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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/1864" title="1864">1864</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: During <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%27s_Missouri_Expedition" title="Price's Missouri Expedition">Price's Missouri Expedition</a>, Union troops defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Price" title="Sterling Price">Sterling Price</a>'s Confederate army in three successive battles: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marais_des_Cygnes" title="Battle of Marais des Cygnes">Marais des Cygnes</a></b>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mine_Creek" title="Battle of Mine Creek">Mine Creek</a></b>, and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marmiton_River" title="Battle of Marmiton River">Marmiton River</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932" title="1932">1932</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a></b> became the leader of the opposition British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Volunteer_Army" title="People's Volunteer Army">People's Volunteer Army</a> ambushed the South Korean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Corps_(South_Korea)" title="II Corps (South Korea)">II Corps</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Battle of Onjong</a></b>, and elsewhere engaged the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="1st Infantry Division (South Korea)">1st Infantry Division</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Battle of Unsan</a></b>, marking China's entry into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a></b>, one of the most popular and widely used versions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> operating system, was released for retail sale.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Merapi" title="Mount Merapi">Mount Merapi</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Java" title="Central Java">Central Java</a>, Indonesia, began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_eruptions_of_Mount_Merapi" title="2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi">an increasingly violent series of eruptions</a></b> that lasted over a month.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Bosnia" title="Catherine of Bosnia">Catherine of Bosnia</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1478); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti" title="Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti">Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1900); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Raymond" title="Antonin Raymond">Antonin Raymond</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1976)</p>