Singer Katy Perry turns 34 and actor Craig Robinson turns 47, among the famous birthdays for Oct. 25.

On October 25, 1944, the Japanese military employed its first unit of Kamikaze pilots during the Battle of Leyte Gulf off the coast of the Philippines.

On Oct. 25, 1929, during the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as U.S. President Warren Harding's interior secretary, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. He was the first presidential Cabinet member convicted of a crime.

Six of the original cast members of TV's "The Love Boat" served as the godparents at the christening of Princess Cruises' newest ship in Florida.

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Actress Elyse Knox, best known for starring in "The Mummy's Tomb" with Lon Chaney Jr., has died at her Los Angles home, her family said. She was 94.

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A section of Interstate 8, a highway that almost touches the Mexican border, remained closed Friday after a surprise winter storm hit Southern California.

Nashville songwriter Jim Hurt, who co-wrote Alabama's "Love in the First Degree," has died of liver cancer in Nashville at the age of 65.

David Egan is Louisiana's most accomplished contemporary blues songwriter. He wrote the anthemic "Sing It," the title track of the Marcia Ball/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson album, plus two other tracks on that album.

"To Whom it May Concern," the debut album from Lisa Marie Presley, entered the Billboard album charts at No. 5, selling more than 140,000 copies in its first week and making it one of the year's highest debuts.

Christie's in London will auction off a rare piece of Beatles and Donovan memorabilia April 30.

Bruce Springsteen is among the legions of fans looking forward to the April 8 release of Soozie Tyrell's debut album "White Lines" (Treasure Records).