Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 25
October 25, 2025 is the 298th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 67 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 25
- 1616 –Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.
- 1854 –The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
- 1900 –The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1924 –The forged Zinoviev Letter is published in the Daily Mail, wrecking the British Labour Party’s hopes of re-election.
- 1938 –The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces swing music as “a degenerated musical system.. turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people”, warning that it leads down a “primrose path to hell”.
- 1944 –The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by the ship’s own malfunctioning torpedo.
- 1962 –Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.
- 1977 –Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
- 1980 –Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.
- 1983 –Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
Who were born on October 25?
- 1102 –William Clito, Count of Flanders (d. 1128)
- 1800 –Thomas Macaulay, British poet, historian, and politician (d. 1859)
- 1867 –Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general (d. 1937)
- 1913 –Klaus Barbie, Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
- 1928 –Marion Ross, American actress
- 1932 –Harry Gregg, Irish footballer and football manager
- 1965 –Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
- 1971 –Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- 1971 –Simon Charlton, English footballer
- 1975 –Ryan Clement, former XFL quarterback
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