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What happened in history on this day: November 25?
On November 25 in ...
- 1783 - British evacuate from New York, their last military position in USA.
- 1863 - Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Confederate plot to burn New York City fails.
- 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.
- 1894 - Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1912 - American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1951 - Two passenger trains collide in CTC territory at Woodstock, Alabama, USA, killing 15 passengers and two employees.
- 1957 - US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech.
- 1960 - First atomic reactor for research and development opens, Richland, Washington.
- 1960 - Final radio broadcast of "Amos 'n' Andy" airs.
- 1963 - Deceased US President John F. Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1967 - Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time.
- 1976 - Viking 1 radio signal from Mars helps prove general theory of relativity.
- 1978 - American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275.
- 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.
- 1996 - The Main Street Electrical Parade at Disneyland gives its final performance. The parade made over 3500 trips, to an estimated 75 million guests.
- 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).
- 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.
Births on November 25
- 1886 - Birth of Rex Maupin in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV).
- 1896 - Birth of Virgil Thomson in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; composer/music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts).
- 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).
- 1925 - Birth of Jeffrey Hunter in Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Christopher Pike - Star Trek).
- 1929 - Birth of Jack Hogan in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; actor (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra).
- 1933 - Birth of Rene Enriquez in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Ray Calletano - Hill Street Blues).
- 1942 - Birth of Tracey Walter in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actor (Best of the West).
- 1947 - Birth of John Larroquette in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Dan Fielding - Night Court).
- 1952 - Birth of Ernest Harden Junior in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor (Marcus - The Jeffersons).
- 1956 - Birth of Liana Vicens in Puerto Rico; 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968).
- 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").
- 1967 - Birth of Curtis Baldwin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Calvin - 227).
- 1968 - Birth of Jory Husain in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Jawaharial - Head of the Class).
- 1971 - Birth of Christine Applegate in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Kelly - Married With Children).
Deaths on November 25
- 1885 - Thomas A Hendricks, 21st US Vice President, dies at age 66, 8 months after taking office.
- 1974 - U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at age 65.
- 1981 - Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man), dies at age 74 (born 1907).
- 1986 - Nancy McCormick, Cincinnati reporter for radio station WKRC, is killed along with the pilot in the crash of the station's helicopter.
- 1987 - Harold Washington, mayor of Chicago (Democrat, 1983-87), dies at age 65.
- 1991 - Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at age 60.
- 2007 - Death of Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (born 1955).
- 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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