It happenned on a… 25 October

The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia.

“Halloween”, directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut, is released.

Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon’s baby.

The Rolling Stones appeared for the first time on The Ed Sullivan Show from New York, performing “Around And Around’ and ‘Time Is On My Side’.

The microwave oven, for home use, was introduced by The Tappan Company.

Jean Drapeau elected Mayor of Montreal for the first time.

The largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of the war.

The founder of “Cubism,” Pablo Picasso, was born in Malaga, Spain.

Toronto Stock Exchange created.