This Day in History
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
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Mishima commits ritual suicide
World-renowned Japanese writer Yukio Mishima commits suicide after failing to win public support for his often extreme political beliefs.Born in 1925 Mishima w...
Last British soldiers leave New York
Nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City their last milit...
JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Three days after his assassination in Dallas Texas John F. Kennedy is laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.Kenned...
Iran-Contra connection revealed
Three weeks after a Lebanese magazine reported that the United States had been secretly selling arms to Iran Attorney General Edwin Meese reveals that proceeds...
Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge sinks to the bottom of Lake Washington
After a howling wind- and rainstorm on Thanksgiving Day Washington states historic floating Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge breaks apart and sinks to t...
Mousetrap opens in London
The Mousetrap a murder-mystery written by the novelist and playwright Agatha Christie opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The crowd-plea...
German commander in East Africa surrenders
On this day in 1918 a full two weeks after an armistice ended World War I in Europe Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of Germany finally surrenders his forces i...
Communist activity increases along Cambodian border
Communist forces step up attacks against U.S. troops shielding Allied installations near the Cambodian border. Ten Americans were killed and 70 wounded. U.S. ...
Catholic official reports support provided to North Vietnam
In the weekly magazine Ave Maria which hit newstands on this day the Very Reverend Edward Swanstrom auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop of New York and head of C...
Sugar Ray takes his title back
On November 25 1980 Sugar Ray Leonard regains boxings welterweight title when his opponent reigning champ Roberto Duran waves his arms and walks awa...
Kennedy laid to rest at Arlington
On this day in 1963 President John F. Kennedy who was assassinated three days earlier is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. It was his sons third...
U.S. Army retaliates for the Little Bighorn massacre
U.S. troops under the leadership of General Ranald Mackenzie destroy the village of Cheyenne living with Chief Dull Knife on the headwaters of the Powder River....
Nathanael West flunks out of Tufts
On this day in 1921 Nathanael West officially flunks out of Tufts where he had been admitted after faking his high school transcripts.West the son of Jewish ...
Singer-songwriter Nick Drake dies
The timeworn clich that no great artist is appreciated during his lifetime has rarely held true for pop musicians in the era of rock and roll. Far more mode...
Agatha Christie’s long-running play The Mousetrap opens
On this day in 1952 The Mousetrap a murder-mystery play by Agatha Christie opens in Londons West End it will go on to have the longest initial run o...
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