AP News, October 25th, 2007
Today is Thursday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2007. There are 67 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Oct. 25, 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men, facing hopeless odds, charged the Russian army and suffered heavy losses.
On this date:
In 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.
In 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.
In 1918, the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the coast of Alaska; some 350 people perished.
In 1939, the drama "The Time of Your Life," by William Saroyan, opened in New York.
In 1951, peace talks aimed at ending the Korean War resumed in Panmunjom after 63 days.
In 1957, mob boss Albert Anastasia, the "Lord High Executioner" of "Murder Inc.," was shot to death in a barber shop inside the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York.
In 1957, the movie musical "Pal Joey," starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak, was released.
In 1962, U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson presented photographic evidence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba to the U.N. Security Council.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.
Ten years ago: Hundreds of thousands of black women joined the Million Woman March in Philadelphia. The Cleveland Indians avoided elimination in the World Series by defeating the Florida Marlins, 4-1, in Game 6.
Five years ago: U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife, daughter and five others, 1 1/2 weeks before the election. Actor Richard Harris died in London at age 72.
One year ago: Acknowledging painful losses in Iraq, President Bush told a news conference he was not satisfied with the progress of the long and unpopular war, but he still insisted the United States was winning and should not think about withdrawing. Serial killer Danny Harold Rolling was executed by injection for butchering five University of Florida students in Gainesville in 1990.
Today's Birthdays: Former baseball player Bobby Thomson is 84. Former American League president Dr. Bobby Brown is 83. Actress Jeanne Cooper is 79. Actress Marion Ross is 79. Country singer Jeanne Black is 70. Singer Helen Reddy is 66. Author Anne Tyler is 66. Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 63. Singer Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 63. Rock musician Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) is 60. Actor Brian Kerwin is 58. Rock musician Matthias Jabs is 51. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 50. Country singer Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) is 49. Rock musician Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 45. Actress Tracy Nelson is 44. Actor Michael Boatman is 43. Actor Kevin Michael Richardson is 43. Singer Speech is 39. Actor Adam Goldberg is 37. Rock musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) is 37. Country singer Chely Wright is 37. Violinist Midori is 36. Actor Mehcad Brooks ("Desperate Housewives") is 27. Actor Ben Gould is 27. Rhythm-and-blues singer Young Rome is 26. Singer Ciara is 22. Actress Conchita Campbell ("The 4400") is 12.
Thought for Today: "I know only two words of American slang, `swell' and `lousy.' I think `swell' is lousy, but `lousy' is swell." — J.B. Priestley, British novelist (1894-1984).
