THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007

Today is Thursday, October 25, the 298th day of 2007. There are 67 days left in the year.

625 _ Boniface V ends his reign as Catholic pope

1760 _ George III ascends the British throne

1900 _ England annexes Transvaal

1918 _ Canadian steamship ``Princess Sophia" hits a reef off Alaska, 398 die

1930 _ The first scheduled transcontinental air service begins

1944 _ Japanese navy defeated at the battle of Leyte Gulf

1945 _ Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek

1951 _ Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjeom

1962 _ American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1971 _ Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World

1971 _ The U.N. General Assembly admits Mainland China and expels Taiwan

1983 _ The U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population

1986 _ International Red Cross ousted from South Africa