October 25 in history: • 1147 – Reconquista: Forces under Afonso I of Portugal captured Lisbon from the Moors after a four-month siege in one of the few Christian victories during the Second Crusade. → go there • 1920 – Irish playwright and politician Terence MacSwiney died after a hunger strike in Brixton Prison, bringing the Irish struggle for independence to international attention. → go there • 1929 – Following a series of similar actions against other sculptures, hundreds of students at Armstrong College in Newcastle tarred and feathered Statue of Industry (pictured), created by the college's master of sculpture Herbert Maryon. → go there • 1944 – , 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. → go there Born 1825: Johann Strauss II Wiki link Born 1870: Elsa Reger Wiki link Died 1920: Alexander of Greece Wiki link Died 1930: Matthew McCauley Wiki link Pictured: Students dancing around ''Statue of Industry'' after tarring and feathering it.