Born on 25 October 1953

At A Glance

25 October 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

25 October 1953 was a Sunday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“I'm Walking Behind You” recorded by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Fisher was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 25 October is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 25 October 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 25 October 1953 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 October

• 1944 World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
• 1944 World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
• 1945 Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.
• 1949 The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
• 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.

Famous people born on 25 October

• Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
• Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer (born 1981)
• Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
• Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (born 1985)

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