THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012

Today is Thursday, October 25, the 299th day of 2012. There are 67 days left in the year.

1671 ― Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn

1854 ― The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War)

1930 ― First scheduled transcontinental air service began

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

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

1962 ― Stevenson demands USSR Amb. Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying, "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"

1962 ― American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1963 ― Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden

1971 ― U.N. General Assembly admits mainland China and expels Taiwan

1990 ― N.Y. Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)