November 25

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 25. From 1900 until now. November 25 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include John F Kennedy Jr (1960), Gaspard Ulliel (1984) and Christina Applegate (1971). Several movies were released around November 25 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 directed by Peter Jackson and Good Will Hunting in 1997 directed by Gus Van Sant.
But much more happened on November 25 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Surinam - Independence Day (from the Netherlands, 1975)
R.C. Saints - Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Moses?
Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day (1943)

Events

2018 Russia stops three Ukrainian Navy vessels from passing under the Kerch Strait Bridge by blocking it with a cargo ship. Russia claims they violated her territorial waters and ignored warnings. The navy vessels and their crews are seized after shots were fired. Russia says three Ukrainians were wounded. According to Ukraine, six of their sailors are wounded. Ukraine denies their ships did anything wrong. (Reuters) (AP)
2017 Russia–United States relations: Russian President Vladimir Putin signs into law amendments that allow foreign media outlets in Russia to be listed as foreign agents. Earlier this month, RT America has been forced to be registered as a foreign agent in the United States. (CNN) (Reuters)
2016 Legality of cannabis: Legal sales of recreational-use marijuana, authorized by Alaska ballot measure 2 in 2014, begin in Juneau, the state capital of Alaska. (Juneau Empire)
2015 Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir: Insurgents attack an Indian Army base in northern Kashmir. At least three attackers are killed. (NDTV) (Reuters)
2014 al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: A joint operation by U.S. and Yemeni special operations forces on an al-Qaeda hideout in eastern Yemen rescues 8 hostages and leaves 7 militants dead. (New York Times)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):: Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad in the district of Sadriya, home to mainly Shiite Muslims, killing at least 17 and wounding 37. (Reuters)
2012 At least 11 people are killed and about 30 wounded in twin car bombs that hits a Protestant church in a major military establishment in Jaji, Kaduna State, north central Nigeria. (Reuters)
2011 Voters in Morocco go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Justice and Development Party claiming victory. (CNN) (Reuters)
2010 At least one person is killed and more than 40 left wounded after hundreds of Christian protesters clash with riot police in Cairo, Egypt. (Pravda)
2009 Irish floods: Water levels rise between Gort and Kinvara, the main Galway-Limerick road is partially impassable, water levels in Athlone reach 50cm over the highest level on record, Waterways Ireland describes water levels on the River Shannon as ampquotunmanageableampquot and says one third of Ireland's annual rain has so far fallen during November alone. (RTÉ)
2008 The US Federal Reserve announces it will buy up to US$100 billion of debt issued by mortgage enterprises, and it will also buy up to US$500 billion of mortgage securities.
2007 At least eight football fans die when part of the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, collapses. (BBC)
2006 General Augusto Pinochet issues a statement accepting ampquotpoliticalampquot responsibility for everything that happened in Chile during his rule. (BBC)
2005 The 20th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting opens in Valletta, Malta.
2004 India proposes to Pakistan that India grant Kashmir a large amount of autonomy, in order to end the state of war between the two countries, but that the current border can not be modified. Pakistan recently proposed that Kashmir be demilitarized, split along ethnic/religious lines and granted independence or transferred to United Nations control. (Reuters)
2003 Annualized Q3 growth rate in the US gross domestic product exceeds 8%, the highest rate of growth since the Reagan administration.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, establishing the Department of Homeland Security, in the largest U.S. government reorganization since the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 (the Senate passed the bill 90-9 on November 19).
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.
1997 US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1995 Patti LuPone on Broadway closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances
1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
1992 Disney generally releases the film Aladdin to theaters in the USA.
1991 Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at age 60.
1990 78th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11
1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
1987 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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.
1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
1979 Most Happy Fella closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 performances
1978 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275.
1977 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1976 OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs. Detroit
1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)
1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
1972 Ambassador closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1971 Dan Cooper jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
1970 Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1969 Kansas City outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1967 Apple Tree closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
1966 Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
1965 Congo milt coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, New York (ABC) 1st broadcast
1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone and 2nd Mrs Burton) and cancels 4 other series
1959 Once Upon a Mattress opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community.
1957 US President Dwight Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech.
1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between US states
1953 Guys & Dolls closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1200 performances
1952 George Meany appointed as Chairman of AFL
1951 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1950 Tickets, Please closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
1949 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts
1948 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
1944 32nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
1941 German Jews in the Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
1938 French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet informs Léon Noël, the French Ambassador to Poland, that France should find an excuse for terminating the 1921 Franco-Polish alliance.
1936 Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, to cooperate in defense against Communistic International. Germany and Japan will share information on Comintern activities, and invite other states to adopt anti-Comintern defensive measures. Secret clause: both agree that if one is attacked or threatened, the other would not relieve the position of the Soviet Union, and both would not conclude political treaties with the Soviet Union that did not conform with spirit of the pact. The pact is in
1935 Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
1931 Heavy Hydrogen, later named Deuterium, is discovered by chemist Harold Clayton Urey.
1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP and Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1929 Belgium government Jaspar falls
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.
1925 KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
1922 Japanese crown Prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)
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.
1915 The theory of general relativity is formulated.
1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
1911 3rd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in Madison Square Gardens marathon by 60 yards.
1905 The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
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