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November 25th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Evacuation Day (19th century New York City)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands in 1975.
- International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (International)
- National Day (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Teacher's Day or Hari Guru (Indonesia)
- Vajiravudh Day (Thailand)

November 25th


- 2009 - Powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sparking terrible floods known as the 2009 Jeddah Floods, which kill over 150 people and sweep thousands of cars away right in the middle of Hajj in the second largest city of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
- 2008 - A car bomb in St. Petersburg, Russia, kills three people and injures one.
- 2005 - 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.
- 2000 - 2000 Baku earthquake.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1992 - The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993.
- 1988 - German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1986 - The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1977 - Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
- 1975 - Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 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.
- 1970 - In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
- 1963 - President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1960 - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
- 1958 - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
- 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.
- 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. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die as a result of the storm.
- 1947 - Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
- 1947 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1940 - World War II: First flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
- 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. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
- 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. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.
- 1918 - Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1917 - German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
- 1905 - The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 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.
- 1874 - The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
- 1867 - Alfred Nobel patents dynamite.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1839 - A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
- 1833 - A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
- 1826 - The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- 1795 - Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
- 1783 - American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
- 1759 - An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- 1758 - French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1491 - The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
- 1343 - A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
- 1177 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
- 1120 - The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.
- 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies. Donnchad, the son of his daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.

November 25th


- 1992 - Martin del Rosario, Filipino actor
- 1992 - Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
- 1991 - Luca Tremolada, Italian footabller
- 1989 - Tom Dice, Belgian singer and songwriter
- 1988 - Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
- 1988 - Jay Spearing, English footballer
- 1987 - Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)
- 1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
- 1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
- 1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim (d. 1996)
- 1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
- 1984 - Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
- 1983 - Joey Chestnut, American competitive eater
- 1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
- 1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish 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
- 1981 - Lee Bum-Ho, South Korean baseball player
- 1981 - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1980 - John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Josh Mathews, American professional wrestling personality
- 1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
- 1980 - Steffen Thier, German rugby player
- 1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
- 1979 - Michael Lehan, American football player
- 1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
- 1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
- 1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
- 1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
- 1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
- 1974 - Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
- 1973 - Erick Strickland, American basketball player
- 1972 - Mark Morton, American musician
- 1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress
- 1971 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1968 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
- 1968 - Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
- 1968 - Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
- 1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
- 1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
- 1967 - Rodney Sheppard, American musician (Sugar Ray)
- 1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian and musician
- 1967 - Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
- 1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
- 1966 - Billy Burke, American actor
- 1965 - Cris Carter, American football player
- 1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish actor
- 1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
- 1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
- 1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
- 1963 - Bernie Kosar, American football player
- 1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962 - Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer
- 1960 - Amy Grant, American singer
- 1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher; son of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis (d. 1999)
- 1960 - Kasey Smith, American keyboardist (Danger Danger)
- 1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
- 1959 - Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
- 1957 - Bob Ehrlich, American politician
- 1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
- 1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian-born British dancer
- 1953 - Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
- 1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman
- 1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
- 1952 - John Lynch, American politician
- 1951 - Bucky Dent, American baseball player
- 1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
- 1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
- 1950 - Alexis Wright, Australian author
- 1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
- 1948 - Lars Eighner, American author
- 1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
- 1947 - John Larroquette, American actor
- 1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
- 1945 - Gail Collins, American journalist
- 1945 - Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
- 1945 - George D. Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
- 1942 - Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
- 1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani author and spiritual leader
- 1941 - Percy Sledge, American musician
- 1940 - Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
- 1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
- 1940 - Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician
- 1939 - Martin Feldstein, American economist
- 1938 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
- 1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
- 1933 - Kathryn Grant, American actress
- 1932 - Takayo Fischer, American actress
- 1929 - Judy Crichton, American TV news and documentary producer (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
- 1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
- 1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher
- 1923 - Mauno Koivisto, Finnish politician
- 1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-born Spanish singer (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Shelagh Fraser, British actress (d. 2000)
- 1920 - King Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail of Malaysia (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
- 1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
- 1917 - Luigi Poggi, Italian archivist for the Vatican
- 1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (d. 2006)
- 1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
- 1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
- 1911 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
- 1909 - P.D. Eastman, American children's author and screenwriter (d. 1986)
- 1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
- 1904 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
- 1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
- 1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
- 1902 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
- 1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Polish-born German concentration camp commandant (d. 1948)
- 1900 - Rudolf Höß, German concentration camp commandant (d. 1947)
- 1896 - Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
- 1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
- 1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
- 1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, Czech statesman (d. 1979)
- 1891 - ?nishiki Uichir?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941)
- 1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
- 1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
- 1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
- 1883 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
- 1883 - Percy Marmont, British actor (d.1977)
- 1881 - Jacob Fichman, Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist (d. 1958)
- 1881 - Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
- 1880 - John Flynn, Australian evangelist (d. 1951)
- 1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
- 1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
- 1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
- 1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
- 1869 - Ben Lindsey, American jurist and social reform advocate (d. 1934)
- 1868 - Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1937)
- 1862 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
- 1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
- 1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
- 1845 - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
- 1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
- 1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist; father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
- 1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
- 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
- 1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
- 1815 - William Sawyer, Canadian politician (d. 1904)
- 1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
- 1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
- 1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
- 1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist (d. 1789)
- 1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
- 1697 - Duchess Maria Karolina Sobieska of Bouillon (d. )
- 1638 - Queen Catherine of Braganza, consort of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
- 1609 - Queen Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669)
- 1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (d. 1629)
- 1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
- 1501 - Yi Hwang, Chinese Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
- 1454 - Queen Catherine Cornaro of Cyprus (d. 1510)