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Today in History October 25

1415 An English army under Henry V defeats the French at Agincourt, France. The French had out numbered Henry's troops 60,000 to 12,000 but British longbows turned the tide of the battle.

1923 The Teapot Dome scandal comes to public attention as Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, subcommittee chairman, reveals the findings of the past 18 months of investigation. His case will result in the conviction of Harry F. Sinclair of Mammoth Oil, and later Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, the first cabinet member in American history to go to jail. The scandal, named for the Teapot Dome oil reserves in Wyoming, involved Fall secretly leasing naval oil reserve lands to private companies.

1954 President Eisenhower conducts the first televised Cabinet meeting.

1962 Adlai Stevenson shows photos to the UN Security Council that prove Soviet missiles have been installed in Cuba.

1983 1,800 U.S. troops and 300 Caribbean troops land on Grenada. U.S. forces soon turn up evidence of a strong Cuban and Soviet presence--large stores of arms and documents suggesting close links to Cuba.


Born on October 25

1881 Pablo Picasso, painter and sculptor or over 6,000 works.

1984 Katy Perry, singer, songwriter; ("Part of Me"; "Roar") named Billboard magazine's Woman of the Year 2012.


JOKE of the Day

Why did the Clydesdale give the pony a glass of water? Because he was a little horse.



It's strange to think 75 years ago everyone owned a horse and only the rich had cars.

Today everyone has a car and only the rich own horses.