Maybe Theo has been fighting me all day because he knows October 25 is a big day for battles:
1415 - The army of Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
1854 - The Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War (Charge of the Light Brigade).
1917 - Traditionally understood date of the October Revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia.
1944 - Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines...
1983 - Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada...
OK, Grenada might not look like Agincourt right now, but in 600 years, who knows what they'll think?
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