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Trey David Yesavage (born July 28, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the East Carolina Pirates, and was selected by the Blue Jays in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in September 2025.
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Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser.
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The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of the One Day International format with 50 overs per team. It is organised by the International Cricket Council. Until 2005, when the two organisations merged, it was administered by a separate body, the International Women's Cricket Council.
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 29 October 2025 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The elections had been expected to be held in 2028, but a snap election was called after the Schoof cabinet collapsed due to the Party for Freedom (PVV) withdrawing from the coalition.
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. xxx (pronounced "dot triple-ecks" or "dot ecks ecks ecks") is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (born Andrew Albert Christian Edward; 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III. Andrew was second in the line of succession to the British throne at birth, and is currently eighth.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action spy film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
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6-7 (pronounced "six seven"; also written as 67, 6 7, and 6, 7) is an Internet meme and slang term that emerged in early 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels. The phrase originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, which became popular in video edits featuring professional basketball players, especially LaMelo Ball, who is 6 ft 7 in (2. 01 meters) tall.
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Sanford Koufax (; nΓ© Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, he played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Rob Arnoldus Adrianus Jetten (Dutch: [rΙp ΛjΙtΙ(n)]; born 25 March 1987) is a Dutch politician who has been the Leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) party since August 2023 and a member of the House of Representatives since December 2023. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands from January 2024 to July 2024 and Minister for Climate and Energy Policy from 2022 to 2024.
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ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in 2022. It currently uses GPT-5, a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT), to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts. It is credited with accelerating the AI boom, an ongoing period marked by rapid investment and public attention toward the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since 2021 as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 36th district, representing the Queens neighborhood of Astoria. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he is the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2025 election.
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A House of Dynamite is a 2025 American apocalyptic political thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Noah Oppenheim. The film features an ensemble cast led by Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, and Tracy Letts. Its plot follows the U.S. government navigating an official response to a single nuclear missile launched by an unidentified enemy.
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Aileen Carol Wuornos () (nΓ©e Pittman; February 29, 1956 β October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer. Between 1989 and 1990, while engaging in street prostitution along highways in Florida, Wuornos shot dead and robbed seven of her male clients. She claimed that her victims had either raped or attempted to rape her, and that the homicides were committed in self-defense.
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Virginia Louise Giuffre (, JOO-fray; nΓ©e Roberts; August 9, 1983 β April 25, 2025) was an American and Australian advocate for survivors of sex trafficking and one of the most prominent accusers of the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2015, Giuffre founded Victims Refuse Silence, a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to supporting survivors.
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Halloween is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the Christian liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.
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Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her accolades include a Brit Award, alongside nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Allen's musical career began in 2005 when she was signed to Regal Recordings and began publishing her vocal recordings on the social networking site Myspace.
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3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) and previously as A11pl3Z, is an interstellar comet discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) station. The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun. It will not come closer than 1. 8 AU (almost twice the distance of the Sun) from Earth, so it poses no threat.
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Democrats 66 (Dutch: Democraten 66; D66) is a social liberal and progressive political party in the Netherlands, which is positioned on the centre to centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a member of the Liberal International (LI) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). The name of the party refers to its year of foundation, 1966.
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The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East Division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games primarily at Rogers Centre in the South Core of downtown Toronto.
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It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King's 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, all of whom were involved in the It films.
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Kantara: A Legend β Chapter 1 (transl. Mysterious forest: Chapter 1) is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language epic mythological action film written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under Hombale Films. The film stars Rishab Shetty along with Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah.
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1858 Bradford sweets poisoning
In 1858 a batch of sweets in Bradford, England, was accidentally adulterated with poisonous arsenic trioxide. About five pounds (two kilograms) of sweets were sold to the public, leading to around 20 deaths and over 200 people suffering the effects of arsenic poisoning.
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The Witcher is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Set on a fictional, medieval-inspired landmass known as the Continent, The Witcher explores the legend of Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Princess Ciri.
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Government shutdowns in the United States
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins, and as a result, the federal government curtails agency activities and services, ceases non-essential operations, furloughs non-essential workers, and retains only essential employees in departments that protect human life or property.
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Sudanese civil war (2023βpresent)
A civil war began on 15 April 2023 between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan. The conflict involves the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, who also leads the broader Janjaweed coalition.
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2025 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is the 13th edition of Women's Cricket World Cup. It is being hosted jointly by India and Sri Lanka. It is India's fourth time hosting the World Cup after the 1978, 1997 and 2013 editions, and Sri Lanka's first time hosting it.
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Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is a British actress. She is best known for her film roles, including the Bridget Jones film series (2001, 2004, 2016, 2025), Calendar Girls (2005), Nanny McPhee (2005), St Trinian's (2008), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), A Cure for Wellness (2016), Mamma Mia!
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List of World Series champions
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason. First played in 1903, the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL).
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Vladimir Guerrero Alvino (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (1996β2003), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004β2009), Texas Rangers (2010), and Baltimore Orioles (2011).
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Mahima Chaudhry (born Ritu Chaudhry; 13 September 1973), is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. Chaudhry did a few modelling assignments and television commercials before venturing into films, with the 1997 romantic drama film Pardes, for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.
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2025 New York City mayoral election
An election for the mayor of New York City is scheduled for November 4, 2025. Running in the election are Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Republican activist Curtis Sliwa, and independent former governor Andrew Cuomo. The winner will succeed Democratic incumbent Eric Adams.
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Blake Ashton Snell (born December 4, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants. Snell was selected by the Rays in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2016.
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Pierre Robert (radio personality)
William Pierre Robert (; August 1, 1955 β October 29, 2025) was an American radio disc jockey and on-air personality for WMMR in Philadelphia. He spent 44 years with the station from 1981 until his death in 2025. Robert was WMMR's most identifiable personality, and was sometimes described as a hippie by locals.
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David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016βpresent), for which he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 β June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, XXXTentacion gained a cult following among his young fan base during his short career with his depression- and alienation-themed music.
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A company is a legal entity that represents an association of legal persons with a specific, shared objective, such as the earning of profit or the benefit of society. Depending on jurisdiction, companies can take on various forms, such as voluntary associations, nonprofit organizations, business entities, financial entities, banks, and educational institutions.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.
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Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for and captains the Australian women's national team. She also plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captains the UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.
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Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George VI, and great-grandfather, George V, both died there. The house stands in a 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) estate in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English former football pundit, coach and player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, Scholes spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013.
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2025 United States federal government shutdown
On October 1, 2025, the federal government of the United States began a shutdown at 12:01 a. m. EDT as a result of congressional failure to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year, which began that day. The shutdown resulted from partisan disagreements over federal spending levels, foreign aid rescissions, and health insurance subsidies.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives. The elections had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap election was called after the fourth Rutte cabinet collapsed on 7 July 2023 due to disagreements on immigration policy between the coalition parties.
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Katie Rose Waldman Miller (nΓ©e Waldman; born October 4, 1991) is an American conservative political advisor who has served in a range of high-level roles for Republican politicians. Miller served as a deputy press secretary under U.S. President Donald Trump at the United States Department of Homeland Security from 2017 to 2019.
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The 1992 AFC Asian Cup was the 10th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between 29 October and 8 November 1992. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima.
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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 β May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
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Burton Roy Sugarman (born January 4, 1939) is an American film and television producer best known for creating and producing the iconic 1970s/early '80s variety series The Midnight Special, which served as a showcase for popular musical groups of the time. Sugarman also produced the 1970s game shows Celebrity Sweepstakes, Whew!
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Austin Tyler Reaves (born May 29, 1998), is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wichita State Shockers and the Oklahoma Sooners. Nicknamed "AR-15", he joined the Lakers as an undrafted free agent.
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People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Dutch: Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie [ΛvΙl(Ι)kspΙrΛtΙi voΛr ΛvrΙiΙ¦Ιit Ιn deΛmoΛkra:Λtsi], VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party, is a party that tries to promote private enterprise and economic liberalism. Under Mark Rutte the party also embraces ordoliberalism.
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Sarah Margaret Ferguson (born 15 October 1959), formerly the Duchess of York, and also known by the nickname Fergie, is a British author, television personality, and former member of the British royal family. She is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (then Prince Andrew, Duke of York), the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and younger brother of King Charles III.
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India women's national cricket team
The India women's national cricket team, also known as Women in Blue, represents India in international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test, ODI and T20I status. They are the reigning Asian Games champions.
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koine Greek: ΞλΡοΟΞ¬ΟΟΞ± ΞΡά ΦιλοΟΞ¬ΟΟΟ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC β 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
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Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American white nationalist political commentator, activist and live streamer. On his America First livestream show he promotes Christian nationalism, white supremacy, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, and antisemitism including Holocaust denial. His supporters are known as Groypers.
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The Day of the Dead (Spanish: DΓa de (los) Muertos) is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pay respects and remember friends and family members who have died.
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Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022.
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John Patrick Schneider (born February 14, 1980) is an American professional baseball coach who is the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He became a coach for the Blue Jays in 2019 and became interim manager on July 13, 2022. After the 2022 season, the Blue Jays hired him as their permanent manager.
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Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 β August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional career as a teacher at the Dalton School. After his dismissal from the school in 1976, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm.
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Leati Joseph AnoaΚ»i (Samoan pronunciation: [a. noΛaΚ. i] ah-no-AH ee; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler, actor and former football player. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE since 2010, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
