* Astronomy

The Battle of Agincourt occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51305030/battle-of-agincourt/

The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51305044/charge-of-the-light-brigade/

People

Russell Louis Schweickart (born October 25, 1935) is an American former astronaut 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Schweickart

Frank Piasecki (October 24, 1919 - February 11, 2008) was an American engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Piasecki

David Norman Schramm (25 October 1945 - 19 December 1997) was an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_N._Schramm

George B. Field (October 25, 1929) is an American astrophysicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Field

Henry Norris Russell (October 25, 1877 - February 18, 1957) was an American astronomer 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Norris_Russell

Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (25 October 1789 - 11 April 1875) a German astronomer 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45766110/samuel-heinrich-schwabe-1789-1875/

John Sampson Toll (October 25, 1923 - July 15, 2011) was an American physicist 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Toll

Roger John Tayler (October 25, 1929 - January 23, 1997) was a British astronomer. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Tayler

William A. Higinbotham (October 25, 1910 - November 10, 1994), an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Higinbotham

Evariste Galois (October 25, 1811 - May 31, 1832) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89variste_Galois

NGC Discovered

NGC 36 was discovered by William Herschel, on 25 October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55354675/ngc-36/

NGC 38 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on 25 October 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55354716/ngc-38/

NGC 785 is a magnitude +13.0 elliptical galaxy discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 25th October 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58857895/ngc-785/

NGC 1030 was discovered by William Herschel n 25 October 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55354754/ngc-1030/

NGC 7562 was discovered by William Herschel on the 25th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55354780/ngc-7562/

NGC 7777 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on 25 October 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55354822/ngc-7777/

NGC 7785 is a magnitude +11.6 elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 25th October 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58857840/ngc-7785/

2009 Latvian Tele2 meteorite hoax
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Latvian_meteorite_hoax