MSN - AP World http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:25:20 +0000 Today in History for October 25th http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/c909c908800b4b1795d32f2139cc5aae Highlights of this day in history: Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China's UN seat changes hands; 'Charge of the Light Brigade' battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash. (Oct. 25) c909c908800b4b1795d32f2139cc5aae Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:04:18 +0000 RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:CLIENTS NOTE: VIDEO ONLY - SHOTLIST AND STORYLINE TO FOLLOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SOURCE - RESTRICTIONLocation - Date1. See ScriptSTORYLINE: October 25th, 1962:(AP Archive Video / AP Photos)In New York, the Cuban Missile Crisis takes center stage at the United Nations Security Council.U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presents photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba.Stevenson challenges Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin in this memorable Cold War exchange:(SOT of Stevenson and Zorin)1971:(AP Archive Video)China's seat at the United Nations changes hands.The U.N. General Assembly votes to admit communist mainland China - and expel Taiwan.1983:(AP Archive Video)An American-led force invades Grenada, to oust a leftist government allied with Cuba and the Soviet Union.President Ronald Reagan calls the action necessary to protect U.S. citizens on the Carribean island nation.1854:(AP Photos)The battle that inspires the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" happens during the Crimean War. An English brigade of more than 600 men, facing hopeless odds, charges Russia's army during the Battle of Balaclava --- and suffers heavy losses.1400:(AP Photos)Geoffrey Chaucer --- author of "The Canterbury Tales," one of English literature's greatest works --- dies in London.And, 1999:(AP Photos)Golfer Payne Stewart and five others are killed when their Learjet crashes in South Dakota, after flying uncontrolled for four hours.Stewart was 42 years old.Today in History, October 25th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Highlights of this day in history: Cuban missile crisis fuels Cold War clash at UN; China's UN seat changes hands; 'Charge of the Light Brigade' battle takes place; Author Geoffrey Chaucer dies; Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash. (Oct. 25) Today in History for October 25th