FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019

1671-Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn

1870-Postcards first used in U.S.

1900 England annexes Transvaal

1918-Canadian steamship "Princess Sophia" hit a reef off Alaska, 398 die

1935-Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel, Haiti

1945-Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen. Chiang Kai-노다

1951-Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resume in Panmunjeom

1962-American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

1963-Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden

1968-Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby

1971-UN General Assembly admits Mainland China, expels Taiwan

1983-U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. wins!)

1986-International Red Cross ousted from South Africa

1988-ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets

1990-NY Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)