Forward Planner: News Anniversaries for the next 6 months

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October 2025

2 Years (2023)
Oct 07: 2023 Israel–Hamas war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces.
Oct 08: Israel's Security Cabinet formally declares war for the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

5 Years (2020)
Oct 01: The EU launches legal action against the UK, accusing it of breaking international law by overriding sections of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
Oct 22: The Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women's Health and Strengthening the Family is signed by government representatives from 34 countries.
Oct 26: NASA confirms the existence of molecular water on the sunlit side of the Moon.
Oct 31: Death - Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. Aug 1930 to 31 Oct 2020). Famous for his role as James Bond in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983.

10 Years (2015)
Oct 01: Law banning smoking in vehicles with children, in force, England & Wales.
Oct 03: Former UK Chancellor Denis Healey dies aged 98.
Oct 04: Liverpool FC sack manager Brendan Rodgers.
Oct 05: Death Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, 67 ('Inspector Kurt Wallander').
Oct 05: NATO urges Russia to end air strikes on "Syrian opposition and civilians".
Oct 08: FIFA President Sepp Blatter & VP Michel Platini suspended for 90 days.
Oct 08: Nadiya Hussain wins 'Great British Bake Off'. TV audience over 13m.
Oct 10: 2 explosions at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey kill 95.
Oct 10: Geoffrey Howe, former Conservative Chancellor, dies aged 88.
Oct 13: Report says Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 hit by Russian-made 'Buk' missile.
Oct 17: Death of former Everton FC manager Howard Kendall aged 69.
Oct 19: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in UK at start of 4-day state visit.
Oct 20: Tata Steel announces 1,200 job losses in UK at Scunthorpe & Lanarkshire.
Oct 21: Death of Labour MP and former UK minister Michael Meacher aged 75.
Oct 22: UK Police investigate possible cyber-attack on the TalkTalk website.
Oct 23: Over 40 pensioners killed in bus crash in south-western France.
Oct 24: Death Irish-born film actress Maureen O'Hara, 95 ( 'Miracle on 34th Street').
Oct 25: Five Britons killed when whale-watching boat sinks off Vancouver Island.
Oct 26: World Premiere of latest James Bond film 'Spectre', Royal Albert Hall, London.
Oct 28: Schoolboy Bailey Gwynne, 16, died in stabbing at Cults Academy, Aberdeen.
Oct 30: Release of Shaker Aamer - Briton detained Guantanamo Bay for 13 years.
Oct 30: Release of Shaker Aamer, Briton detained Guantanamo Bay for 13 years.
Oct 31: Russian airliner crashes in Egypt's Sinai peninsula killing all 224 on board.

15 Years (2010)
Oct 04: Death of British actor & comedian Sir Norman Wisdom aged 95.
Oct 10: Death of Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, aged 84.
Oct 23: Singer Katy Perry marries actor-comedian Russell Brand in northern India.

20 Years (2005)
Oct 01: Terrorist bombs kill 23 on island of Bali, Indonesia.
Oct 03: Death of British comedian & comedy writer/actgor Ronnie Barker aged 76.
Oct 10: Death of Milton Obote, President of Uganda. Dies in exile in S.Africa aged 80.
Oct 18: Death of England & Fulham footballer Johnny Haynes.
Oct 19: Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

25 Years (2000)
Oct 01: Death of British gangland criminal Reginald Kray.
Oct 05: Protestors storm the Yugoslav Parliament.
Oct 06: Production of the last 'Mini' car at Longbridge, Birmingham.
Oct 06: Resignation of Yugoslav President Slobadan Milosevic.
Oct 11: Death of Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland.
Oct 12: Suicide bombers attack US Navy destroyer USS Cole in Yemen. 17 sailors killed.
Oct 17: Train derailment at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 4 killed.
Oct 18: Actress Demi Moore divorces actor Bruce Willis.

30 Years (1995)
Oct 03: American sport star O.J.Simpson found not guilty of murder of ex-wife & her friend.
Oct 22: Death of English writer Kingsley Amis aged 73.

35 Years (1990)
Oct 03: Official re-unification of East and West Germany.
Oct 08: Britain's 1st day as full member of European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
Oct 14: Death of composer & conductor Leonard Bernstein in New York aged 72.
Oct 15: Mikhail Gorbachev awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

40 Years (1985)
Oct 01: Rioting in Toxteth, Liverpool and Peckham, South London.
Oct 02: Death of American actor Rock Hudson from an AIDS-related illness aged 59.
Oct 06: PC Keith Blakelock killed during rioting at Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham.
Oct 07: Palestinian militants hijack cruise liner 'Achille Lauro' in Mediterranean.
Oct 10: Death of American film actor/producer Orson Welles aged 70 ('Citizen Kane').
Oct 10: Death of film actor Yul Brynner aged 65.
Oct 18: 1st Nintendo home video console released in United States.

45 Years (1980)
Oct 06: Death of British comedy actress Hattie Jacques aged 58.
Oct 17: Queen Elizabeth II 1st British monarch to make state visit to the Vatican.

50 Years (1975)
Oct 01: Boxer Muhammad Ali keeps world heavyweight title beating Joe Frazier in Manilla.
Oct 01: Boxer Muhammad Ali retains world heavyweight title defeating Joe Frazier in Manilla.
Oct 02: Japanese Emperor Hirohito makes official visit to USA.
Oct 05: Birth of UK actgress Kate Winslett ('Titanic').
Oct 09: IRA explodes a bomb near the Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, London. 1 killed, 20 injured.
Oct 10: Actors Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor re-marry in Africa; 16 months after divorce.
Oct 22: 'Guildford 4' convicted of planting IRA bombs in 2 pubs in Guildford killing 5 people.
Oct 26: Anwar Sadat is 1st Egyptian President to make official visit to USA.
Oct 29: Spanish Dictator General Franco steps down as head of state.
Oct 30: Yorkshire Ripper commits 1st of 13 murders with killing of Wilma McCann.

55 Years (1970)
Oct 01: Millions of Egyptians attend funeral of President Abdal Nasser in Egypt.
Oct 04: Death American singer Janis Joplin aged 27 from drugs overdose.
Oct 10: Quebec separatists kidnap Canadian Government Minister Pierre Laporte.
Oct 18: Canadian Government Minister Pierre Laporte killed by kidnappers.

60 Years (1965)
Oct 08: Official opening of the Post Office Tower in London.
Oct 26: Queen Elizabeth II presents MBEs to The Beatles at Buckingham Palace.

65 Years (1960)
Oct 20: UK: Start of obscenity trial v Pengiun Books re publication 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.

70 Years (1955)
Oct 25: 1st microwave oven for domestic use goes on sale in USA.
Oct 31: Princess Maragret cancels plans to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend.

75 Years (1950)
Oct 02: 1st publication of the 'Peanuts' comic strip by Charles M.Schulz.
Oct 07: Chinese invasion of Tibet.
Oct 07: Mother Teresa founds the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.

80 Years (1945)
Oct 15: Execution of Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of Vichy France for treason during WW2.
Oct 21: Argentine politician Juan Peron marries actress Eva Duarte.
Oct 24: Former Norwegian PM Vidkun Quisling executed for collaboration with Nazi Germany.
Oct 24: WW2 Allies ratify the United Nations Charter at ceremony in Washington DC.

85 Years (1940)
Oct 07: WW2: Germany invades Romania.
Oct 09: Birth of British songwriter & musician John Lennon ('The Beatles').
Oct 15: US Premiere of Charlie Chaplin's film 'The Great Dictator'.
Oct 16: WW2: Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw established in Poland.
Oct 28: British cruise liner RMS Empress of Britain sunk by German U-Boat.

90 Years (1935)
Oct 01: Birth of English actress Julie Andrews ('The Sound of Music', 'Mary Poppins').

95 Years (1930)
Oct 31: Birth US astronaut Michael Collins. 3rd man on Apollo 11 mission to Moon

100 Years (1925)
Oct 01: Birth of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's 1st woman Prime Minister (1979 - 1990)
Oct 02: Scottish engineer John Loguie Baird makes 1st successful test of a television system.
Oct 13: Birth of UK politician Margaret Thatcher (UK's 1st female Prime Minister).

110 Years (1915)
Oct 12: WW1: British nurse Edith Cavell executed for aiding Allied soldiers escape from Belgium.
Oct 15: Birth of Yitzhak Shamir, Prime Minister of Israel (1983?84 & 1986?1992).
Oct 17: Birth of American playwright Arthur Miller ('The Crucible').
Oct 23: Death of English cricketer W.G.Grace.
Oct 23: Over 40,000 women march for Women's Suffrage in New York City.
Oct 27: Birth of Canadian film producer Harry Saltzman (co-producer 'James Bond' films).

130 Years (1895)
Oct 04: Birth American silent film comedy actor Buster Keaton.

135 Years (1890)
Oct 01: Birth of English actor & comedian Stanley Holloway (humerous monologues).
Oct 14: Birth of US President & WW2 Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D.Eisenhower.

200 Years (1825)
Oct 25: Birth of Austrian composer Johann Strauss II ('Blue Danube').

610 Years (1415)
Oct 25: One Hundred Years' War: Battle of Agincourt in France.

625 Years (1400)
Oct 25: Recorded date death of English author Geoffrey Chaucer ('The Canterbury Tales').

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