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November 25 is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 25, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 36 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Máel Coluim mac Cináeda ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Choinnich) known in modern Anglicized regnal lists as Malcolm II (c The monarch of Scotland was the Head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland. Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. Donnchad mac Crínáin ( Modern Gaelic: Donnchadh mac Crìonain) anglicised as Duncan I, and nicknamed An t-Ilgarach, "the Diseased" Bethóc ingen Maíl Coluim meic Cináeda was the eldest daughter of King Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, who had no known sons Crínán of Dunkeld (died 1045 was the Lay abbot of the diocese of Dunkeld, and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl.
• 1120 - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England. The White Ship (or its real name la Blanche-Nef) a twelfth-century vessel sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur William (1103– 25 November 1120) surnamed Adelin (alternately rendered as Adelinus, Adelingus, Audelin or Ætheling Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman
• 1177 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (1161&ndash 16 March 1185) called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first Salahadin Ayyubi ( Arabic:صلاح الدين يوسف بن أيوب Kurdish: سه‌لاحه‌دین ئه‌یوبی Selah'edînê Eyubî; c The Battle of Montgisard was fought between the Ayyubids and the Kingdom of Jerusalem on November 25, 1177.
• 1491 - The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins. Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous region of Andalusia, Spain. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 1542 - Battle of Solway Moss. The Battle of Solway Moss took place on Solway Moss near the River Esk in the Scottish Borders in November 1542 between forces from England and The English army defeats the Scots.
• 1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer The Caucasus ( also referred to as North Caucasus) is a geopolitical region located between Europe Asia & Middle East
• 1703 - The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Great Storm of 1703 is arguably the most severe storm or Natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Britain. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale.
• 1758 - French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The French and Indian War (1754&ndash1763 was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War. The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 Fort Duquesne (originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a Fort established by the French in 1754, at the junction of the Allegheny This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 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. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 The City of New York The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, and approved by the Congress of the Confederation on January 14, 1784, formally
• 1795 - Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Stanisław II August Poniatowski (born Count Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; January 17 1732 – February 12 1798 was the last King Poland, or at least its nucleus was ruled at various times either by książęta (Dukes(ca Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Abdication (from the Latin abdicatio, disowning renouncing from ab, away from and dicare, to declare to proclaim as not belonging to one Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1826 - The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Two ships ordered In 1825 during the latter part of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, representatives of the Greek government in London Nafplion (Ναύπλιο in the Peloponnese in Greece, is a seaport town that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well The Hellenic Navy ( HN) ( Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece
• 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). Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In Meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Storm surge or tidal surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system typically a Tropical cyclone. The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster. A disaster is the impact of a natural or human-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment.
• 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge - At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Third Battle of Chattanooga (popularly known as The Battle of Chattanooga, and including the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the Battle of Missionary Ridge is a geographic feature in Chattanooga Tennessee, site of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, a battle in the American Civil War, fought Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ulysses S Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant (April 27 1822 &ndash July 23 1885 was an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States The Third Battle of Chattanooga (popularly known as The Battle of Chattanooga, and including the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the Battle of The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Braxton Bragg (March 22 1817 &ndash September 27 1876 was a career United States Army officer and then a General in the Confederate States Army, a
• 1864 - American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Confederate Army of Manhattan was a group of eight Southern operatives who attempted to burn New York City on November 25 1864 during the final stages of the The City of New York
• 1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting (21 October 1833 Stockholm, Sweden – 10 December 1896 Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist engineer innovator armaments manufacturer Dynamite is an explosive based on the explosive potential of Nitroglycerin, initially using Diatomaceous earth (kieselgur US Spelling kieselguhr
• 1874 - The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Greenback Party (also known as the Independent Party, the National Party, and the Greenback-Labor Party) was an American political party A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials The Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879
• 1876 - Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Battle of the Little Bighorn &mdashalso known as Custer's Last Stand, and in the parlance of the relevant Native Americans, the Battle of the Greasy Grass The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Morning Star ( Cheyenne: Vóóhéhéve, also known by his Lakota Sioux name Tamílapéšni, Dull Knife) was a Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taa'e (more commonly The Powder River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately long in the southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming in the United
• 1905 - The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo)
• 1913 - Panama becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Panama, officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. The Buenos Aires Convention is a Copyright Treaty signed at Buenos Aires on 1910-04-11 which provides for the mutual recognition of copyrights Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations.
• 1918 - Vojvodina, former Austro-Hungarian crownland, proclaims its secession from this state to join the Kingdom of Serbia. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина or Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina; Hungarian: Vajdaság The Kingdom of Serbia ( Serbian Cyrillic: Краљевина Србија Serbian Latinica Kraljevina Srbija) was created when Prince Milan Obrenović ruler
• 1926 - The deadliest tornado outbreak in U. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus S. November history strikes on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival. 27 twisters of great strength reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. Heber Springs is a city in Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States. 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all. Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States.
• 1936 - In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, thus agreeing to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests" in case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other countries on November 25, 1936 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1940 - First flight of the deHavilland mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The de Havilland Aircraft Company (less commonly spelled de Haviland was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Glenn L Martin Company was an early US Aircraft company founded by aviation pioneer Glenn Luther Martin. See A-26 Invader for the plane known as the B-26 from 1948 to 1962
• 1941 - Finland joined the Anti-Comintern Pact. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other countries on November 25, 1936
• 1943 - Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina was re-established at the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan AVNOJ ( Antifašističko V(ijeće Narodnog Oslobođenja Jugoslavije) standing for " Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia "
• 1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. See also Vergeltungswaffe The V-2 rocket ( Vergeltungswaffe 2 was the first Ballistic missile and first man-made object to achieve This article is about the British Woolworths Group plc, and its stores Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1944 - World War II: Battle of Peleliu - At Peleliu, Palau, American forces led by the general officer William H. Rupertus defeat the Japanese army led by Colonel Kunio Nakagawa. The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and Japan in the Pacific Theater of World Palau, officially the Republic of Palau (Beluu er a Belau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800  km) east The United States of America —commonly referred to as the William Henry Rupertus (14 November 1889 – 25 March 1945 was a Major General in the United States Marine Corps and the author of the Rifleman's Creed For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country
• 1947 - Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s "Hollywood Ten" redirects here For the 1950 short documentary film see The Hollywood Ten. A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films.
• 1947 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (22 & 23 Geo The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 1950 - The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, paralyzes the northeastern United States and the Appalachians, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV Miniseries written by Stephen A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold Temperatures such as Snow or The Northeast is a region of the United States. As defined by the U The Appalachian Mountains ( often called the Appalachians, are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die due to the storm.
• 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. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the The Yalu River ( Chinese) or the Amnok River ( Korean) is a River on the border between China and North Korea. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
• 1952 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London and eventually becomes the longest continuously-running play in history. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English The Mousetrap is a play in the murder mystery genre by Agatha Christie. The Ambassadors Theatre (formerly the New Ambassadors Theatre) is a West End theatre located in West Street, near Cambridge Circus on the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A play, or stageplay, is a form of Literature written by a Playwright, almost always consisting of Dialogue between Fictional characters
• 1958 - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. French Sudan (Soudan was a Colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence first from 1890 to 1899 then from 1920 to 1960 when the An autonomous area is an area of a Country that has a degree of Autonomy, or freedom from an external authority The French Community (Communauté française was the political entity which replaced in 1958 the French Union, which in turn was the descendant of the French colonial
• 1960 - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Mirabal sisters were four Dominican sisters three of whom were assassinated by the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media.
• 1963 - President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War
• 1970 - In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. was the pseudonym of, a Japanese author poet and
• 1973 - George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Georgios Papadopoulos (Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ( May 5, 1919 June 27, 1999) was the head of the military Coup d'état Regime of the Colonels redirects here For the Polish regime of colonels see Colonels' group. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Karamanlismetapolitefsijpg|200px|thumb|right| Konstantinos Karamanlis taking the oath of office during Metapolitefsi as Phaedon Gizikis watches on 24th July 1974 at 415 a
• 1975 - Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Suriname ( Dutch: Suriname; Sranan Tongo: Sranan) officially the Republic of Suriname (traditionally spelled Surinam by The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1977 - Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. was found "guilty" by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and was sentenced to death by firing squad. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Benigno Servillano Aquino Jr ( November 27, 1932 – August 21 A military tribunal is a kind of Military Court designed to try members of enemy forces during Wartime operating outside the scope of conventional Execution by firing squad is a method of Capital punishment, particularly common in times of war
• 1982 - The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroyed an entire block of Downtown Minneapolis on November 25-26 1982 including the 16-story headquarters of Northwestern National This article details the history of Norwest up to the point of the purchase of Wells Fargo Donaldson's, also known as The L S Donaldson Company Minneapolis Minnesota is a defunct Department store company
• 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. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Notting Hill is an area in West London, England close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park, and lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money " Do They Know It's Christmas? " is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine A Famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are so undernourished that death by Starvation becomes increasingly common NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page
• 1984 - A KCR train derails between Sheung Shui and Fanling, Hong Kong. Sheung Shui Station (上水站 is the penultimate northbound station on the in Hong Kong. Fanling Station ( Chinese: 粉嶺站 Jyutping: fan2 ling5 colloq Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
• 1986 - Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The Iran-Contra affair was a political scandal which was revealed in November 1986 as a result of earlier events during the Reagan administration. Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua 's FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional Sandinista Junta of National Nicaragua (ˌnɪkəˈrɑgwə officially the Republic of Nicaragua () is a representative democratic republic and the largest nation in Central America
• 1986 - The King Fahd Causeway was officially opened in the Persian Gulf. The King Fahd Causeway (جسر الملك فهد is multiple dike - Bridge combination connecting Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and the Island The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the
• 1987 - Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Super Typhoon Nina (international designation 8722, JTWC designation 22W) was the most intense and destructive typhoon The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a classification used for most Western Hemisphere Tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of Tropical depressions at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
• 1988 - German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Rita Süssmuth (born 17 February, 1937 in Wuppertal) is a German politician and a member of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU) The Bundestag ("Federal Diet " or "Lower House of German Parliament" is the Parliament of Germany.
• 1992 - The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic ( ˈt͡ʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka short form in Česko ˈt͡ʃɛskɔ also called Czechia, Slovakia (long form Slovak Republic; Slovak:, long form, is a Landlocked country in Central Europe with a population of over five million New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
• 1994 - Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Akio Morita (盛田昭夫 Morita Akio, January 26 1921 in Tokoname Aichi, Japan &ndash October 3 1999 in Tokyo) was a co-founder of A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator
• 1996 - An Ice storm strikes the central U. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) An ice storm is a type of Winter storm characterized by Freezing rain. S. killing 26 people. Powerful windstorm affects Florida, winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the
• 2000 - 2000 Baku earthquake took place. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 2000 Baku earthquake occurred on Saturday November 25, 2000 measuring 7 on the Richter scale in the Epicentre with 63 in Baku and
• 2005 - Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. List of Ministers of National Defense of the Republic of Poland ( pl Radosław Tomasz "Radek" Sikorski (raˈdɔswaf ˈtɔmaʃ (ˈradɛk ɕiˈkɔrskʲi (born 23 February 1963 in Bydgoszcz) is a conservative The Warsaw Pact (see Nomenclature) was an organization of Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. Maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, as well as the possible nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by Soviet-controlled forces, are released. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 2007 - The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in Romania. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but A Referendum on changing the Voting system to single-member voting was held in Romania on 25 November 2007, on the Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
• 2007 - President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili resigns. The President of Georgia (საქართველოს პრეზიდენტი is the Commander-in-chief of Georgia. Mikheil Saakashvili (მიხეილ ნიკოლოზის ძე სააკაშვილი (born 21 December 1967, a Georgian Politician, the

Births

• 1454 - Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. Nobil Donna Catherine Cornaro (Italian Caterina) ( November 25, 1454 &ndash July 10 1510) was Queen of 1510)
• 1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. Yi Hwang ( 1501 - 1570) is one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his younger 1570)
• 1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. Lope de Vega (also Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio or Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) ( 25 November 1562 &ndash 27 August 1635 1635)
• 1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. For the Danish mathematician and poet see Piet Hein (Denmark. 1629)
• 1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. Catherine Henrietta of Braganza (25 November 1638 &ndash 31 December 1705 was a Portuguese Infanta and the Queen consort of Charles II of Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1705)
• 1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Jean François Séguier de Nîmes ( 25 November, 1703 &ndash 1 september 1784) was a French Astronomer and 1784)
• 1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Abbé Charles-Michel de l'Épée, (born November 25, 1712, Versailles; died December 23, 1789, Paris) was a 1789)
• 1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Arima Yoriyuki (有馬 頼徸 December 31, 1714 – December 16, 1783) was a Japanese Mathematician of the Edo era 1783)
• 1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Galton b November 25, 1778 - d 1856)
• 1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Julius Robert von Mayer ( November 25, 1814 &ndash March 20, 1878) was a German Physician and Physicist and 1878)
• 1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Bigelow ( November 25, 1817 - December 19, 1911) was an American lawyer and statesman 1911)
• 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Andrew Carnegie (properly kɑrˈneɪgi but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨgi/ or /kɑrˈnɛgi/ (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919 was a Scottish -born American Industrialist 1919)
• 1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link For the actor see Ernst Schröder (actor. Ernst Schröder ( 25 November, 1841 Mannheim Germany – 1902)
• 1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Henry Ware Eliot ( November 25, 1843 &ndash January 7, 1919) was an American Industrialist and Philanthropist who lived Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. 1919)
• 1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, ( November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg 1929)
• 1845 - José Maria Eça de Queiróz, Portuguese novelist (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1900)
• 1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display 1911)
• 1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alfred Capus (November 25 1858 - November 1 1922 was a French Journalist and Playwright, born in Aix-en-Provence and deceased in Neuilly-sur-Seine 1922)
• 1862 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday 1901)
• 1869 - Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Benjamin Barr Lindsey ( November 25, 1869 - March 26, 1943) was an American Judge and Social reformer born in 1934)
• 1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Winthrop Ames (November 25 1870 - November 3 1937 was an American theatre director and producer, Playwright and Screenwriter. 1937)
• 1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joe Gans ( November 25, 1874 - August 10, 1910) was born Joseph Gaines in Baltimore, Maryland. 1910)
• 1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year See Princess Victoria for other Saxe-Coburg princesses named Victoria Grand Duchess Viktoria Feodorovna of Russia, born Princess Victoria 1936)
• 1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley ( 25 November, 1880 1960)
• 1881 - Pope John XXIII (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pope John (numberingBlessed 1963)
• 1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Harvey Spencer Lewis FRC, S·I· 33°66°95° PhD ( November 25, 1883 – August 2, 1939 1939)
• 1883 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Merrill Church Meigs ( November 25, 1883 - January 26, 1968) was the executive of the Chicago Herald and Examiner in the 1968)
• 1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Николай Иванович Вавилов ( &ndash January 26 1943) was a prominent Russian and Soviet Botanist 1943)
• 1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isaac Rosenberg ( November 25, 1890 - April 1, 1918) was an English poet of the First World War who was considered 1918)
• 1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff ( November 25, 1895 &ndash May 23, 1991) was a world-renowned German Virtuoso Pianist 1991)
• 1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Ludvík Svoboda (born November 25 1895, Hroznatín, Moravia - died September 20 1979, Prague) was a This is a list of Presidents of Czechoslovakia, both elected and acting 1979)
• 1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Helen Hooven Santmyer ( November 25 1895 &ndash February 21 1986) was an American Writer. 1986)
• 1896 - Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the American author with a similar name see Virgil Thompson (author Virgil Thomson ( November 25, 1896 - September 1989)
• 1900 - Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höß (in English commonly Hoess or Höss; November 25 1900 - April 16 1947 was an SS- Obersturmbannführer and 1947)
• 1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Arthur Liebehenschel ( November 25, 1901 - January 28, 1948) was a commandant of the Auschwitz and Majdanek death camps 1948)
• 1902 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edward William "Eddie" Shore ( November 25, 1902 – March 16, 1985) was a Canadian professional Ice hockey 1985)
• 1904 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Lillian Copeland ( November 25, 1904 &ndash July 7, 1964) was an American athlete, who excelled in Weight throwing 1964)
• 1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Li Yaotang ( November 25 1904 &ndash October 17 2005) Courtesy name Feigan (zh 芾甘 is considered to be one 2005)
• 1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Antonio "Toni" Ortelli (born November 25, 1904, Schio, Italy; died March 3, 2000, Schio was an Italian 2000)
• 1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Stuart Hindmarsh ( 25 November 1907 – 6 September 1938) also known as Johnny Hindmarsh, was an English Racecar 1938)
• 1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lewis Thomas ( November 25 1913 &ndash December 3, 1993) was a physician poet Etymologist, essayist administrator educator policy 1993)
• 1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe 1999)
• 1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Léon Zitrone (1914-1995 was a Russian-born French Journalist and television presenter 1995)
• 1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November 2006)
• 1920 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar In full Almarhum Tuanku Sayyid Putra ibni Almarhum Sir Syed Hassan Jamalullail, KCMG ( November 25, 2000)
• 1920 - Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor
• 1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
• 1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Ricardo Gonzálo Pedro Montalbán Merino KCSG (born November 25, 1920) is a Mexican Television, Theatre, and Film Noel Neill (born November 25, 1920) is an American actress in motion pictures and television best known as Lois Lane in the television series Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gloria Lasso ( November 25 1922 – December 4 2005) was a Spanish-born singer long based in France 2005)
• 1923 - Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland
• 1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mauno Henrik Koivisto mɑuno henrik koiʋisto (born November 25, 1923) was the President of Finland from 1982 to 1994 Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. also known as Ryūmei Yoshimoto, is a Japanese poet literary critic and philosopher from Tokyo.
• 1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Hunter ( November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor 1969)
• 1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden 2001)
• 1933 - Kathryn Grant, American actress
• 1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
• 1938 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress
• 1940 - Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kathryn Crosby (born November 25 1933) is an American actress and singer who performed her most memorable roles under the stage-name Kathryn Grant Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trisha Brown ( 25 November 1936, Aberdeen Washington, US) is a Postmodernist American choreographer and Dancer. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rosanna Schiaffino (born November 25 1938) is an Italian film actress and show business icon of the 1960s appearing on covers of Italian German French Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Reinhard Alfred Furrer ( November 25, 1940 – September 9, 1995) was a German scientist and Astronaut. 1995)
• 1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
• 1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a Hall of Fame American football coach and NASCAR Championship team owner Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ( Urdu: ریاض احمد گوھر شاہی) (&lrm 25 November, 1941 – 25 November, 2001 2001)
• 1941 - Percy Sledge, American musician
• 1942 - Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
• 1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
• 1945 - George Webster, American football player (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1940) is an American R&B and soul performer Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bob Lind (born Robert Neale Lind in Baltimore Ohio, November 25, 1942) is a Folk music Singer/songwriter who reached the height Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25 1944) is an American attorney political figure and Entertainment personality who in his early career Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar George Webster may be referred to as George D Webster (American football George Webster (architect, born in Kendal in 1797 George 2007)
• 1946 - Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
• 1947 - John Larroquette, American actor
• 1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
• 1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
• 1951 - Bucky Dent, American baseball player
• 1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
• 1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
• 1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
• 1952 - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
• 1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron
• 1953 - Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
• 1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
• 1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
• 1957 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bev Bevan (born Beverley Bevan on 24 November 1944 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England) is an English rock The Move were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s from Birmingham, England, and were among the most popular British bands to not find any success Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan Kaplan (born November 25, 1947, in Paris, France) is an American filmmaker John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television Actor. Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American Character actor. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques P Dupuis (born November 25, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian Politician and Lawyer. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Bucky Dent (born November 25, 1951) born Russell Earl O'Dey, is an American former Major League Baseball player and manager Bill Morrissey (born on November 25, 1951 in Hartford Connecticut) is an American folk Singer/songwriter from New Hampshire Arturo Pérez-Reverte (November 25 1951 Cartagena Spain) is a Spanish Novelist and Journalist. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Imran Khan Niazi ( عمران خان نیازی) (born November 25 1952) is a Pakistani Cricketer and politician John H Lynch (born November 25 1952, Waltham Massachusetts) is the current Governor of New Hampshire. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) was the CEO of Enron Corporation in 2001 Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation, former NYSE ticker symbol ENE was an American Energy company based in Graham "Wombat" Eadie (born 25 November 1953 Woy Woy New South Wales) is an Australian former Rugby league footballer and is considered one History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Bruno Tonioli (born November 25 1955) is an Italian -born British Dancer and professional Choreographer. Dance (from French danser, perhaps from Frankish) is an Art form that generally refers to movement of the body usually rhythmic Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hélène Goudin (born 25 November 1956 in Brussels) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the June Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) For the Entrepreneur and Businessman, see Robert Ehrlich. Robert Leroy "Bob" Ehrlich Jr , former Maryland governor
• 1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
• 1959 - Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
• 1960 - Amy Grant, American singer
• 1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Peter Kennedy (born 25 November 1959 is a British politician. Steve Rothery (born November 25, 1959) is the guitarist of the Neo-progressive rock band Marillion. Marillion are a British rock group Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979 their recorded studio output comprises Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amy Lee Grant (born November 25 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American Singer-songwriter, best known for her Contemporary Christian John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr (November 25 1960 – July 16 1999 often referred to as John F 1999)
• 1960 - Kasey Smith, American keyboardist
• 1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
• 1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
• 1963 - Bernie Kosar, American football player
• 1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
• 1965 - Cris Carter, American football player
• 1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
• 1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
• 1966 - Billy Burke, American actor
• 1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
• 1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
• 1968 - Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
• 1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
• 1968 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
• 1968 - Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
• 1969 - Anthony Peeler, American basketball player
• 1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress
• 1971 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1973 - Erick Strickland, American basketball player
• 1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
• 1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
• 1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
• 1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
• 1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
• 1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
• 1979 - Michael Lehan, National Football League player
• 1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
• 1980 - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner, Sri Lanka
• 1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
• 1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
• 1981 - Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
• 1981 - Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
• 1981 - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
• 1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
• 1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
• 1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
• 1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
• 1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kasey Smith (born November 25, 1960 in Flushing, NY is a keyboardist for the band Danger Danger. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gilbert Delorme (born November 25, 1962 in Boucherville, Quebec) is a retired former professional Ice hockey player who was a journeyman Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kevin Chamberlin (born November 25, 1963) is an American Actor. Holly Cole (born November 25, 1963 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian Jazz Singer, particularly popular Bernard Joseph Kosar Jr (born November 25, 1963 in Youngstown Ohio) is a former American football Quarterback in the Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) is an American rock musician and Songwriter. Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg Washington in 1985 by vocalist Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Christopher D Carter (born November 25, 1965) is a former American football player in the NFL. Dougray Scott (born 25 November 1965) is a Scottish television and film actor Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Timothy Lockwood Armstrong (born November 25, 1966) is an influential American musician and songwriter best known for his work with Punk rock Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. Transplants are an American Punk rock / Hip-hop supergroup. They formed in 1999 when Tim Armstrong of the band William Albert "Billy" Burke (born November 25 1966) is an American actor Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. is a Seiyū who was born in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe. He is represented by Aoni Production. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and San Francisco artist Gregg Turkington (born November 25, 1967 in Darwin, Australia) rose to prominence in the mid-1980s as the co-publisher Neil Hamburger is a stand-up comedian character played by Gregg Turkington. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her Television roles on Law & Order Erick Sermon, also known as Erick Onassis, (born November 25, 1968 in Bay Shore New York) is an American Rapper, Musician Jacqueline Hennessy (born November 25, 1968 in Edmonton Alberta) is a Canadian journalist television host and occasional actress Galin Nikov (born 25 November 1968) is a retired Bulgarian Pole vaulter He finished thirteenth at the 1990 European Indoor Championships Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Eugene Peeler (born November 25, 1969 in Kansas City Missouri) is a former American professional Basketball player having played for Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Christina Applegate (born November 25 1971 is an Emmy Award -winning American actress known for playing Kelly Bundy on the long-running FOX Broadcasting Magnus Arvedson (born November 25, 1971 in Karlstad, Sweden) is a retired Swedish Professional Hockey Left Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Demerick (Erick Montae Strickland (born 25 November 1973 in Opelika Alabama) is an American professional Basketball player formerly in the Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donovan Jamal McNabb (born November 25 1976 in Chicago Illinois) is an American football Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the Clint Mathis (born November 25, 1976 in Conyers, Georgia) is a Soccer forward / Midfielder who currently plays Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Guillermo Ignacio 'Willy' Cañas (born November 25, 1977) is an Argentine professional Tennis player Marcus Marshall (born November 25, 1977) is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and pianist born on November 25, 1978. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Thea Eve Gilmore (born 25 November 1979 is a British female Singer-songwriter. Michael Lehan (born November 25, 1979 in Hopkins Minnesota) is an American football Cornerback for the Miami Dolphins Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Kirinde Liyana Arachchige Kushantha Priyadharshana, known as Kushan Liyanarachchi, born 25 November, 1980, is a prominent Buddhism practitioner Aaron Mokoena (born November 25, 1980 in Johannesburg, Gauteng) is a South African footballer who currently plays for Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Xabier Alonso Olano, commonly known as For the wife of George HW Bush see Barbara Bush. Barbara Pierce Bush (born November 25, 1981) is the elder of the fraternal George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W Jenna Welch Hager, Née Bush, (born November 25, 1981 in Dallas Texas) the daughter of U George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W Jared Scott Carter Jeffries (born November 25 1981, in Bloomington Indiana) is an American professional Basketball player for the Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Gaspard Ulliel (born November 25, 1984) is a French Film Actor. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Katie Cassidy (born November 25, 1986) is an American Singer and Actress perhaps best known for starring in the remake Craig Gardner (born November 25, 1986 in Solihull, West Midlands) is an English footballer, who plays for Premier Amber Hagerman ( November 28, 1986 &ndash January 17, 1996) was a young girl who became a victim of an abduction and Murder An AMBER Alert is a Child abduction alert system, issued to the general public by various media outlets in Canada and in the United States, when police 1996)

Deaths

• 311 - Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
• 1034 - King Malcolm II of Scotland
• 1120 - William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (drowned) (b. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events By Place Roman Empire May 5 — Galerius issues his Edict of Toleration ending Persecution of Christians Pope Peter of Alexandria was Pope of Alexandria (300 - 311 He is revered as a Saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church Máel Coluim mac Cináeda ( Modern Gaelic: Maol Chaluim mac Choinnich) known in modern Anglicized regnal lists as Malcolm II (c William (1103– 25 November 1120) surnamed Adelin (alternately rendered as Adelinus, Adelingus, Audelin or Ætheling Henry I (c 1068/1069 – 1 December 1135) was the fourth son of William I the Conqueror, the first King of England after the Norman 1104)
• 1185 - Pope Lucius III (b. Pope Lucius III (1097– November 25, 1185) born Ubaldo Allucingoli, was Pope from September 1, 1181 to his death 1097)
• 1326 - Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. Prince Koreyasu (惟康親王 ( May 26, 1264 &ndash November 25, 1326; reigned 1266&ndash1289 was the 7th Shogun 1264)
• 1374 - Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (b. Philip II of Taranto (1329 &ndash November 25, 1374) of the Angevin house was Prince of Achaea and Taranto, and titular 1329)
• 1456 - Jacques Cœur, French merchant
• 1560 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. Jacques Cœur (c 1395 &ndash November 25, 1456, Chios) was a French merchant Andrea Doria or D'Oria ( 30 November 1466 &ndash 25 November 1560) was a Genoese ''condottiere'' and Admiral 1466)
• 1626 - Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. Edward Alleyn (ˈælɪn ( 1 September 1566 &ndash 25 November 1626) was an English Actor who was a major figure of the 1566)
• 1686 - Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. Nicolas Steno ( Danish: Niels Stensen; Latinized to Nicolaus Stenonis) ( January 10, 1638 - November 25, 1638)
• 1694 - Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. Ismaël Bullialdus ( September 28, 1605 - November 25, 1694 (age 89 was a French Astronomer. 1605)
• 1700 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native Mayor of New York (b. Stephanus van Cortlandt ( May 7, 1643 - November 25, 1700) was the first native born Mayor of New York (1677-1678 1686-1688 1643)
• 1748 - Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Isaac Watts ( July 17, 1674 – November 25, 1748) is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody" as he was the first prolific and 1674)
• 1755 - Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (b. Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Johann Georg Pisendel ( December 26, 1687 - November 25, 1755) was a German Baroque Musician, Violinist 1687)
• 1785 - Richard Glover, British poet (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richard Glover (1712 &ndash November 25, 1785) English Poet, son of Richard Glover a Hamburg merchant was born in London 1712)
• 1865 - Heinrich Barth, German explorer (b. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Heinrich Barth ( February 16 1821 &ndash November 25, 1865) was a German Explorer and Scholar of Africa 1821)
• 1881 - Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) ( April 9, 1794 – November 27, 1881) was a Bavarian Inventor and Musician 1794)
• 1884 - Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (b. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe ( September 27, 1818 &ndash November 25, 1884) was a German Chemist. 1818)
• 1885 - King Alfonso XII of Spain (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In exile When Queen Isabella and her husband were forced to leave Spain by the Revolution of 1868, Alfonso accompanied them to Paris. 1857)
• 1885 - Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7 1819 November 25 1885 He moved on to study law in Chambersburg Pennsylvania and was admitted to the bar in 1843 The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1819)
• 1920 - Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Gaston Chevrolet ( October 26, 1892 &ndash November 25, 1920) was a French -born American racecar champion driver and automobile 1892)
• 1944 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American baseball commissioner (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenesaw Mountain Landis ( November 20 1866 &ndash November 25 1944) was an American Jurist who served as a federal 1866)
• 1947 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Léon-Paul Fargue ( March 4, 1876 - November 24, 1947) was a French Poet and essayist 1876)
• 1948 - Kanbun Uechi, karate master (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kanbun Uechi (上地 完文 Uechi Kanbun, May 5, 1877 &ndash November 25, 1948) was the founder of Uechi-ryū, one 1877)
• 1949 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson ( May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was a pre-eminent African-American tap dancer 1878)
• 1950 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, in Denmark always called Johannes V Jensen, ( January 20, 1873 — November 25, 1950) was a Danish The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1873)
• 1950 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gustaf John Ramstedt born in Ekenäs October 22, 1873, died in Helsinki November 25 1950, was a Finland-Swedish 1873)
• 1959 - Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gérard Philipe ( 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor 1922)
• 1965 - Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dame Myra Hess DBE ( February 25, 1890 &ndash November 25, 1965) born Julia Myra Hess, was a British 1890)
• 1968 - Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Upton Beall Sinclair Jr ( September 20, 1878 &ndash November 25, 1968) was a Pulitzer 1878)
• 1968 - Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Paul Allman Siple ( December 18, 1908 &ndash November 25, 1968) was an American Antarctic explorer and Geographer (b. 1908)
• 1970 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. was the pseudonym of, a Japanese author poet and 1925)
• 1972 - Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henri Marie Coandă (June 7 1886 &ndash November 25 1972 (IPA /ɐʁi maʁi kwandə/ was a Romanian inventor Aerodynamics pioneer and the builder of world's first 1886)
• 1973 - Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Laurence Harvey ( October 1, 1928 – November 25, 1973) was an Academy Award -nominated Lithuanian born actor who achieved 1928)
• 1974 - Nick Drake, British singer and songwriter (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974 was an English Singer-songwriter and Musician best known for his acoustic autumnal songs 1948)
• 1974 - U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. U Thant (ဦးသန့် 22 January 1909 &ndash 25 November 1974) was a Burmese Diplomat and the third Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. 1909)
• 1978 - Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Elaine Esposito ( December 3, 1934 &ndash November 25, 1978) of Tarpon Springs Florida U In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. 1934)
• 1981 - Jack Albertson, American actor (b. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Jack Albertson ( June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an American award-winning Character actor dating to 1907)
• 1985 - Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Raymond Leo Jablonski ( December 17 1926 - November 25 1985) was an American Third baseman in Major League Baseball 1926)
• 1985 - Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Franz Hildebrandt ( February 20, 1909, in Berlin &ndash November 25, 1985, in Edinburgh) was a German-born Lutheran 1909)
• 1987 - Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Harold Washington ( April 15 1922 – November 25 1987) was an American Lawyer and Politician who became the 1922)
• 1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Alva Revista Fitch ( September 10, 1907– November 25, 1989 was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army and was Deputy Director of 1907)
• 1995 - Léon Zitrone, French journalist and television host (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Léon Zitrone (1914-1995 was a Russian-born French Journalist and television presenter 1914)

• 1997 - Barbara, French singer (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Monique Andrée Serf ( June 9, 1930 &ndash November 24, 1997) known as Barbara, was a popular French Female 1930)
• 1997 - Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1896? – 25 November 1997) was the leader of Malawi, from 1961 to 1994 Latest election List of Heads of State of Malawi Affiliations- MCP = Malawi Congress Party - nationalist authoritarian sole legal ca. 1898)
• 1998 - Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Henry Nelson Goodman ( 7 August 1906, Somerville Massachusetts &ndash 25 November 1998, Needham Massachusetts) 1906)
• 1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Clerow Wilson Jr, known professionally as Flip Wilson, ( December 8, 1933 &ndash November 25, 1998) was an American 1933)
• 2001 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi ( Urdu: ریاض احمد گوھر شاہی) (&lrm 25 November, 1941 – 25 November, 2001 1941)
• 2002 - Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Karel Reisz ( July 21, 1926 – November 25 2002) was one of the most important filmmakers in post– war Britain 1926)
• 2005 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Best (22 May 1946 &ndash 25 November 2005 was a Northern Irish professional football player best known for his years with Manchester United. 1946)
• 2005 - Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Burns ( January 17 1971, Reading Berkshire, England &ndash November 25 2005) was a British rally 1971)
• 2006 - Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Sean Bell shooting incident took place in the New York City borough of Queens on November 25, 2006, in which one Latino 1983)
• 2006 - Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Luciano Bottaro (b November 16 1931, Rapallo, Italy - d November 25 2006) was an Italian comic book artist 1931)
• 2006 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leo Chiosso (b Turin, 8 August 1920 &ndash d Chieri, Italy, 26 November 2006) was an Italian 1920)
• 2006 - Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Valentín Elizalde ( February 1, 1979 – November 25 2006) was a popular Mexican Banda music singer gunned down in an ambush 1979)
• 2006 - Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist and children's book publisher (b. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner ( April 13, 1916 – November 25, 2006) was an American actress, journalist and children's book 1916)
• 2007 - Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Kevin DuBrow ( October 29, 1955 &ndash c November 19, 2007) was an American rock singer best known as the lead vocalist Quiet Riot was an American heavy metal band whose 1983 & 1984 success contributed to launching the 1980s Glam 1955)

Holidays and observances

• R.C. Saints - Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Elizabeth of Reute
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day (1943)
• Suriname - Independence Day (from the Netherlands, 1975)
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
• International Men's Day in Canada

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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