WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017

Today is Wednesday, October 25, the 298th day of 2017. There are 67 days left in the year.

1962 — American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1964 — Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety

1965 — Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"

1968 — Chicago recognizes Jean Baptiste Pointe de Sable as its 1st settler

1968 — Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby

1971 — Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World

1971 — U.N. General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan

1973 — Chris Wills wins first National hang-gliding championship

1974 — Wings release "Junior’s Farm"

1975 — USSR’s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing