November 25th All Events |
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November 25th, 2007 (November 25 2007) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 2007 (November 25 2007) | Event | President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili resigns. | |
November 25th, 2007 (November 25 2007) | Death | Kevin DuBrow, American singer (Quiet Riot) (born in 1955) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Sean Bell, American shooting victim (born in 1983) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (born in 1931) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (born in 1920) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (born in 1979) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (born in 1919) | |
November 25th, 2006 (November 25 2006) | Death | Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children s book publisher (born in 1916) | |
November 25th, 2005 (November 25 2005) | Event | Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians. 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. | |
November 25th, 2005 (November 25 2005) | Death | George Best, Northern Irish footballer (born in 1946) | George Best Quotes |
November 25th, 2005 (November 25 2005) | Death | Richard Burns, English WRC champion (born in 1971) | |
November 25th, 2002 (November 25 2002) | Death | Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (born in 1926) | |
November 25th, 2001 (November 25 2001) | Death | Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (born in 1941) | |
November 25th, 2000 (November 25 2000) | Event | 2000 Baku earthquake took place. | |
November 25th, 2000 (November 25 2000) | Death | Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (born in 1917) | |
November 25th, 1998 (November 25 1998) | Death | Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (born in 1906) | Philo Quotes |
November 25th, 1998 (November 25 1998) | Death | Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (born in 1933) | Flip Wilson Quotes |
November 25th, 1997 (November 25 1997) | Death | Barbara, French singer (born in 1930) | |
November 25th, 1997 (November 25 1997) | Death | Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (born in ca. 1898) | |
November 25th, 1996 (November 25 1996) | Event | An Ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. Powerful windstorm affects Florida, winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers. | |
November 25th, 1995 (November 25 1995) | Death | Leon Zitrone, French journalist and television host (born in 1914) | |
November 25th, 1995 (November 25 1995) | Death | Alan Nicholls, English footballer (born in 1973) | |
November 25th, 1994 (November 25 1994) | Event | Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company. | |
November 25th, 1992 (November 25 1992) | Event | The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993. | |
November 25th, 1989 (November 25 1989) | Death | Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (born in 1907) | |
November 25th, 1988 (November 25 1988) | Event | German politician Rita Sussmuth becomes president of the Bundestag. | |
November 25th, 1987 (November 25 1987) | Event | Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm. | |
November 25th, 1987 (November 25 1987) | Death | Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago (born in 1922) | |
November 25th, 1986 (November 25 1986) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 1986 (November 25 1986) | Event | The King Fahd Causeway was officially opened in the Persian Gulf. | |
November 25th, 1986 (November 25 1986) | Birth | Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress | |
November 25th, 1986 (November 25 1986) | Birth | Craig Gardner, English footballer | |
November 25th, 1986 (November 25 1986) | Birth | Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (died in 1996) | |
November 25th, 1985 (November 25 1985) | Death | Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (born in 1926) | |
November 25th, 1985 (November 25 1985) | Death | Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(born in 1909) | |
November 25th, 1984 (November 25 1984) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 1984 (November 25 1984) | Event | A KCR train derails between Sheung Shui and Fanling, Hong Kong. | |
November 25th, 1984 (November 25 1984) | Birth | Gaspard Ulliel, French actor | |
November 25th, 1983 (November 25 1983) | Birth | Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter | |
November 25th, 1982 (November 25 1982) | Event | The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson s Department Store. | |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Birth | Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer | |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Birth | Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush | George W. Bush Quotes |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Birth | Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush | George W. Bush Quotes |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Birth | Jared Jeffries, American basketball player | |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Birth | Mauricio Rua, Brazillian Mixed Martial Artist | Martial Quotes |
November 25th, 1981 (November 25 1981) | Death | Jack Albertson, American actor (born in 1907) | |
November 25th, 1980 (November 25 1980) | Birth | Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer | Ric Berger Quotes |
November 25th, 1980 (November 25 1980) | Birth | Kushan Liyanarachchi, Prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner, Sri Lanka | |
November 25th, 1980 (November 25 1980) | Birth | Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player | |
November 25th, 1979 (November 25 1979) | Birth | Thea Gilmore, British songwriter | |
November 25th, 1979 (November 25 1979) | Birth | Michael Lehan, National Football League player | |
November 25th, 1978 (November 25 1978) | Birth | Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician | |
November 25th, 1978 (November 25 1978) | Death | Elaine Esposito, American woman who hold the record for longest coma (born in 1934) | |
November 25th, 1977 (November 25 1977) | Event | Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. was found "guilty" by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and was sentenced to death by firing squad. | |
November 25th, 1977 (November 25 1977) | Birth | Guillermo Canas, Argentine tennis player | |
November 25th, 1977 (November 25 1977) | Birth | Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver | |
November 25th, 1976 (November 25 1976) | Birth | Donovan McNabb, American football player | |
November 25th, 1976 (November 25 1976) | Birth | Clint Mathis, American soccer player | |
November 25th, 1975 (November 25 1975) | Event | Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. | |
November 25th, 1974 (November 25 1974) | Death | Nick Drake, British singer and songwriter (born in 1948) | Nick Drake Quotes |
November 25th, 1974 (November 25 1974) | Death | U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (born in 1909) | U Thant Quotes |
November 25th, 1973 (November 25 1973) | Event | George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis. | |
November 25th, 1973 (November 25 1973) | Birth | Erick Strickland, American basketball player | |
November 25th, 1973 (November 25 1973) | Death | Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (born in 1928) | |
November 25th, 1972 (November 25 1972) | Death | Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (born in 1886) | |
November 25th, 1971 (November 25 1971) | Birth | Christina Applegate, American actress | |
November 25th, 1971 (November 25 1971) | Birth | Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player | |
November 25th, 1970 (November 25 1970) | Event | In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt. | Yukio Mishima Quotes |
November 25th, 1970 (November 25 1970) | Death | Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (born in 1925) | Yukio Mishima Quotes |
November 25th, 1969 (November 25 1969) | Birth | Anthony Peeler, American basketball player | |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Birth | Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress | |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Birth | Erick Sermon, American rap music artist | |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Birth | Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host | |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Birth | Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter | |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Death | Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (born in 1878) | Upton Sinclair Quotes |
November 25th, 1968 (November 25 1968) | Death | Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (born in 1908) | |
November 25th, 1967 (November 25 1967) | Birth | Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor | |
November 25th, 1967 (November 25 1967) | Birth | Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician | |
November 25th, 1966 (November 25 1966) | Birth | Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants) | |
November 25th, 1966 (November 25 1966) | Birth | Billy Burke, American actor | |
November 25th, 1965 (November 25 1965) | Birth | Cris Carter, American football player | |
November 25th, 1965 (November 25 1965) | Birth | Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor | |
November 25th, 1965 (November 25 1965) | Death | Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (born in 1890) | |
November 25th, 1964 (November 25 1964) | Birth | Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees) | |
November 25th, 1963 (November 25 1963) | Event | President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
November 25th, 1963 (November 25 1963) | Birth | Kevin Chamberlin, American actor | |
November 25th, 1963 (November 25 1963) | Birth | Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer | |
November 25th, 1963 (November 25 1963) | Birth | Bernie Kosar, American football player | |
November 25th, 1962 (November 25 1962) | Birth | Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player | |
November 25th, 1960 (November 25 1960) | Event | The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. | |
November 25th, 1960 (November 25 1960) | Birth | Amy Grant, American singer | |
November 25th, 1960 (November 25 1960) | Birth | John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (died in 1999) | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
November 25th, 1960 (November 25 1960) | Birth | Kasey Smith, American keyboardist | |
November 25th, 1959 (November 25 1959) | Birth | Charles Kennedy, British politician | |
November 25th, 1959 (November 25 1959) | Birth | Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion) | |
November 25th, 1959 (November 25 1959) | Death | Gerard Philipe, French actor (born in 1922) | |
November 25th, 1958 (November 25 1958) | Event | French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. | |
November 25th, 1957 (November 25 1957) | Birth | Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor | |
November 25th, 1956 (November 25 1956) | Birth | Helene Goudin, Swedish politician | |
November 25th, 1955 (November 25 1955) | Birth | Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer | |
November 25th, 1953 (November 25 1953) | Birth | Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron | |
November 25th, 1953 (November 25 1953) | Birth | Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player | |
November 25th, 1952 (November 25 1952) | Event | 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. | Agatha Christie Quotes |
November 25th, 1952 (November 25 1952) | Birth | Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer | Imran Khan Quotes |
November 25th, 1952 (November 25 1952) | Birth | John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire | |
November 25th, 1951 (November 25 1951) | Birth | Bucky Dent, American baseball player | |
November 25th, 1951 (November 25 1951) | Birth | Bill Morrissey, American musician | Morrissey Quotes |
November 25th, 1951 (November 25 1951) | Birth | Arturo Perez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter | |
November 25th, 1950 (November 25 1950) | Event | 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. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die due to the storm. | |
November 25th, 1950 (November 25 1950) | Event | The People s Republic of China joins the Korean War, sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river border to fight United Nations forces. | |
November 25th, 1950 (November 25 1950) | Death | Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1873) | |
November 25th, 1950 (November 25 1950) | Death | Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (born in 1873) | |
November 25th, 1949 (November 25 1949) | Death | Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African American entertainer (born in 1878) | |
November 25th, 1948 (November 25 1948) | Birth | Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician | |
November 25th, 1948 (November 25 1948) | Death | Kanbun Uechi, karate master (born in 1877) | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Event | Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Event | New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Birth | Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Birth | John Larroquette, American actor | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Birth | Tracey Walter, American actor | |
November 25th, 1947 (November 25 1947) | Death | Leon-Paul Fargue, French poet (born in 1876) | |
November 25th, 1946 (November 25 1946) | Birth | Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra) | |
November 25th, 1945 (November 25 1945) | Birth | George Webster, American football player (died in 2007) | |
November 25th, 1944 (November 25 1944) | Event | World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth s store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers. | |
November 25th, 1944 (November 25 1944) | Event | World War II: Battle of PeleliuAt Peleliu, Palau, American forces led by the general officer William H. Rupertus defeat the Japanese army led by Colonel Kunio Nakagawa. | |
November 25th, 1944 (November 25 1944) | Birth | Ben Stein, American actor | Ben Stein Quotes |
November 25th, 1944 (November 25 1944) | Death | Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American baseball commissioner (born in 1866) | |
November 25th, 1943 (November 25 1943) | Event | Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina was re-established at the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia. | |
November 25th, 1942 (November 25 1942) | Birth | Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter | |
November 25th, 1941 (November 25 1941) | Event | Finland joined the Anti-Comintern Pact. | |
November 25th, 1941 (November 25 1941) | Birth | Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (died in 2001) | |
November 25th, 1941 (November 25 1941) | Birth | Percy Sledge, American musician | |
November 25th, 1940 (November 25 1940) | Event | First flight of the deHavilland mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. | |
November 25th, 1940 (November 25 1940) | Birth | Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (died in 1995) | |
November 25th, 1940 (November 25 1940) | Birth | Joe Gibbs, American football coach | |
November 25th, 1938 (November 25 1938) | Birth | Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress | |
November 25th, 1936 (November 25 1936) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 1936 (November 25 1936) | Birth | Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer | |
November 25th, 1933 (November 25 1933) | Birth | Kathryn Grant, American actress | |
November 25th, 1926 (November 25 1926) | Event | The deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. November history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all. | |
November 25th, 1926 (November 25 1926) | Birth | Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (died in 1969) | |
November 25th, 1926 (November 25 1926) | Birth | Poul Anderson, American writer (died in 2001) | |
November 25th, 1924 (November 25 1924) | Birth | Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher. | Philo Quotes |
November 25th, 1923 (November 25 1923) | Birth | Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland | |
November 25th, 1922 (November 25 1922) | Birth | Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (died in 2005) | |
November 25th, 1920 (November 25 1920) | Birth | Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (died in 2000) | |
November 25th, 1920 (November 25 1920) | Birth | Ricardo Montalban, Mexican actor | |
November 25th, 1920 (November 25 1920) | Birth | Noel Neill, American actress | |
November 25th, 1920 (November 25 1920) | Death | Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (born in 1892) | |
November 25th, 1918 (November 25 1918) | Event | Vojvodina, former Austro-Hungarian crownland, proclaims its secession from this state to join the Kingdom of Serbia. | |
November 25th, 1915 (November 25 1915) | Birth | Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator (died in 2006) | |
November 25th, 1914 (November 25 1914) | Birth | Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (died in 1999) | |
November 25th, 1914 (November 25 1914) | Birth | Leon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (died in 1995) | |
November 25th, 1913 (November 25 1913) | Event | Panama becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
November 25th, 1913 (November 25 1913) | Birth | Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (died in 1993) | Lewis Thomas Quotes |
November 25th, 1911 (November 25 1911) | Birth | Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (died in 1984) | |
November 25th, 1907 (November 25 1907) | Birth | John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (died in 1938) | |
November 25th, 1905 (November 25 1905) | Event | The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. | |
November 25th, 1904 (November 25 1904) | Birth | Lillian Copeland, American athlete (died in 1964) | |
November 25th, 1904 (November 25 1904) | Birth | Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (died in 2005) | Ba Jin Quotes |
November 25th, 1904 (November 25 1904) | Birth | Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (died in 2000) | |
November 25th, 1902 (November 25 1902) | Birth | Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1985) | |
November 25th, 1901 (November 25 1901) | Birth | Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (died in 1948) | |
November 25th, 1900 (November 25 1900) | Birth | Rudolf Ho?, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (died in 1947) | |
November 25th, 1896 (November 25 1896) | Birth | Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (died in 1989) | Virgil Quotes |
November 25th, 1895 (November 25 1895) | Birth | Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (died in 1991) | |
November 25th, 1895 (November 25 1895) | Birth | Ludvik Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (died in 1979) | |
November 25th, 1895 (November 25 1895) | Birth | Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (died in 1986) | |
November 25th, 1890 (November 25 1890) | Birth | Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (died in 1918) | |
November 25th, 1887 (November 25 1887) | Birth | Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (died in 1943) | |
November 25th, 1885 (November 25 1885) | Death | King Alfonso XII of Spain (born in 1857) | |
November 25th, 1885 (November 25 1885) | Death | Thomas Hendricks, Vice President of the United States (born in 1819) | |
November 25th, 1884 (November 25 1884) | Death | Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (born in 1818) | |
November 25th, 1883 (November 25 1883) | Birth | Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (died in 1939) | |
November 25th, 1883 (November 25 1883) | Birth | Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (died in 1968) | |
November 25th, 1881 (November 25 1881) | Birth | Pope John XXIII (died in 1963) | |
November 25th, 1881 (November 25 1881) | Death | Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (born in 1794) | |
November 25th, 1880 (November 25 1880) | Birth | Elsie J. Oxenham, British children s author (died in 1960) | |
November 25th, 1876 (November 25 1876) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 1876 (November 25 1876) | Birth | Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (died in 1936) | |
November 25th, 1874 (November 25 1874) | Event | The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. | |
November 25th, 1874 (November 25 1874) | Birth | Joe Gans, American boxer (died in 1910) | |
November 25th, 1870 (November 25 1870) | Birth | Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (died in 1937) | |
November 25th, 1869 (November 25 1869) | Birth | Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (died in 1934) | |
November 25th, 1867 (November 25 1867) | Event | Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. | Alfred Nobel Quotes |
November 25th, 1865 (November 25 1865) | Death | Heinrich Barth, German explorer (born in 1821) | |
November 25th, 1864 (November 25 1864) | Event | 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. | |
November 25th, 1863 (November 25 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Missionary RidgeAt 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. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
November 25th, 1862 (November 25 1862) | Birth | Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (died in 1901) | |
November 25th, 1858 (November 25 1858) | Birth | Alfred Capus, French author (died in 1922) | |
November 25th, 1846 (November 25 1846) | Birth | Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (died in 1911) | |
November 25th, 1845 (November 25 1845) | Birth | Jose Maria de Eca de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (died in 1900) | Jose Maria Eca de Queiroz Quotes |
November 25th, 1844 (November 25 1844) | Birth | Karl Benz, German engineer (died in 1929) | |
November 25th, 1843 (November 25 1843) | Birth | Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (died in 1919) | |
November 25th, 1841 (November 25 1841) | Birth | Ernst Schroder, German mathematician (died in 1902) | |
November 25th, 1839 (November 25 1839) | Event | A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (never to be entirely rebuilt again). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster. | |
November 25th, 1835 (November 25 1835) | Birth | Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (died in 1919) | Andrew Carnegie Quotes |
November 25th, 1826 (November 25 1826) | Event | The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. | |
November 25th, 1817 (November 25 1817) | Birth | John Bigelow, American statesman and author (died in 1911) | |
November 25th, 1814 (November 25 1814) | Birth | Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (died in 1878) | |
November 25th, 1795 (November 25 1795) | Event | Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. | |
November 25th, 1785 (November 25 1785) | Death | Richard Glover, British poet (born in 1712) | |
November 25th, 1783 (November 25 1783) | Event | American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. | |
November 25th, 1778 (November 25 1778) | Birth | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (died in 1856) | |
November 25th, 1758 (November 25 1758) | Event | French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. | |
November 25th, 1758 (November 25 1758) | Event | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is founded. | |
November 25th, 1755 (November 25 1755) | Death | Johann Georg Pisendel, German musician (born in 1687) | |
November 25th, 1748 (November 25 1748) | Death | Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (born in 1674) | |
November 25th, 1714 (November 25 1714) | Birth | Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (died in 1783) | |
November 25th, 1712 (November 25 1712) | Birth | Charles-Michel de l Epee, French philanthropist and developer of Signed French (died in 1789) | |
November 25th, 1703 (November 25 1703) | Event | The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale. | |
November 25th, 1703 (November 25 1703) | Birth | Jean-Francois Seguier, French astronomer and botanist (died in 1784) | |
November 25th, 1700 (November 25 1700) | Death | Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (born in 1643) | |
November 25th, 1694 (November 25 1694) | Death | Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (born in 1605) | |
November 25th, 1686 (November 25 1686) | Death | Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (born in 1638) | |
November 25th, 1667 (November 25 1667) | Event | A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. | |
November 25th, 1638 (November 25 1638) | Birth | Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (died in 1705) | |
November 25th, 1626 (November 25 1626) | Death | Edward Alleyn, English actor (born in 1566) | |
November 25th, 1577 (November 25 1577) | Birth | Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (died in 1629) | Piet Hein Quotes |
November 25th, 1562 (November 25 1562) | Birth | Felix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (died in 1635) | Lope de Vega Quotes |
November 25th, 1560 (November 25 1560) | Death | Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (born in 1466) | |
November 25th, 1542 (November 25 1542) | Event | Battle of Solway Moss. The English army defeats the Scots. | |
November 25th, 1501 (November 25 1501) | Birth | Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (died in 1570) | An Wang Quotes |
November 25th, 1491 (November 25 1491) | Event | The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins. | |
November 25th, 1456 (November 25 1456) | Death | Jacques C?ur, French merchant | |
November 25th, 1454 (November 25 1454) | Birth | Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (died in 1510) | |
November 25th, 1374 (November 25 1374) | Death | Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Costantinople (born in 1329) | |
November 25th, 1326 (November 25 1326) | Death | Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (born in 1264) | |
November 25th, 1185 (November 25 1185) | Death | Pope Lucius III (born in 1097) | |
November 25th, 1177 (November 25 1177) | Event | Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. | |
November 25th, 1120 (November 25 1120) | Event | The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England. | |
November 25th, 1120 (November 25 1120) | Death | William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (born in 1104) | |
November 25th, 1034 (November 25 1034) | Event | Mael Coluim mac Cinaeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethoc and Crinan of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. | |
November 25th, 1034 (November 25 1034) | Death | King Malcolm II of Scotland | |
November 25th, 0311 (November 25 0311) | Death | Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr | |