History's headlines from today, October 25, before.

1870: first post card circulated

1944: first kamikaze attack

1955: microwave oven released to public

1964: "The Wrong Way Run"

1983: The US invades Grenada

Birthdays

1864: John Francis Dodge (co-founder, Dodge Brothers Company)

1881: Pablo Picasso (painter)

1912: Minnie Pearl (country comedienne)

Deaths

1400: Geoffrey Chaucer (poet, author, "The Canterbury Tales")

1826: Philipe Pinel (French physician, father of modern psychiatry)

1992: Roger Miller (country singer)

History's headlines from today, October 24, before.

1861: Transcontinental telegraph system completed

1889: Formalized indoor baseball (softball) rules

1901: Annie Taylor is first to survive Niagara Falls in a bucket

1929: Black Thursday

1938: Fair Labor Standards Act goes into effect

Birthdays

1788: Sara Josepha Hale (writer, "Mary Had a Little Lamb")

1904: Moss Hart (playwright, "You Can't Take It With You")

1985: Wayne Rooney (British soccer legend)

Deaths

1601: Tycho Brahe (astronomer)

1972: Jackie Robinson (color barrier-breaking hall of fame baseball player)

1991: Gene Roddenbery (co-creator of Star Trek)

History's headlines from today, October 23rd, before.

1679: The Meal-Tub Plot

1915: Suffragette march on New York City

1945: Jackie Robinson signs with Montreal Royals

2001: Apple releases the iPod

Birthdays

1925: Johnny Carson (comedian, host "The Tonight Show")

1940: Pele (Brazilian soccer legend)

1976: Ryan Reynolds (actor, entrepreneur, "Deadpool")

Deaths

42 BC: Marcus Junius Brutus (Roman senator, advisor to Julius Caesar)

1978: Maybelle Carter (country singer)

2002: Adolph Green (screenwriter, playwright, "Singin' in the Rain")