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October 25

3 sourced moments from October 25 in history: Agincourt's odds may have been far closer than legend says (1415); Pablo Picasso was born (1881); and Microsoft Released Windows XP (2001).

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3 things happened on October 25

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2001 Technology · Computing & AI

Microsoft Released Windows XP

On a single autumn day in 2001, Microsoft launched the operating system that would define the PC era for a generation.

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1881 Culture & Arts · Art

Pablo Picasso was born

Born in Malaga in 1881, he would co-invent Cubism and reshape the entire course of 20th-century art.

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1415 History · Medieval

Agincourt's odds may have been far closer than legend says

Pay and muster records suggest about 9,000 English faced roughly 12,000 French on 25 October 1415, not five to one, and the archers' 'V sign' is probably a modern myth.

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