Technical Cell constituteded with a view to promote the use of official language Hindi on mechanical or electronic devices.
Year 1989
P. Baiju, Anand Shetty, Arjun Deviah, Ananda Natarajan set a record for India at the 4x100m relay meet in 40.14s at Islamabad.
Year 1994
A. M. Ahmadi became the 26th Chief Justice of India.
Year 1999
South African author J. M. Coetzee received the prestigious Booker Prize for Literature for the second time.
Year 2000
Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters of NASA, returned to Earth safely after a 13-day mission.
Year 2009
Two suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 155 and injured 721.
Born 840
Jacob ibn al-Leth al-Safar, founder of the Safarid dynasty.
Born 1864
John Francis Dodge, co-founder of the Dodge Automobile Company.
Born 1881
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, and sculptor.
Born 1929
M. N. Venkatachaliah, 25th Chief Justice of India.
Born 1937
Dr. Ashok Ranade, Indin Music critic.
Born 1956
Soni Razdan, Indian-British actress.
Born 1984
Katy Perry, American singer, and songwriter.
Born 1985
Ciara, American singer, songwriter, and model.
Born 1987
Umesh Yadav, Indian Cricketer.
Died 1296
Saint Gyaneshwar passed away. (Samadhee).
Died 1400
Geoffrey Chaucer, an English poet, and author.
Died 1647
Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist and inventor of the barometer.
Died 1760
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Died 1960
Harry Ferguson, British Mechanic, founder of the Ferguson Company.
Died 1980
Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
Died 1990
Captain Sangma, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya, died.
Died 2002
Richard John Harris, an Irish actor, and singer.
Died 2003
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)
Died 2012
Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
Died 2019
Dilip Parikh, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Gujrat. (b. 1937)