October 25

Thursday 25, 2001:

Microsoft releases Windows XP

Sunday 25, 1936:

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome-Berlin Axis

Friday 25, 1861:

The Toronto Stock Exchange was created.

Tuesday 25, 1616:

Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australia coast.

Tuesday 25, 732:

Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, leader of the Franks Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abd-ar-Rahman, is killed during the battle.