1925 - Rightist German ministers disavows Treaty of Locarno
1941 - 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa, Ukraine
1950 - Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
1955 - Tappan sells the first microwave oven
1960 - Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano opera singer (Britten's "War Requiem"), born in Leningrad, Russia (d. 2012)
1969 - Josef Beránek, Czech ice hockey center (Olympic Gold 1998; Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers), born in Litvinov, Czech Republic
1980 - Ilana Goldfogel, American pairs skater (with partner Erik Schulz), born in Denver, Colorado
1990 - Mirim Lee, South Korean golfer (ANA Inspiration 2020), born in Seoul, South Korea
2000 - Iris Law, British social media personality and model (Burberry SS24, Versace Eyewear 2024), born in London
1047 - Magnus I Godhi, king of Norway/Denmark (1035-47), dies
1415 - Robert of Bar, Count of Marle, French knight, dies in the Battle of Agincourt at 24 or 25 [birthday uncertain]
1968 - Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), dies at 83
1992 - Adelino Da Palma Carlos, Prime Minister of Portugal (1974), dies
2013 - Hal Needham, American stuntman known for "Smokey and the Bandit" and "The Cannonball Run", dies from cancer at 82
On October 25, 1929, former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall is found guilty of accepting a bribe while he was in office. The historic criminal conviction was part of the Teapot Dome scandal.