October 25, Spanish Painter Pablo Picasso born

1936 – Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler establish Italian-German alliance to which Japan joined later.

1944 – Japan deploys kamikaze (“divine wind”) suicide bombers against American warships.

1952 – Lebanon wins a seat on the UN Security Council.

1956 – Establishment of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

1971 – Republic of China joined the United Nations as permanent member of the Security Council.

1973 – Nigeria Severs diplomatic relations with Israel after October War in 1973 as 17 other countries cut their ties with Israel.

2004 – Cuban President Fidel Castro ends circulation of the U.S. dollar as of November 8th.

1895 – Spanish Painter Pablo Picasso was born.

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