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Events from History on November 25

1120 : English royal yacht "White Ship" leaves in storm
1165 : RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
1185 : Umberto Crivelli replaces Lucius III as Pope Urban III
1277 : Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
1357 : Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1500 : Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
1659 : Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
1688 : Princess Anne flies from London to Nottingham
1715 : 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1744 : Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague
1758 : Britain capture Ft Duquesne (Pittsburgh) from French
1766 : Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
1783 : Britain evacuates NYC, their last military position in US
1792 : Farmer's Almanac 1st published
1805 : Opera "Tha‹s" 1st American performance
1817 : 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
1834 : Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of
1834 : soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12›
1841 : 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1847 : Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
1863 : Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1864 : Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
1864 : Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
1867 : Alfred Nobel patents dynamite
1867 : US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of Pres Andrew Johnson
1872 : J C Watson discovers asteroid #128 Nemesis
1884 : John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
1892 : A Charlois discovers asteroid #346 Hermentaria
1897 : Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
1899 : Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: general Methuen beats Farmers
1902 : Franz Leh rs opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna
1912 : American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill
1912 : Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
1913 : Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House
1920 : 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
1920 : WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1922 : Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb
1922 : G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #3378
1922 : Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
1925 : KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
1929 : Belgium govt Jaspar falls
1930 : 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)
1933 : 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1933 : L Boyer discovers asteroid #1295 Deflotte & #1296 Andree
1935 : Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
1936 : Germany & Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
1937 : World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
1940 : Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
1940 : U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
1940 : Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1941 : German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1941 : Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
1942 : National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
1943 : U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1947 : Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
1947 : New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
1948 : Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
1948 : KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 : S Arend discovers asteroid #1565 Lemaitre
1949 : "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
1949 : Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
1950 : "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
1950 : UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
1951 : 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala
1951 : Cleve Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
1951 : Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1952 : Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London
1952 : George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
1952 : Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
1953 : "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
1953 : Earthquake/tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
1953 : Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
1955 : Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
1955 : Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres
1957 : Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1958 : Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1959 : "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
1960 : "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 : 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
1960 : CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness,
1960 : Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
1962 : WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1963 : JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1965 : Congo milt coup under Gen Mobutu, Pres Kasavubu overthrown
1966 : Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
1966 : Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
1966 : Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
1967 : "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
1967 : Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
1969 : John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
1969 : KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1970 : Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1971 : "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
1971 : 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
1972 : "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1973 : 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
1973 : Bloodless military coup ousts Greek Pres George Papadopoulos
1973 : Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
1974 : Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
1974 : Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
1975 : Netherlands grants Suriname independence (Natl Day)
1975 : Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
1976 : OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
1976 : The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
1976 : Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity
1977 : David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1977 : Miss Teenage America Pageant
1977 : Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1979 : "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1979 : American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
1979 : Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1979 : Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
1979 : Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #3628
1980 : Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
1980 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 : Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
1980 : Upper-Volta milt coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
1981 : Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1981 : Oak Ridge Observatory discovers asteroid #7386 Paulpellas
1983 : Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
1983 : Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1983 : World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England
1984 : Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
1984 : William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1985 : White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
1986 : A Mrkos discovers asteroid #4824 & #8153
1986 : A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year
1986 : CERGA discovers asteroid #4603 Bertaud
1986 : Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1986 : Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office
1986 : Z Vavrova discovers asteroid #5901
1987 : Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
1987 : India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987 : K Endate & K Watanabe discover asteroid #4607 Seilandfarm
1987 : T Seki discovers asteroid #6514 Torahiko
1988 : Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
1988 : Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
1988 : US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 : Widespread earthquake hits NE US, Canada; no damage reported
1989 : S Ueda & H Kaneda discover asteroid #5911, #6388 & #7467
1989 : Y Mizuno & T Furuta discover asteroid #4353 Onizaki
1990 : Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election
1990 : NFL's NY Giants & SF 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both
1990 : Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17
1990 : lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 & L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17
1993 : Dutch Antilles govt of Liberia-Peters falls
1993 : Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1994 : T Kobayashi discovers asteroid #6987
1995 : "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 perfs
1996 : After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1997 : Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program discovers asteroid #8315
1997 : US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia

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