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Positive things that happened on October 25, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1764
On October 25, 1764, Abigail Smith married John Adams, a young lawyer from Braintree, Massachusetts. Their partnership lasted fifty-four years, and he later became the second president of the United States.
For a read-aloud. Abigail Smith and John Adams were married, and they worked as a team for fifty-four years.
1881
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. He helped create Cubism and became one of the most influential artists in history.
For a read-aloud. Pablo Picasso was born, and he grew up to change how people make art.
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
7 stories published on October 25 in any year.
CommunityGeorge Clarke is starting a third season at the world's most southerly post office, on an island with about 1,000 gentoo penguins.
Verified · BBC News
AnimalsSteve Llabaya saw tracks on the sand before dawn on October 24 and called the barangay captain. The nest is now in a hatchery, with hatchlings hoped for around Christmas Eve.
Verified · Philippine Star
AnimalsFor five nights each autumn, the smallest island in the Azores blacks out public lighting, and neighbors carry fallen Cory's shearwaters back toward the ocean.
Verified · The Guardian
HeroesOn Oct. 24, police started CPR and used a defibrillator on a 64-year-old in cardiac arrest. Paramedics and a fire engine crew continued care until a pulse returned, and the patient went to the cath lab.
Verified · Fall River Reporter
HeroesHonor Flight Rochester's Mission 99 brought veterans from several eras back from the memorials in Washington. One Air Force veteran flew with his son as guardian.
Verified · News10NBC
AnimalsThe Tico Times reported that 15 percent of green turtle hatchlings crawled toward white artificial light in a study there, and 5 percent did so under red lamps.
Verified · The Tico Times
CommunitySt Peter's Anglican College spent a week turning a bare patch of playground into the start of a coastal rainforest, the first New South Wales school to build a microforest into the curriculum with Microforest Collective.
Verified · ABC News