Spiritual support is welcome:
What happend on 25. November in History
In our data base we found 342 events happened on 25. November:
• 311: Pope Peter of Alexandria [category: Deaths]
• 1034: Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980) [category: Deaths]
• 1034: Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne. [category: Events]
• 1120: William Adelin, English son of Henry I of England (b. 1104) [category: Deaths]
• 1120: The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England. [category: Events]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1177: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard. [category: Events]
• 1185: Pope Lucius III (b. 1097) [category: Deaths]
• 1326: Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264) [category: Deaths]
• 1343: A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places. [category: Events]
• 1374: Philip II, Prince of Taranto (b. 1329) [category: Deaths]
• 1454: Catherine Cornaro, Greek wife of James II of Cyprus (d. 1510) [category: Births]
• 1456: Jacques Cœur, French merchant (b. 1395) [category: Deaths]
• 1487: Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England. [category: Events]
• 1491: The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins. [category: Events]
• 1517: Marcus Musurus, Greek scholar and philosopher (b. 1470) [category: Deaths]
• 1560: Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (b. 1466) [category: Deaths]
• 1562: Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1635) [category: Births]
• 1577: Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (d. 1629) [category: Births]
• 1609: Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669) [category: Births]
• 1626: Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
GADS SCRIPT HERE
• 1638: Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1666: Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1667: A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1694: Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605) [category: Deaths]
• 1697: Maria Karolina Sobieska Polish daughter of Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (d. 1740) [category: Births]
• 1700: Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (b. 1643) [category: Deaths]
• 1703: Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1703: 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 die. [category: Events]
• 1714: Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783) [category: Births]
• 1748: Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1755: Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (b. 1687) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. [category: Events]
• 1758: French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh. [category: Events]
• 1759: An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000. [category: Events]
• 1778: Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1783: American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. [category: Events]
• 1785: Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712) [category: Deaths]
• 1787: Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863) [category: Births]
• 1795: Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. [category: Events]
• 1814: Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1815: William Sawyer, Canadian politician (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1817: John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1826: The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy. [category: Events]
• 1833: A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast. [category: Events]
• 1835: Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1839: A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa. The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. [category: Events]
• 1841: Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1843: Henry Ware Eliot American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1844: Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1845: José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese author (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1846: Carrie Nation, American activist (d. 1911) [category: Births]
• 1858: Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922) [category: Births]
• 1862: Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1862: Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1865: Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1869: Ben Lindsey, American judge (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1870: Winthrop Ames, American director, playwright, and producer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1872: Robert Maysack, American gymnast (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1874: Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1874: The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873. [category: Events]
• 1876: Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1876: American 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. [category: Events]
• 1880: Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1880: John Flynn, Australian minister, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1881: Jacob Fichman, Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1881: Pope John XXIII (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1883: Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1883: Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1883: Percy Marmont, English actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1884: Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Thomas A. Hendricks, American politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1890: Isaac Rosenberg, English poet (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1891: Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1895: Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1895: Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1896: Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1900: Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1901: Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1902: Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1904: Ba Jin, Chinese author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1904: Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1904: Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1905: Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway. [category: Events]
• 1907: John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1907: George Sheldon, American diver (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1909: Edward P. Allen, American politician (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1913: Lewis Thomas, American physician (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1914: Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1915: Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1917: Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1917: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. [category: Events]
• 1918: Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia. [category: Events]
• 1919: Norman Tokar, American director, producer, and scriptwriter (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1920: Noel Neill, American actress [category: Births]
• 1920: Putra of Perlis (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1920: Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Gloria Lasso, Spanish-French singer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Shelagh Fraser, English actress (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician, 9th President of Finland [category: Births]
• 1924: Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1924: Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1926: Poul Anderson, American author (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1926: Ranganath Misra, Indian jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. [category: Events]
• 1927: John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1929: Judy Crichton, American television producer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Nat Adderley, American trumpet player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1932: Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Kathryn Grant, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1936: Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1936: In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. [category: Events]
• 1938: Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1939: Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1939: Martin Feldstein, American economist [category: Births]
• 1940: Jan Jongbloed, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Joe Gibbs, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1940: Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, President of Mauritius [category: Births]
• 1940: Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: First flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. [category: Events]
• 1941: Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1941: Gerald Seymour, English author [category: Births]
• 1941: Percy Sledge, American singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Rein Jan Hoekstra, Dutch politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author [category: Births]
• 1942: Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1943: Jerry Portnoy American singer-songwriter and harmonica player [category: Births]
• 1943: World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People's Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. [category: Events]
• 1944: Ben Stein, American actor, lawyer, and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Maarten 't Hart, Dutch biologist and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Kunio Nakagawa, Japanese military officer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Gail Collins, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1945: George D. Webster, American football player (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1945: Patrick Nagel, American illustrator (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1946: Marc Brown, American author [category: Births]
• 1946: Mike Doyle, English footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1947: John Larroquette, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1947: Tracey Walter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1947: Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. [category: Events]
• 1948: Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Lars Eighner, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1949: Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Alexis Wright, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1950: Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. [category: Events]
• 1951: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1951: Bill Morrissey, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1951: Bucky Dent, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Johnny Rep, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1952: Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1952: John Lynch, American politician, 80th Governor of New Hampshire [category: Births]
• 1952: Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history. [category: Events]
• 1952: Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". [category: Events]
• 1953: Graham Eadie, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1953: Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1955: Connie Palmen, Dutch author [category: Births]
• 1955: Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Herman Hoogland, Dutch draughts player (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet director (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Bob Ehrlich, American politician, 60th Governor of Maryland [category: Births]
• 1957: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community. [category: Events]
• 1959: Charles Kennedy, Scottish politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter (Marillion and The Wishing Tree) [category: Births]
• 1959: Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Amy Grant, American singer [category: Births]
• 1960: John F. Kennedy, Jr., American journalist, publisher, and lawyer, co-founded George Magazine (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1960: The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. [category: Events]
• 1961: Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer and director, founded Mistwalker [category: Births]
• 1963: Bernie Kosar, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: Chip Kelly, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Holly Cole, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Kevin Chamberlin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Alexander Marinesko, Russian navy officer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [category: Events]
• 1964: Bert van Vlaanderen, Dutch runner [category: Births]
• 1964: Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees and The Gutter Twins) [category: Births]
• 1965: Cris Carter, American football player [category: Births]
• 1965: Dougray Scott, Scottish actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Myra Hess, English pianist (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Billy Burke, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Tim Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rancid, The Transplants, Devils Brigade, Operation Ivy, Dance Hall Crashers) [category: Births]
• 1967: Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1967: Gregg Turkington, Australian-American comedian and singer (Zip Code Rapists and Faxed Head) [category: Births]
• 1967: Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist (Sugar Ray) [category: Births]
• 1968: Erick Sermon, American rapper and producer (EPMD) [category: Births]
• 1968: Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1968: Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist [category: Births]
• 1968: Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Upton Sinclair, American author and politician (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. [category: Events]
• 1971: Christina Applegate, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Morton, American guitarist and songwriter (Lamb of God) [category: Births]
• 1972: Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Eddie Steeples, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Erick Strickland, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. [category: Events]
• 1974: Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Nick Drake, Burmese-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: U Thant, Burmese diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Abdelkader Benali, Moroccan-Dutch journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1975: Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1976: Clint Mathis, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1976: Donovan McNabb, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1977: Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Marcus Marshall, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1977: Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. [category: Events]
• 1978: Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Tokyo Jihen) [category: Births]
• 1978: Elaine Esposito, American coma victim (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Michael Lehan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1979: Thea Gilmore, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1980: Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Josh Mathews, American wrestler and journalist [category: Births]
• 1980: Murray SawChuck, Canadian-American magician, comedian, and actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Nick Swisher, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Steffen Thier, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1980: Valerie Azlynn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Barbara Pierce Bush, American daughter of George W. Bush [category: Births]
• 1981: Chevon Troutman, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jared Jeffries, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Jenna Bush Hager, American author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1981: Lee Bum-Ho, South Korean baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Maurício Rua, Brazilian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1981: Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Jack Albertson, American actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Joey Chestnut, American competitive eater [category: Births]
• 1983: Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Gaspard Ulliel, French actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1984: Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1985: Dan Carpenter, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete [category: Births]
• 1985: Franz Hildebrandt, German-Lutheran pastor and theologian (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Geoffrey Grigson, British poet and critic (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, inspired the AMBER Alert System (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1986: Craig Gardner, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Katie Cassidy, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1986: The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf. [category: Events]
• 1987: Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1987: Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. [category: Events]
• 1988: Jay Spearing, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1989: Tom Dice, Belgian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1989: Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Rye Rye, American rapper, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Jamie Grace, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Kevin Woo, American-South Korean singer (U-KISS and Xing) [category: Births]
• 1991: Luca Tremolada, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Eleanor Audley, American actress (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1992: Martin del Rosario, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Zack Shada, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993. [category: Events]
• 1995: Alan Nicholls, English footballer (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: An ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers. [category: Events]
• 1997: Hastings Banda, Malawian politician, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Valentín Campa, Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal Sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic. [category: Events]
• 2000: Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The 2000 Baku Earthquake takes place, Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaving 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan and becoming the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years. [category: Events]
• 2001: Harry Devlin, American illustrator (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Karel Reisz, Czech-English director (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: George Best, Irish footballer (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Antonis Vratsanos, Greek army officer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Luciano Bottaro, Italian illustrator (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Phyllis Fraser, American actress and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Peter Lipton, American philosopher (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in 9 decades. [category: Events]
• 2009: Devastating floods, known as the 2009 Saudi Arabian Floods, following freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing. [category: Events]
• 2010: Alfred Balk, American journalist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Peter Christopherson English musician, songwriter, and director (Soisong, Coil, and Throbbing Gristle) (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carlisle Towery, American basketball player (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dinah Sheridan, English actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Earl Carroll, American singer (The Cadillacs and The Coasters) (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jim Temp, American football player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Juan Carlos Calderón, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lary J. Swoboda, American politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Simeon ten Holt, Dutch composer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 571_bc: Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. [category: Events]
• _: Catherine Labouré [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catherine of Alexandria [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Elizabeth of Reute [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Evacuation Day (19th century New York City) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands in 1975. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day or Hari Guru (Indonesia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Vajiravudh Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]