Today in History: A Death Sentence Executed For The Last Time In Turkey

October 25 is the 298th (299th in leap years) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 67.

Railways

• On the establishment of the Reform Commissions of 25 October 1882, II. Abdulhamid's Will-i Seniyye was published.
• 25 October 1904 Konya-Bulgurlu (200 km) line was opened on the Anatolian Baghdad Railway. The first 200 km.19 completed in months. But for the next 5 year, there has been no progress due to economic and political reasons.

Events

• 1147 – Battle of Dorileon: Seljuk army, III. Under the command of Konrad II. He defeated the Crusader army near Eskişehir.
• 1760 – III. George became King of Great Britain.
• 1854 – During the Crimean War, the Battle of Balaklava was fought between the Russians and the Turkish-British-French alliance forces besieging the city of Akyar in Crimea. (British poet Alfred Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Horse RegimentThe war that inspired the poem ”
• 1875 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 performed for the first time in Boston, Massachusetts. The soloist was Hans von Bülow.
• 1917 – Bolsheviks led by Lenin completely take over power in Russia (25 October in the Julian Calendar, 7 November in the Gregorian Calendar)
• 1935 – Hurricane in Haiti: More than 2000 people died.
• 1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome-Berlin power axis.
• 1937 – Prime Minister İsmet İnönü resigned. On the same day, the government established by Celal Bayar was announced.
• 1946 – National Freestyle Wrestling Team became European Champion in Sweden.
• 1955 - The first example of household microwave ovens was put up for sale by the Tappan company.
• 1957 – Applied Fine Arts High School was opened in Istanbul.
• 1960 - Cuba nationalizes all American businesses.
• 1962 – US Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson submitted photographs of Soviet bases in Cuba to the UN Security Council as evidence.
• 1970 – Census taken: Turkey's population is 35.605.176
• 1971 - China was admitted to the United Nations.
• 1980 – 13 Palestinian guerrillas who raided the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara on 1979 July 4 were sentenced to death.
• 1981 – Gökberk Ergenekon, the second clerk at the Turkish Embassy in Rome, was attacked by ASALA militants; He received 3 gunshot wounds.
• 1984 - Hepatitis virus discovered.
• 1984 – A death sentence was executed for the last time in Turkey. Hıdır Aslan, sentenced to death for killing 3 people during a robbery in İzmir, was hanged in Burdur Closed Prison.
• 1986 – The Kurdistan People's Liberation Army, a PKK-affiliated militia, was established.
• 1998 – In 75 provinces and 80 districts within the framework of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the Republic, 75th Anniversary Republic Parade done. Millions of citizens participated in the marches.
• 2001 - Microsoft released the Windows XP operating system.
• 2003 – Cedar Fire: Fire in Southern California in the United States.
• 2003 – Rectors, faculty members, representatives of non-governmental organizations and students in Ankara Respect for the Republic made a march, went to Anıtkabir and paid a minute of silence.
• 2004 – Cuban President Fidel Castro announced that, effective from 8 November, transactions with US dollars were banned.
• 2005 - Time in Anatolia The newspaper was banned from being published and distributed within the borders of Germany.

Births 

• 1589 – Jan Stanisław Sapieha, Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 1621 until his death (d. 1635)
• 1755 – François Joseph Lefebvre, marshal of France appointed by Napoleon (d. 1820)
• 1767 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-born French liberal writer (d. 1830)
• 1789 – Carlos María de Alvear, Argentine soldier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1852)
• 1806 – Max Stirner, German philosopher (d. 1856)
• 1807 – Sadik Rıfat Pasha, Ottoman Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1857)
• 1811 – Évariste Galois, French mathematician (d. 1832)
• 1821 – Antonio Ciseri, Swiss artist (d. 1891)
• 1825 – Johann Strauss, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
• 1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer and "Carmencreator of the opera ” (d. 1875)
• 1879 – Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (d. 1925)
• 1881 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
• 1886 – Karl Polanyi, Hungarian philosopher (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Abel Gance, French director (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Johan Wilhelm Rangell served as Prime Minister of Finland from 1941-1943 (d. 1982)
• 1894 – Aşık Veysel Şatıroğlu, Turkish folk poet (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Levi Eshkol, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)
• 1897 – Erwin von Lahousen, key player in the assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler on March 13, 1943 and July 20, 1944 (d. 1955)
• 1900 – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, lawyer, teacher, policy leader, pioneering women's rights in Nigeria (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish composer, pianist and opera conductor (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Celil Kiyekbayev, Soviet Bashkir scientist, Turkologist and philologist (d. 1968)
• 1913 – Klaus Barbie, German SS officer (Butcher of Lyon Nazi war criminal (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Mihai, King of Romania (d. 2017)
• 1926 – Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and band founder (d. 2020)
• 1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Jorge Batlle, Uruguayan statesman, lawyer, and journalist (d. 2016)
• 1927 – Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (d. 2017)
• 1927 Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)
• 1928 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Peter Naur, Danish IT specialist (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Brazilian architect (d. 2021)
• 1928 – Marion Ross is an American actress and voice actress.
• 1931 – Annie Girardot, French actress (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Vitold Fokin was elected Ukraine's first deputy prime minister in November 1991
• 1936 – Martin Gilbert, British historian (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Bob Knight is a retired American basketball coach.
• 1941 Helen Reddy, Australian musician, activist, actress and songwriter (d. 2020)
• 1941 – Anne Tyler, American novelist
• 1943 – Hasan Nail Canat, Turkish writer (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Elias Figueroa, Chilean former international football player
• 1948 – Dave Cowens, American former professional basketball player and coach
• 1950 – Chris Norman, English commentator
• 1951 – Anne Alvaro, French actress
• 1953 – Memduh Büyükkılıç, Turkish physician and politician
• 1953 – Casim Yakub, Kuwaiti national football player
• 1955 - Glynis Barber, South African actress
• 1955 – Mahmut Hekimoğlu, Turkish actor and producer (d. 2016)
• 1955 – Gale Anne Hurd, American film and television producer
• 1956 – Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 – Nancy Cartwright, American film and television actress, comedian, and voice actor
• 1957 – Robbie McIntosh, English guitarist
• 1960 – Hong Sang-soo, South Korean film director and screenwriter
• 1961 – Chad Smith, American musician, actor
• 1963 - Tracy Nelson is an American actress.
• 1964 – Nicole Hohloch, German singer
• 1964 - Kevin Michael Richardson is an English comedian and actor.
• 1965 – Valdir Benedito, Brazilian football player
• 1968 – Oğuz Yılmaz, Turkish singer (d. 2021)
• 1969 – Ibrahim Hasanbeyov, Azerbaijani football player (d. 1999)
• 1969 – Oleg Salenko, striker who played for Russia and Ukraine former national football teams
• 1970 – Adam Goldberg is an American actor, director, and producer.
• 1970 - Damir Mrsic, basketball player for the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 1970 – Rafa, Spanish football player
• 1971 – Elif Şafak, Turkish writer
• 1973 – Fırat Aydınus, Turkish football referee
• 1973 – Lamont Bentley, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1974 – Agustín Julio, Colombian international football player and manager
• 1975 – Eirik Glambek Bøe, Norwegian musician, vocalist, songwriter
• 1975 – Onur Şenay, Turkish cinema and theater actor
• 1975 – Zadie Smith, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1975 – Antony Starr, New Zealand actor
• 1976 – Ahmed Dokhi, Saudi Arabian football player
• 1977 – The Alchemist is an American record producer, DJ and rapper.
• 1977 - Birgit Prinz is a former German football player.
• 1978 - Zachary Knighton is an American actor.
• 1978 – Robert Mambo Mumba, Kenyan football player and manager
• 1979 – Bat for Lashes, English singer, songwriter and musician
• 1979 – Milena Leticia Roucka, Canadian professional female wrestler
• 1981 – Josh Henderson, American actress, model, and singer
• 1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips, English former football player
• 1984 – Federico Higuaín, Argentine football player
• 1984 - Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Iván Ramis, Spanish former football player
• 1984 – Karolina Šprem, Croatian tennis player
• 1985 – Ciara, American singer, music producer, dancer, actress, model, songwriter, and music video director
• 1985 – Günel, Azerbaijani singer
• 1985 – Daniele Padelli, Italian football player
• 1986 – Roger Espinoza, Honduran national football player
• 1987 – Darron Gibson, Irish national football player
• 1988 - Chandler Parsons, American professional basketball player
• 1990 - Mattia Cattaneo is an Italian professional road cyclist.
• 1990 - Sara Chafak, Finnish beauty queen
• 1990 – Milena Rašić, Serbian volleyball player
• 1993 – Ediz Yıldırımer, Turkish swimmer
• 1994 – Gor Minasyan, Armenian weightlifter
• 1997 – Federico Chiesa, Italian national football player
• 2001 - Elisabeth, heir to the Belgian throne

Deaths 

• 1154 – Stephen, King of England (b. 1096)
• 1180 – John of Salisbury, English clergyman, author, educator, and diplomat (b. 1120)
• 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, England's first great poet of English literature (b. 1340)
• 1495 – II. João is the thirteenth king of Portugal (b. 1455)
• 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physical and mathematical scholar (b. 1608)
• 1760 – II. George, Marquess and Duke of Cambridge from 1706-1727, king of Great Britain and elector of Hanover from 1727-1760 (b.
• 1833 – Abbas Mirza, heir apparent to the Qajar Dynasty of Iran (b. 1789)
• 1861 – Friedrich Carl von Savigny, German lawyer (b. 1779)
• 1882 – Emma Stebbins, American sculptor (b. 1815)
• 1910 – Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1879)
• 1920 – Alexandros I, King of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1924 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish writer and politician (b. 1876)
• 1935 – Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (b. 1862)
• 1938 – Alfonsina Storni, an Argentine writer (b. 1892)
• 1945 – Robert Ley, politician in Nazi Germany (b. 1890)
• 1950 – Yi Kwang-su, Korean novelist, author, poet, and journalist (b. 1892)
• 1953 – Mehmed Baha Pars, Turkish composer (b. 1877)
• 1953 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)
• 1956 – Risto Ryti, Finnish politician (b. 1889)
• 1957 – Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Irish-British author, dramatist, storyteller (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Naile Sultan, II. Abdulhamid's daughter (b. 1884)
• 1960 – Walther Krause, German general (b. 1890)
• 1963 – Björn Þórðarson, Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1879)
• 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathoner (twice Olympic marathon champion) (b. 1932)
• 1974 – Fahrettin Altay, Turkish soldier and politician (commander of the Turkish War of Independence) (b. 1880)
• 1976 – Raymond Queneau, French writer and poet (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Félix Gouin, French politician and former prime minister (b. 1884)
• 1984 – Hıdır Aslan, Turkish socialist revolutionary (b. 1958)
• 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1999 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
• 2000 – Nejat Saydam, Turkish cinema director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Sureyya Isfendiari Bakhtiari, Queen of Iran (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Behram Kurşunoğlu, Turkish physicist (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani opera singer (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Jacques Barzun, French-American historian of ideas and culture (b. 1907)
• 2013 – Arthur Danto, American art critic, professor, and philosopher (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Bill Sharman, American former professional basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Marcia Wallace, American character actress, comedian, and quiz host (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Reyhane Cebbari, woman found guilty and executed in Iran for allegedly killing Murteza Abdulali Serbendi (b. 1988)
• 2015 – Fehmi Demir, Turkish politician and Chairman of the Rights and Freedoms Party (b. 1957)
• 2015 – Lisa Jardine, British historian, author and academic (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Flip Saunders, Former basketball player (b. 1955)
• 2016 – Margit Bara, Hungarian film actress (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian former international football player and manager (b. 1944)
• 2017 – Jack Bannon, American film and television actor (b. 1940)
• 2017 – Vilnis Edvīns Bresis, Latvian politician (b. 1938)
• 2017 – Ronald Breslow, American chemist, professor, educator, and academic (b. 1931)
• 2018 – Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player (b. 1980)
• 2019 – Salvador Freixedo, Spanish Roman Catholic priest, ufologist, parapsychologist, and author (b. 1923)
• 2019 – Rafael Ninyoles i Monllor, Spanish sociologist and linguist (b. 1943)
• 2020 – Masatoshi Abe, Japanese politician (b.1942)
• 2020 – Dolores Abril, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1939)
• 2020 – Ernesto Contreras, Argentine cyclist (b. 1937)
• 2020 – Diane di Prima, American poet, revolutionary anarchist, publisher, editor, playwright, and educator (b. 1934)
• 2020 – Izzet Ibrahim ed-Duri, Iraqi former politician and military commander (b. 1942)
• 2020 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman, Chairman of the Board of Samsung (b. 1942)
• 2020 – Johnny Leeze, British stage, film and television actor (b. 1941)
• 2020 – Kazimierz Wardak, Polish athlete (b. 1947)