THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 25
October 25 in history
What happened on October 25: 4 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1944, 1951, 1969 and 1973, each linked to the map that shows it.
Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle ever fought, ends with the Japanese fleet finished as a fighting force — and the first kamikaze units committed.
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— India’s first general election
25 Oct 1951 — Snow would close the high valleys of Himachal by winter, so the first votes of India’s first general election were cast in the Chini valley around Kalpa, months before the rest of the country. A schoolteacher, Shyam Saran Negi, voted first, and he voted in every general election until his death in November 2022.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Kisumu massacre
25 Oct 1969 — When Kenyatta’s visit to Odinga’s home town meets hostile crowds, his guards open fire; at least eleven die. Five days later the opposition KPU is banned. Remember them.
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— Yom Kippur War
6–25 Oct 1973 — Egypt storms the Suez Canal; Israel recovers and crosses it; both superpowers airlift arms and go on nuclear alert. Then OPEC turns oil into a weapon and quadruples the price.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE COLD WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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