Saturday, October 25, 2025


Tomorrow in
Misc. History


1774 - The First Continental Congress of the U.S. adjourned in Philadelphia.

1825 - The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connected Lake Erie and the Hudson River at a cost of $7,602,000.

1905 - Norway gained independence from Sweden.

1949 - U.S. President Harry Truman raised the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour.

1951 - Winston Churchill became the prime minister of Great Britain.

1975 - Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to officially visit to the United States.

1990 - Wayne Gretzky became the first NHL player to reach 2,000 points.


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- Wolfgang Pauli, upon reading a young physicist's paper



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