October 25Siege of Lisbon by Raquel Gameiro1147 Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege (depicted) in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade.1920 Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention.1924 The Daily Mail published the Zinoviev letter, a hoax purported to be a directive from Moscow to increase communist agitation.1944 USSTang, the U.S. Navy submarine credited with sinking more ships than any other American submarine, sank when it was struck by its own torpedo.2010 Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.Johann Strauss II (b.1825)Elsa Reger (b.1870)Alexander of Greece (d.1920)Matthew McCauley (d.1930)More anniversaries: October 24October 25October 26ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout