Today is Tuesday, October 25, the 298th day of 2011. There are 67 days left in the year.
1918 ― Canadian steamship ``Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die
1945 ― Japanese surrender Taiwan to General Chiang Kai-shek
1951 ― Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjeom
1960 ― First electronic wristwatch placed on sale, NYC
1962 ― 110th member of the U.N. admitted (Uganda)
1962 ― American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
1962 ― Stevenson demands USSR Amb. Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying ``I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over"
1963 ― Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden
1971 ― Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
1990 ― N.Y. Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)