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Notable anniversaries in history for today: November 25
- 80th: 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.
- 80th: 1944 - Kenesaw Landis, baseball commisioner, dies.
- 60th: 1964 - Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell - My Little Margie), dies at age 90.
- 50th: 1974 - U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at age 65.
- 40th: 1984 - An East Rail train derails between Sheung Shui and Fanling stations, Hong Kong.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Ian Lacey; Australian rugby league player.
- 40th: 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.
- 40th: 1984 - William Schroeder becomes second to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart.
- 20th: 2004 - The Indian political party Congress Jananayaka Peravai merges into the Indian National Congress.
- 15th: 2009 - Dubai World asks for a six-month in delay of interest payments to creditors, on $59 billion of liabilities.
- 15th: 2009 - A logging vessel sinks in bad weather on Lake Mai-Ndombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 73.
- 5th: 2019 - In Dresden, Germany, thieves break into the Green Vault museum's jewel room and steal about 100 pieces, worth millions of euros.
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