JFK Funeral

1963

JFK buried at Arlington National Cemetery

Born on This Day

Portrait Of Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

1835 - 1919

Industrialist who expanded the U.S. steel industry, then gave much of his fortune to charitable causes.

Portrait Of John F Kennedy Jr

John F. Kennedy Jr.

1960 - 1999

Lawyer, founder of George magazine and son of the 35th U.S. president. Died in a 1999 plane crash at age 38.

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Joe DiMaggio

1914 - 1999

Baseball legend who led the New York Yankees to nine World Series titles and had a 56-game hitting streak in 1941.

1952

NOV

25

Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap," opens at the Ambassadors Theater in London's West End. The classic whodunit murder mystery, the world's longest-running play, is still being performed today.

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1783

Last British soldiers leave New York

On November 25, 1783, nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City, the last British military position in the former Thirteen Colonies. After the last Redcoat departed New York, U.S. General George Washington entered the city in triumph to the […]

1876

U.S. Army retaliates for the Little Bighorn defeat

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. The attack was in retaliation against some of the Native Americans who had participated in the killing of Custer and his men at the Little Bighorn. Although the Sioux […]

1950

“Storm of the century” hits eastern U.S.

The so-called “storm of the century” hits the eastern part of the United States, killing hundreds and causing millions of dollars in damages, on November 25, 1950. Also known as the “Appalachian Storm,” it dumped record amounts of snow in parts of the Appalachian Mountains. Forming over North Carolina just before Thanksgiving, the storm quickly […]

1952

“The 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-pleasing whodunit would go on to become the longest continuously running play in history. When “The Mousetrap” premiered in 1952, Winston Churchill was British prime minister, Joseph Stalin was Soviet ruler and Harry Truman was […]

1959

The Birdman of Alcatraz asks a court to set him free

On November 25, 1959, four months after being released from 43 years of solitary confinement and transferred to the mainland from the penitentiary on Alcatraz island, Robert Stroud, the famous “Birdman of Alcatraz,” asks a federal judge to set him free. Stroud gained widespread fame and attention when author Thomas Gaddis wrote a biography that […]

This Day In History: The Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud, is allowed a small taste of freedom, November 23, 1959

1960

Mirabal sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime

On November 25, 1960, a car carrying three Dominican political dissidents, the Mirabal sisters, is stopped as they travel to visit a prison where two of their husbands are being held. Members of the Dominican Republic’s secret police, including the alleged “right-hand man” of dictator Rafael Trujillo, beat the sisters and their driver to death, […]

1970

Japanese author Yukio Mishima dies by suicide

World-renowned Japanese writer Yukio Mishima dies by suicide after failing to win public support for his often extreme political beliefs. Born in 1925, Mishima was obsessed with what he saw as the spiritual barrenness of modern life. He preferred prewar Japan, with its austere patriotism and traditional values, to the materialistic, westernized nation that arose […]

1986

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 from the arms sales were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua. On November 3, the Lebanese magazine Ash Shiraa reported that the United States had been secretly selling […]

1990

Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge sinks to the bottom of Lake Washington

After a howling wind- and rainstorm on Thanksgiving Day, Washington state’s historic floating Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge breaks apart and sinks to the bottom of Lake Washington, between Seattle and its suburbs to the east. Because the bridge’s disintegration happened relatively slowly, news crews were able to capture the whole thing on camera, broadcasting […]

2000

First International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

After passing a resolution earlier in the year, the United Nations General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, 2000. The resolution, which was introduced by the Dominican Republic, marked the anniversary of the death of three sisters, Patria, Minerva and María Teresa Mirabal, who were […]

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