It happened on a… October 25

2020

Lewis Hamilton has beaten Michael Schumacher’s Formula One win record after claiming his 92nd career triumph in the Portuguese Grand Prix..

2010

“Speak Now” 3rd studio album by Taylor Swift is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2011)

2007

The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.

1978

“Halloween”, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut, is released.

1968

Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby.

1964

The Rolling Stones appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show from New York, performing “Around And Around’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’.

1955

The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.

1954

Jean Drapeau elected Mayor of Montreal for the first time.

1944

The largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.