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• ...that Stevens Arch (pictured) is one of the many geological features formed from Navajo Sandstone along Coyote Gulch in southern Utah, USA?
• ...that in Colombian folklore the legendary Alligatorman (Hombre Caiman) is said to be a fisherman converted by the spirit of the Magdalena River into an alligator, that returns every year on St. Sebastian´s Day to hunt human victims?
• ...that some liverwort species in the class Haplomitriopsida rafted from Gondwana to Asia via the Indian subcontinent?
• ...that Walter Plunkett's "barbecue dress" for Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind was one of the most widely copied dresses in fashion of the 1930s and early '40s, second only to the Duchess of Windsor's wedding dress?
• ...that Colombia's 12th President, Carlos Eugenio Restrepo, was nicknamed Monsieur Veto for his common practice of vetoing many bills he considered were not in the best interest of his nation?

• ...that Andrew Winch, an award-winning yacht designer, has been selected to design the interior of a version of the Boeing 787, a commercial airliner?

• ...that the Suevi of Gallaecia were converted from a form of Germanic paganism to Arian Christianity by a Celtic missionary, Ajax, sent by the Visigoths?

• China's lunar exploration program commences with the launch of the lunar orbiter Chang'e 1 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
• The Space Shuttle Discovery successfully launches from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-120 assembly mission to the International Space Station, carrying the Harmony module.
• Wildfires (pictured) in Southern California result in the evacuation of over 900,000 people.
• Joaquim Chissano wins the inaugural Prize for Achievement in African Leadership for "his role in leading Mozambique from conflict to peace and democracy".
• A new Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China is formed and Hu Jintao is confirmed for another term as General Secretary at the 17th National Congress.
• The Civic Platform led by Donald Tusk wins parliamentary elections in Poland.

October 25: Republic Day in Kazakhstan (1990); Retrocession Day in Taiwan; Armed Forces Day in Romania.

• 1147 – Reconquista: Forces under King Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in what would be their only success during the Second Crusade.
• 1616 – The Dutch sailing ship Eendracht reached Shark Bay on the western coastline of Australia, as documented on the Hartog Plate etched by explorer Dirk Hartog.
• 1875 – The first performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky (pictured) is given in Boston, Massachusetts with Hans von Bülow as soloist.
• 1922 – The Third Dáil adopted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, based on the requirements of the Anglo-Irish Treaty establishing the first independent Irish state to be recognised by the British.
• 1971 – The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, replacing the Republic of China with the People's Republic of China as China's representative at the United Nations.

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