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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1415" title="1415">1415</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: The army of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" title="Henry V of England">Henry V of England</a>, consisting mostly of archers, unexpectedly defeated the numerically superior French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" title="Battle of Agincourt">Battle of Agincourt</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Crispin%27s_Day" title="Saint Crispin's Day">Saint Crispin's Day</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1760" title="1760">1760</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III" title="George III">George III</a></b> became King of Great Britain and Ireland, succeeding his grandfather <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – Irish playwright and politician <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_MacSwiney" title="Terence MacSwiney">Terence MacSwiney</a></b> died after a hunger strike in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Brixton" title="HM Prison Brixton">Brixton Prison</a>, bringing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Irish struggle for independence</a> to international attention.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a> – The Italian cruise liner <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Principessa_Mafalda" title="SS Principessa Mafalda">SS <i>Principessa Mafalda</i></a></b> sank when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propeller</a> shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – Proceedings on the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Convention_on_the_Civil_Aspects_of_International_Child_Abduction" title="Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction">Hague Abduction Convention</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateralism" title="Multilateralism">multilateral</a> treaty providing an expeditious method to return a child taken from one member nation to another, concluded at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_the_Good" title="Magnus the Good">Magnus the Good</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1047); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Strauss_II" title="Johann Strauss II">Johann Strauss II</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1825); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Itliong" title="Larry Itliong">Larry Itliong</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1913); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright" title="Nancy Cartwright">Nancy Cartwright</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1957)</p>
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