Today in History for 25th October 2016:
Historical Events
1241 – Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241)
1812 – US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian
1955 – Tappan sells 1st microwave oven
1971 – A man dies two days after being shot during an Irish Republican Army attack on the British Army in Belfast
1988 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
2000 – A team led by Brigitte Senut and Martin Pickford discover Orrorin tugenensis, one of the earliest species on the human family tree that lived about 6 million years ago, in the Tugen Hills, Kenya
Famous Birthdays
1802 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864)
1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (3 Dancers, Guernica), born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1973)
1932 – Lev Nikolayevich Smirenny, cosmonaut
1943 – Roy Lynes, England, rock organist (Status Quo)
1957 – Robbie Macintosh, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pretenders)
1971 – Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
Famous Deaths
1510 – Il Giorgione, [Giorgio del Castelfranco], Italian painter, dies at 32
1902 – Frank Norris, American journalist and writer (McTeague), dies at 32
1957 – Maria “Mary” Beekman, actress (Modern Landhaaien), dies at 73
1959 – Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42
2012 – John Connelly, English footballer, dies from cancer at 74
2013 – Bill Sharman, American basketball player, dies from complications from a stroke at 87