History for October 25
History for October 25 - On-This-Day.comPablo Picasso 1881- 1854 - The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during the Crimean War. The British were winning the Battle of Balaclava when Lord James Cardigan received an order to attack the Russians...
- 1917 - The Bolsheviks (Communists) under Vladimir Ilyich Lenin seized power in Russia.
- 1929 - Alber B. Fall, of U.S. President Harding's cabinet, was found guilty of taking a bribe. He was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000.
- 1955 - The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.
- 1983 - U.S. troops and soldiers from six Caribbean nations invaded Grenada to restore order and provide protection to U.S. citizens after a recent coup within Grenada's Communist (pro-Cuban) government.
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