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What happened in history on this day: November 25?
On November 25 in ...
- 1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace.
- 1562 - Birth of Lope Felix de Vega Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia).
- 1715 - First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn.
- 1758 - Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh).
- 1766 - Pope Clement XIII warns On the dangers of anti-Christian writings.
- 1783 - British evacuate from New York, their last military position in USA.
- 1835 - Birth of Andrew Carnegie; steel industrialist/library builder.
- 1841 - 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa.
- 1856 - Birth of Sergei Taneyev in Russia; composer (Oresteia).
- 1864 - Confederate plot to burn New York City fails.
- 1867 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
- 1881 - Birth of Angelo Roncalli in Bergamo, Italy; 261st pope (John XXIII, 1958-63).
- 1884 - John B Meyenberg of Saint Louis patents evaporated milk.
- 1885 - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st US Vice President, dies at age 66, 8 months after taking office.
- 1886 - Birth of Rex Maupin in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV).
- 1895 - Birth of Anastas I Mikoyan in Armenia; member of Supreme Soviet.
- 1895 - Birth of Wilhelm Kempff in Juterbog, Germany; pianist (Unterdem Zimbelstern).
- 1896 - Birth of Virgil Thomson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer/music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts).
- 1897 - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy.
- 1898 - The Greater Republic of Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador) is dissolved.
- 1901 - Birth of Tibor Serly in Losonc, Hungary; violinist/composer (American Elegy).
- 1902 - Birth of Eddie Shore; Boston Bruins (number 2), hall of famer.
- 1912 - American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1914 - Birth of Joe DiMaggio; Yankee Clippers' baseball player (56-game hitting streak).
- 1919 - Birth of Steve Brodie in Eldorado, Kansas, USA; actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp).
- 1919 - Birth of Norman Tokar in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Henry on NBC radio's The Aldrich Family), director (Leave it to Beaver, Kilroy, The Chicago Teddy Bears, and 31 episodes of Disneyland).
- 1920 - Birth of Ricardo Montalban in Mexico City, Mexico; Mexican/American actor (Mr. Roarke - Fantasy Island, Khan Noonien Singh - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).
- 1920 - WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcasts first football play-by-play.
- 1925 - Birth of Jeffrey Hunter in Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Christopher Pike - Star Trek).
- 1926 - Birth of Murray Schisgal; playwright (Luv).
- 1929 - Birth of Jack Hogan in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; actor (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra).
- 1930 - 690 earthquake shocks recorded in one day (Ito, Japan).
- 1933 - First Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 feet (80m).
- 1933 - Birth of Kathryn Grant Crosby in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Mr Cory, Big Circus).
- 1933 - Birth of Lenny Moore; NFL back (Baltimore Colts).
- 1933 - Birth of Rene Enriquez in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Ray Calletano - Hill Street Blues).
- 1936 - Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, to cooperate in defense against Communistic International. Germany and Japan will share information on Comintern activities, and invite other states to adopt anti-Comintern defensive measures. Secret clause: both agree that if one is attacked or threatened, the other would not relieve the position of the Soviet Union, and both would not conclude political treaties with the Soviet Union that did not conform with spirit of the pact. The pact is in effect for five years.
- 1939 - Birth of Martin Feldstein; economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal).
- 1940 - Birth of Richard Furrer in Worgl, Germany; American astronaut (STS 22).
- 1940 - Patria steamer sinks killing 200, outside of Haifa.
- 1940 - University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98.
- 1942 - Birth of Tracey Walter in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Best of the West).
- 1944 - (1225 hours) A German V-2 rocket strikes the crowded Woolworths store on New Cross Road, in Deptford, central London, England, killing 160, seriously injuring 77, and injuring 122 others.
- 1944 - Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner, dies.
- 1947 - Birth of John Larroquette in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Dan Fielding - Night Court).
- 1947 - Birth of Jonathan Kaplan in Paris, France; director (Heart Like a Wheel).
- 1947 - New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion.
- 1948 - Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns are removed.
- 1948 - KING-TV, Seattle, Washington, goes on the air with first Pacific NorthWest telecast.
- 1949 - Luther "Bill" Robinson, famed tap dancer, dies at age 71.
- 1951 - Two passenger trains collide in CTC territory at Woodstock, Alabama, USA, killing 15 passengers and two employees.
- 1951 - Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears.
- 1952 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, England.
- 1952 - Birth of Ernest Harden Junior in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Marcus - The Jeffersons).
- 1952 - Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (1-11 record), 27-23 against Chicago Bears.
- 1956 - Birth of Liana Vicens in Puerto Rico; 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968).
- 1957 - US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech.
- 1958 - Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at age 82.
- 1958 - The Republic of Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community.
- 1959 - Birth of Steve Rothery; rocker (Marillion - "Real to Reel").
- 1960 - First atomic reactor for research and development opens, Richland, Washington.
- 1960 - Birth of Amy Grant; gospel singer ("Glory of Love", "Baby Baby").
- 1960 - Birth of John F Kennedy Junior, son of John Kennedy; lawyer.
- 1960 - Birth of Kasey Smith in Queens, New York, USA; heavy metal artist (Danger Danger - "Screw It").
- 1960 - Final radio broadcast of "Amos 'n' Andy" airs.
- 1961 - Birth of Amy Gibson; actress (General Hospital).
- 1961 - NBA's Bob Cousy becomes second player to score 15,000 points.
- 1963 - Deceased US President John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1964 - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell - My Little Margie), dies at age 90.
- 1966 - Birth of Stacy Lattislaw; disco singer (Million Dollar Baby).
- 1967 - Birth of Curtis Baldwin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Calvin - 227).
- 1967 - Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time.
- 1968 - Birth of Jory Husain in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Jawaharial - Head of the Class).
- 1968 - Death of Phil Lord at age 89; actor (Stud's Place).
- 1969 - John Lennon returns his Member of the British Empire medal.
- 1971 - Birth of Christine Applegate in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Kelly - Married With Children).
- 1971 - Cargo ship Estia of Estia Cia. Nav. S.A. of Piraeus, Greece, sinks off coast of Somalia following an engine room explosion.
- 1973 - Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos.
- 1974 - U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at age 65.
- 1975 - Netherlands grants Surinam independence.
- 1976 - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars helps prove general theory of relativity.
- 1977 - David Steed balances stationary on a bike for 9 hours 15 minutes.
- 1977 - Richard Carlson, actor (Colonel MacKenzie - MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at age 65.
- 1978 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275.
- 1978 - Thomas Hearns knocks out Jerome Hill in two rounds in his first pro fight.
- 1980 - Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran, regains WBC welterweight championship.
- 1981 - A group of mercenaries led by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport in the Seychelles in a coup attempt. Most of the mercenaries escape by a commandeered Air India passenger jet; six are later arrested.
- 1981 - Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man), dies at age 74 (born 1907).
- 1983 - Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off.
- 1983 - Syria and Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in Palestinian Liberation Organization civil war in Tripoli.
- 1983 - World's greatest robbery: £25 million (US$38.7 million) in 6800 gold bars from Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport, England.
- 1984 - An East Rail train derails between Sheung Shui and Fanling stations, Hong Kong.
- 1984 - Birth of Ian Lacey; Australian rugby league player.
- 1984 - Thirty-six of Britain and Ireland's top pop musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio to form Band Aid, and record the song "Do They Know It's Christmas", in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1984 - William Schroeder becomes second to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
- 1986 - U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1986 - Nancy McCormick, Cincinnati reporter for radio station WKRC, is killed along with the pilot in the crash of the station's helicopter.
- 1987 - Buena Vista releases the film Three Men and a Baby to theaters.
- 1987 - Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 mph (266 km/h) winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
- 1987 - Harold Washington, mayor of Chicago (Democrat, 1983-87), dies at age 65.
- 1988 - Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed.
- 1988 - In southern Quebec, Canada, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurs. Felt to the east coast, and as far south as Washington, D.C.
- 1989 - Death of George Cakobau, Fiji Governor General (born 1912).
- 1990 - Bill Vukovich, Indianapolis 500 driver, dies in crash at age 27.
- 1990 - Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election.
- 1990 - NFL's New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers after winning their first 10 games both lose, Philadelphia Eagles beat Giants 31-13 and Los Angeles Rams beat 49ers 28-17.
- 1991 - Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at age 60.
- 1991 - Death of Eleanor Audley at 86 of respiratory failure; actress (voice of stepmother in Disney's Cinderella, voice of an evil fairy in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, mother on TV's Green Acres).
- 1992 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Bodyguard to theaters.
- 1992 - The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, starting on January 1, 1993.
- 1996 - An ice storm strikes the U.S., killing 26 directly, hundreds more from accidents. A powerful windstorm blasts Florida; winds gust to 90 mph.
- 1996 - The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland gives its final performance. The parade made over 3500 trips, to an estimated 75 million guests.
- 1997 - Death of Ralph Edwards at age 84 of congestive heart failure; producer/host (This is Your Life TV show, Truth or Consequences radio show, The People's Court).
- 1998 - The final episode of US TV show Babylon 5 airs.
- 1998 - The first episode of TV cartoon show Powerpuff Girls is broadcast.
- 1998 - Death of Clerow Wilson AKA Flip Wilson at age 64 from liver cancer; actor/comedian (Flip Wilson Show TV show (Emmy award), Laugh In TV show, Tonight Show TV show, Charlie and Company TV show, host - People Are Funny (1984)).
- 2001 - Death of Gohar Shahi, internationally renowned spiritual leader and founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfroshan-e-Islam (born 1941).
- 2001 - The Calgary Stampeders win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1998, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19 in the 89th Grey Cup at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec.
- 2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 (the Senate passed the bill 90-9 on November 19).
- 2004 - The Indian political party Congress Jananayaka Peravai merges into the Indian National Congress.
- 2006 - Steve Bracks wins the Victorian state election.
- 2007 - Parliamentary elections are held in Croatia.
- 2007 - Nawaz Sharif makes a second attempt to return to Pakistan along with his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other family members.
- 2007 - Riots continue for a second night in Val-d'Oise, France following the death of two youths in a motorcycle collision with a police vehicle.
- 2007 - A European Parliament election takes place in Romania.
- 2007 - Death of Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (born 1955).
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve announces it will buy up to US$100 billion of debt issued by mortgage enterprises, and it will also buy up to US$500 billion of mortgage securities.
- 2008 - Greenland holds a referendum for increased autonomy from Denmark. The vote is over 75 percent in favour.
- 2008 - In Thailand, protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy party storm into Suvarnabhumi Airport and block flights from taking off.
- 2009 - Dubai World asks for a six-month in delay of interest payments to creditors, on $59 billion of liabilities.
- 2009 - A logging vessel sinks in bad weather on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 73.
- 2012 - (to December 9) Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people still missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of Mindanao.
- 2019 - In Dresden, Germany, thieves break into the Green Vault museum's jewel room and steal about 100 pieces, worth millions of euros.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 60 million worldwide.
- 2020 - Death of James Wolfensohn, 9th President of the World Bank Group (born 1933).
- 2022 - Death of Irene Cara AKA Irene Cara Escalera at age 63 at home in Florida, USA; American actor (Coco - Fame movie (1980), The Electric Company TV show, Sparkle movie (1976)), singer and songwriter ("Flashdance... What a Feeling" song (1983), "Fame" song (1980)).
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