November 25
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November 25 is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining after November 25 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
- 1758 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is founded.
- 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
- 1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant defeat Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg in the Battle of Chattanooga. The Union therefore take control of Tennessee.
- 1867 – Alfred Nobel patents dynamite.
- 1885 – The Banff National Park in Alberta becomes the first National Park in Canada.
- 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII.
- 1943 – Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina was re-established at the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia.
- 1944 – World War II: US forces defeat Japanese forces in the Battle of Peleliu, in Palau, in the western Pacific Ocean.
- 1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- 1950 – The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War, sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river border to fight United Nations forces.
- 1953 – For the first time, the England national football team loses against a team from Continental Europe; the Hungary national football team, by 6-3 at Wembley Stadium.
- 1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 1975 – The dictators of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay form Operation Condor, which aims to track down and kill anyone who expresses left-wing opinions.
- 1984 – 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1987 – Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths caused by the storm.
- 1992 – The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993.
- 2002 – Reported assassination attempt on Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov.
- 2008 – 'Yellow Shirt' anti-government demonstrators begin a week-long blockade of Bangkok Airport, forcing the Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat to resign.
- 2009 – Torrential rain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, causes major flooding, killing 100 people, many of them pilgrims participating in the Hajj Pilgrimage.
[change] Births
- 1562 – Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1635)
- 1577 – Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (d. 1629)
- 1609 – Henrietta Maria, daughter of Henry IV of France, Wife of King Charles I of England (d. 1669)
- 1638 – Catherine of Braganza, Queen-Consort of England and Scotland (d. 1705)
- 1835 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American businessman (d. 1919)
- 1817 – John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
- 1844 – Karl Benz, German inventor (d. 1929)
- 1845 – Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Portuguese writer (d. 1900)
- 1846 – Carrie Nation, American temperance activist (d. 1911)
- 1881 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
- 1895 – Ludovik Svoboda, Czech statesman (d. 1979)
- 1895 – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician (d. 1978)
- 1904 – Ba Jin, Chinese writer (d. 2005)
- 1914 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1915 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean President (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Ricardo Montalban, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
- 1923 – Mauno Koivisto, 9th President of Finland
- 1941 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani writer and spiritual leader (d. 2001)
- 1941 – Percy Sledge, American musician
- 1944 – Ben Stein, American actor
- 1951 – Arturo Perez-Reverte, Spanish author
- 1952 – Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician
- 1952 – John H. Lynch, 80th Governor of New Hampshire
- 1957 – Bob Ehrlich, 60th Governor of Maryland
- 1957 – Monte Melkonian, Armenian military leader (d. 1993)
- 1959 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish politician, former leader of the British Liberal Democrats
- 1960 – John F. Kennedy Jr., son of John F. Kennedy (d. 1999)
- 1960 – Amy Grant, American singer
- 1967 – Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
- 1970 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (d. 2009)
- 1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress
- 1978 – Ringo Shiina, Japanese singer
- 1980 – Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
- 1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Barbara Bush and Jenna Bush, daughters of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
- 1985 – Marcus Hellner, Swedish skier
- 1986 – Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer
- 1987 – Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)
- 1988 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
- 1988 – Jay Spaering, English footballer
- 1989 – Tom Dice, Belgian singer and songwriter
[change] Deaths
- 1034 – King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)
- 1185 – Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
- 1560 – Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)
- 1865 – Heinrich Barth, German explorer (b. 1821)
- 1885 – King Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
- 1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
- 1920 – Gaston Chevrolet, French-American racing driver (b. 1892)
- 1925 – Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (b. 1881)
- 1944 – Kunio Nakagawa, Japanese military commander (b. 1898)
- 1950 – Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer (b. 1873)
- 1957 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)
- 1965 – Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. 1878)
- 1970 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (b. 1925)
- 1974 – U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Hastings Banda, President of Malawi (b. c. 1907)
- 1998 – Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
- 2001 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani writer and spiritual leader (b. 1941)
- 2005 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
- 2005 – Richard Burns, British rally driver (b. 1971)
- 2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American rock singer (b. 1955)
[change] Holidays and observances
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day (1943)
- Suriname – Independence Day (from the Netherlands, 1975)
- Christian feast day: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
