Historical Events
25 Nov 1034
Malcolm II King of Scots (Mel Coluim mac Cineda) (b. 980) dies Donnchad the son of his second daughter Bethc and Crnn of Dunkeld inherits the throne.
25 Nov 1185
Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85 dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli (Pope Urban III)
25 Nov 1277
Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
25 Nov 1357
Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
25 Nov 1491
The siege of Granada last Moorish stronghold in Spain begins
25 Nov 1598
Jacob Cornelius van Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java on second Dutch expedition to Indonesia
25 Nov 1667
A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus killing 80000 people.
25 Nov 1715
First English patent granted to an American for processing corn
25 Nov 1755
King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
25 Nov 1758
Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort PittPittsburgh) from French
25 Nov 1766
Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
25 Nov 1783
Britain evacuates New York city its last military position in United States
25 Nov 1826
The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy
25 Nov 1834
Delmonicos one of NYs finest restaurants provides a meal of soup steak coffee & half a pie for 12 cents
25 Nov 1839
Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland destroying 20000 ships and killing an estimated 300000 people
25 Nov 1841
35 survivors of the mutiny on the slave ship Amistad return to Africa
25 Nov 1874
The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
25 Nov 1876
Indian Wars In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knifes sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
25 Nov 1884
John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
25 Nov 1894
Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
25 Nov 1899
Battle at Graspan Cape colony General Methuen beats Farmers
25 Nov 1902
Franz Lehars opera Wiener Frauen premieres in Vienna
25 Nov 1905
Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisment for a radio set by advertising a 7.50 set in the Scientific American which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
25 Nov 1907
Jules Massenets opera Thas has its first American performance in New York
25 Nov 1908
Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in Madison Square Garden marathon by 60 yds
25 Nov 1911
3rd CFL Grey Cup U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts 14-7
25 Nov 1911
7th Australasian Championships Norman Brookes beats Horace Rice (6-1 6-2 6-3)
25 Nov 1912
American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield Illinois
25 Nov 1912
Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
25 Nov 1913
The Irish Volunteers founded in Dublin to secure the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland
25 Nov 1920
WTAW of College Station Tx broadcast 1st football play-by-play
25 Nov 1925
KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
25 Nov 1930
Ito Japan records 690 earthquake shocks in 1 day
25 Nov 1930
Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
25 Nov 1933
1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261 (80m)
25 Nov 1935
International Institute for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
25 Nov 1937
Worlds Fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
25 Nov 1940
SS Patria carrying illegal immigrants sinks in port of Haifa 200 die
25 Nov 1940
Football team University of Michigan retires Tom Harmons 98
25 Nov 1940
Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantzs Knock Knock
25 Nov 1940
First flights of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
25 Nov 1941
German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
25 Nov 1941
Lou Boudreau 24 becomes Cleveland Indians player manager
25 Nov 1942
National Organization for Aid to Underground LO forms
25 Nov 1944
32nd CFL Grey Cup Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats 7-6
25 Nov 1944
World War II A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworths store in Deptford United Kingdom killing 160 shoppers.
25 Nov 1947
New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster becomes a dominion
25 Nov 1947
The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies
25 Nov 1948
16-inch coastal guns removed from Fort Funston San Francisco
25 Nov 1948
KING TV channel 5 in Seattle WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
25 Nov 1949
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts
25 Nov 1950
Tickets Please closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
25 Nov 1950
38th CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers 13-0
25 Nov 1951
Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
25 Nov 1951
Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
25 Nov 1951
Cleveland halfback Dub Jones ties the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game crossing for 6 in Browns 42-21 win v Chicago Bears at Cleveland Stadium
25 Nov 1952
Only win ever for NFLs Dallas Texans (1-11) beating the Bears 27-23
25 Nov 1953
Guys & Dolls closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
25 Nov 1955
Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
25 Nov 1958
Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
25 Nov 1959
Once Upon a Mattress opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
25 Nov 1960
Amos n Andy made its last broadcast on CBS radio
25 Nov 1960
First atomic reactor for research & development Richland Wa
25 Nov 1960
CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins Right to Happiness Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
25 Nov 1960
Three of the four Mirabal sisters opponents of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic are assassinated
25 Nov 1962
WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
25 Nov 1965
Congo military coup under Gen Mobutu President Kasavubu overthrown
25 Nov 1966
Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 1966
Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 1231)
25 Nov 1967
Apple Tree closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
25 Nov 1968
15th National Film Awards (India) Hatey Bazarey wins the Golden Lotus
25 Nov 1969
KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 1970
Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 1970
In Japan author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt
25 Nov 1971
American Dan Cooper hijacks plane extorts 200000 ransom before jumping out of plane over Washington State never seen again
25 Nov 1971
37th Heisman Trophy Award Pat Sullivan Auburn (QB)
25 Nov 1972
Ambassador closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
25 Nov 1973
3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq to Dubai
25 Nov 1973
61st CFL Grey Cup Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos 22-18
25 Nov 1973
Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos
25 Nov 1973
US cuts maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
25 Nov 1974
Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
25 Nov 1975
Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)
25 Nov 1975
A loyalist gang nicknamed the Shankill Butchers undertakes its first cut-throat killing the gang was named for its late-night kidnapping torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians in Belfast
25 Nov 1976
The Bands farewell concert at San Franciscos Winterland Ballroom
25 Nov 1976
Viking 1 radio signals from Mars help prove the general theory of relativity
25 Nov 1976
NYPD officer Robert Torsney shoots unarmed youth Randolph Evans while answering response at youths Brooklyn home
25 Nov 1977
David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
25 Nov 1977
Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
25 Nov 1979
Most Happy Fella closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 performances
25 Nov 1979
67th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes 17-9
25 Nov 1979
Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
25 Nov 1979
Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland winning 33-30
25 Nov 1980
Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton 123 v WI Lahore
25 Nov 1980
Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight boxing crown when Roberto Duran quits in the 8th round of infamous no mas fight at the Superdome New Orleans
25 Nov 1980
Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo President Lamizana flees
25 Nov 1981
Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
25 Nov 1981
Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
25 Nov 1982
The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldsons Department Store.
25 Nov 1983
Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth 149 days after take-off
25 Nov 1983
Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
25 Nov 1984
Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
25 Nov 1984
William Schroeder is second person to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
25 Nov 1985
White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen is named AL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 1986
Oliver Norths secretary Fawn Hall smuggles documents out of his office
25 Nov 1987
Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
25 Nov 1987
India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi Patterson 5-24
25 Nov 1987
Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1036 deaths attributed to the storm.
25 Nov 1988
Chuck Berry pays 250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
25 Nov 1988
Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
25 Nov 1988
US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
25 Nov 1988
Widespread earthquake hits North East US Canada no damage reported
25 Nov 1988
German politician Rita Sssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
25 Nov 1990
78th CFL Grey Cup Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos 50-11
25 Nov 1990
NFLs NY Giants & SF 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both
25 Nov 1990
India bowl the Sri Lankan cricket team out for 82 Venkatapathy Raju (I) takes 6-12 off 17.5 overs
25 Nov 1993
Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
25 Nov 1993
Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki 1 dead
25 Nov 1994
Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company
25 Nov 1995
Patti LuPone on Broadway closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances
25 Nov 1996
After 24 years Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade ends
25 Nov 1997
US telephone technician Richard Bliss arrested for spying in Russia
25 Nov 2000
12th Rugby League World Cup Australia beats New Zealand 40-12
25 Nov 2000
Federation Cup Womens Tennis Las Vegas Nevada Lindsay Davenport beats Conchita Martnez of Spain 6-1 6-2 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 5-0) and record extending 17th title
25 Nov 2001
89th CFL Grey Cup Calgary Stampeders defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19
25 Nov 2005
Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians. Maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe including nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities by Soviet-controlled forces revealed
25 Nov 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.
25 Nov 2007
95th CFL Grey Cup Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19
25 Nov 2008
A car bomb in St. Petersburg Russia kills three people and injures one
25 Nov 2009
Flooding in Jeddah Saudia Arabia powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours killing over 150 people and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj
25 Nov 2011
Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.
25 Nov 2012
11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
25 Nov 2012
16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in India
25 Nov 2012
100th CFL Grey Cup Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders 35-22
25 Nov 2013
17 people are killed and 37 are wounded in a cafe bombing in Baghdad Iraq
25 Nov 2013
Disney release Frozen Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2015 2014 Billboard Album of the Year)
25 Nov 2014
US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns ending nearly two years in the Pentagons top job
25 Nov 2014
Switzerlands Bern Art Museum agrees to accept artworks looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis
25 Nov 2014
Protest erupt across US after a decision by Missouri grand jury not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager
25 Nov 2014
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting
25 Nov 2015
Pope Francis begins his trip to Africa visiting Kenya Uganda and the Central African Republic
25 Nov 2017
Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in West Virginia
25 Nov 2017
Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson frozen 24 years ago
25 Nov 1598
Jacob Cornelius van Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java on second Dutch expedition to Indonesia
25 Nov 1783
Britain evacuates New York city its last military position in the United States
25 Nov 1911
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto UT Blues win 3rd straight title beat Toronto Argonauts 14-7
25 Nov 1911
Australasian Championships Mens Tennis Melbourne 1907 Wimbledon champion Norman Brookes of Australia beats countryman Horace Rice 6-1 6-2 6-3
25 Nov 1950
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts claim 9th title shutout Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13-0
25 Nov 1973
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Vancouver Ottawa Rough Riders 8th Championship defeat Edmonton Eskimos 22-18
25 Nov 1979
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal Edmonton Eskimos retain Championship defeat Montreal Alouettes 17-9 Eskimos shut out of MVP and MV Canadian awards
25 Nov 1980
Sugar Ray Leonard regains WBC welterweight boxing crown when Roberto Durn quits in the 8th round of infamous no mas fight at the Superdome New Orleans
25 Nov 1985
Chicago White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guilln is named AL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 1987
Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England in 1st Test at Lahore best figures by a Pakistani and by any bowler against England
25 Nov 1990
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10th Championship beat Edmonton Eskimos 50-11 Winnipegs 28 points in 3rd quarter is Grey Cup record
25 Nov 2001
CFL Grey Cup Olympic Stadium Montreal Calgary Stampeders claim their 5th Championship in team history beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27-19
25 Nov 2007
CFL Grey Cup Rogers Center Toronto Saskatchewan Roughriders win 3rd title defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19
25 Nov 2009
Flooding in Jeddah Saudi Arabia powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours killing over 150 people and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj
25 Nov 2012
100th CFL Grey Cup Rogers Center Toronto Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders 35-22 Argos owner David Braley first team boss to win back-to-back Grey Cups with 2 different teams (also 2011 champion BC Lions
25 Nov 2018
Historic north Californian Camp Fire declared 100% contained with 85 dead 249 missing covering 153000 acres with 14000 homes burnt
25 Nov 2018
EU leaders approve an agreement for Britain to leave the EU (Brexit)
25 Nov 2018
Davis Cup Tennis Lille Marin ili beats Frenchman Lucas Pouille 7-6 6-3 6-3 to wrap up the final for Croatia 3-1
25 Nov 2018
CFL Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton Alberta Calgary Stampeders beat Ottawa RedBlacks 27-16 in Calgarys 8th Cup win Terry Williams scores a record 97-yard punt-return touchdown
25 Nov 1905
Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set by advertising a 7.50 set in the Scientific American which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile
25 Nov 1940
Nazi Intelligence agency Sicherheitsdienst (SD) arrests Dutch resistance fighter Bernard Ijzerdraat founder of De Geuzen
25 Nov 1970
New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
25 Nov 2005
Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians showing maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe including the nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities by Soviet-controlled forces.
25 Nov 1839
Cyclone slams south eastern India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge destroying city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland destroying 20000 ships and killing an estimated 300000 people.
25 Nov 1955
Walter Pistons 6th Symphony composed to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony premieres led by Charles Munch
25 Nov 1120
The White Ship capsizes near the Normandy coast while crossing the English Channel transporting many nobles including the heir to the English throne from France to England about 300 die only 1 survivor
25 Nov 1885
Banff National Park Canadas first national park established as Rocky Mountains Park Alberta [1]
25 Nov 1941
Finland joins the anti-communist Anti-Komintern Pact
25 Nov 1952
Only win ever for NFLs Dallas Texans (1-11) beating the Chicago Bears 27-23 at the Cotton Bowl
25 Nov 2017
Actress Naya Rivera arrested on a domestic battery charge in Kanawha County West Virginia
25 Nov 2018
6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Irans Kermanshah province injuring at least 700
25 Nov 1165
Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
25 Nov 1812
Mexican insurgents capture strategic city of Oaxaca from Royalist forces during Mexican War of Independence
25 Nov 1847
Friedrich von Flotows comic romance opera Martha premiers at the Krntnertortheater in Vienna
25 Nov 1949
Gene Autrys single Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts songwriter Johnny Marks adapted poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores
25 Nov 1979
Revival of Frank Loessers 1956 musical The Most Happy Fella closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 performances
25 Nov 2012
26th Soul Train Music Awards Miguel Beyonc win
25 Nov 2014
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns ending nearly two years in the Pentagons top job
25 Nov 1951
Cleveland Browns halfback Dub Jones ties the NFL record for most touchdowns in a game with 6 (4 rushing 2 catches) in 42-21 win over Chicago Bears at Cleveland Stadium
25 Nov 1952
George Meany appointed as chairman of American Federation of Labor (AFL) trade union
25 Nov 2018
LA Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers sets NFL single-game record completing 25-straight passes in 45-10 win v Arizona Cardinals Mark Brunell & David Carr previously share record (22) also sets NFL record for best single-game completion % (96.6)
25 Nov 2019
Chilean performance collective Lastesis first perform feminist anthem Un violador en tu camino (A Rapist in Your Path) outside the Supreme Court in Santiago Chile
25 Nov 2019
First defamation case in Australia by a sitting MP won by Sarah Hanson-Green over Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm after he made sexist slurs against her
25 Nov 2019
Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany & Co. for over 16 billion
25 Nov 2019
Priceless royal jewelry stolen from Dresden Green Vault in Germany from one of Europes greatest treasure collections
25 Nov 2020
Dead and buried mink reported rising from the ground due to bloating after a hurried cull of millions of COVID-19 infected animals in Denmark
25 Nov 2021
India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending according to new government survey [1]
25 Nov 2023
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina re-elected to a third term amid a disputed election boycotted by some opposition candidates [1]
25 Nov 1667
A deadly earthquake rocks Shamakhi in the Caucasus killing 80000 people
25 Nov 1715
First English patent is granted to an American for processing corn
25 Nov 1744
Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews in Prague
25 Nov 1755
King Ferdinand IV of Spain grants the Beaterio de la Compaa de Jess royal protection now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM)
25 Nov 1817
The first sword swallower Sena Sama gives his first public performance in New York City
25 Nov 1834
Delmonicos one of New Yorks finest restaurants provides a meal of soup steak coffee and half a pie for 12 cents
25 Nov 1839
Cyclone slams southeastern India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge destroying the city of Coringa. Storm waves sweep inland destroying 20000 ships and killing an estimated 300000 people.
25 Nov 1876
United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knifes sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River in retaliation for their defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn
25 Nov 1884
John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk
25 Nov 1892
Pierre de Coubertin first publicly proposes the revival of the Olympic Games during a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris celebrating the fifth anniversary of the French athletics union [1]
25 Nov 1911
Britains first seaplane the Waterbird has its maiden flight taking off and landing on Windermere
25 Nov 1940
Woody Woodpecker created by Walter Lantz after being inspired by a noisy woodpacker pecking at the roof of his cabin debuts in the animated short Knock Knock
25 Nov 1947
First systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted denying employment to American entertainment professionals with alleged communist ties or sympathies
25 Nov 1949
Gene Autrys single Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts after songwriter Johnny Marks adapts a poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores [1]
25 Nov 1961
NBAs Bob Cousy becomes the second player to score 15000 points
25 Nov 1973
KLM Flight 861 a Boeing 747 is hijacked over Iraq by three pro-Palestinian Arabs forcing the plane to Damascus Nicosia Tripoli Malta and finally Dubai where the hijackers surrender
25 Nov 1976
O.J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
25 Nov 1980
Military coup dtat in the Republic of Upper Volta overthrows the civilian government and abolishes the constitution in what is now Burkina Faso
25 Nov 1983
Syria and Saudi Arabia announce a ceasefire in the PLO civil war in Tripoli
25 Nov 1984
Julio Mara Sanguinetti wins Uruguays presidential election
25 Nov 1987
Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with Category 5 winds of 165 kmh and a surge that swallows entire villages killing at least 1036 people
25 Nov 1988
German politician Rita Sssmuth becomes the 10th President of the Bundestag
25 Nov 1988
Rock guitar legend Chuck Berry (62) pays 250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
25 Nov 1993
Failed bomb attack on Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Sedky leaves one dead
25 Nov 1996
Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade ends after 24 years
25 Nov 2005
Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians showing maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe including the nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities by Soviet-controlled forces
25 Nov 2007
First European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (declared invalid due to insufficient turnout) are held in Romania
25 Nov 2011
Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka drowning many fishermen caught by surprise and killing 27 people. Landslides and flooding hit the mainland and thousands of homes lose their roofs.
25 Nov 2017
The longest-known frozen human embryo (24 years) results in the successful birth of Emma Wren in Tennessee
25 Nov 2018
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to claim his 5th Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 88 points from Sebastian Vettel Mercedes 5th straight Constructors title
25 Nov 2020
HBO announces Joss Whedons exit from the project The Nevers
25 Nov 2021
India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending according to a new government survey [1]
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