On This Day (October 25)

**MSFixR** · 10-25-2007, 07:57 AM

1147 – Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in what would be their only success during the Second Crusade.
1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
1616 – The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etched by explorer Dirk Hartog.
1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer born. (d. 1875)
1875 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky (pictured) is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor born. (d. 1973)
1922 – The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British.
1944 - The USS Tang (SS-306) under Richard O'Kane (the top submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by her own torpedo. (Oops)
1971 – The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.
2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP

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MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 9,076 My Profile	On This Day (October 25) 1147 – Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in what would be their only success during the Second Crusade. 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet 1616 – The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etched by explorer Dirk Hartog. 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer born. (d. 1875) 1875 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky (pictured) is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist. 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor born. (d. 1973) 1922 – The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British. 1944 - The USS Tang (SS-306) under Richard O'Kane (the top submarine captain of World War II) is sunk by her own torpedo. (Oops) 1971 – The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations. 2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP

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