Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 25

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[edit] Births

• 1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899) (pictured)
• 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
• 1869 - John Heisman, American football coach (d. 1936)
• 1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1888 - Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (d. 1957)
• 1892 - Leo G. Carroll, English actor (d. 1972)
• 1912 - Minnie Pearl, American comedienne and singer (d. 1996)
• 1942 - Helen Reddy, Australian singer

[edit] Deaths

• 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
• 1760 - George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
• 1921 - Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman
• 1993 - Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1999 - Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)