October 25 Birthday
On October 25, 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, the British Light Brigade — 600 cavalry — charged into a valley lined with Russian artillery on three sides. The order had been misinterpreted. Of 600 who charged, 113 were killed and 161 wounded. Lord Cardigan, who led the charge, survived and had a bath. Tennyson wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" six weeks later: "Theirs not to make reply, / Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die." The charge was military folly immortalized as heroism. Pablo Picasso, born this day in 1881, produced over 50,000 works of art. He said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.". People born on October 25 fall under the zodiac sign of Scorpio. The birthstone is Opal and the birth flower is Marigold. Historical events on October 25 include 1854: Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava (600 cavalry charge into Russian guns), 1983: US invades Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), 1400: Geoffrey Chaucer dies and is buried in Westminster Abbey (first Poets' Corner). Famous people born on October 25 include Pablo Picasso (1881), Richard Harris (1930), Katy Perry (1984).