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This day in history: 25 November

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365 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 November.
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2009: Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Catherine of Alexandria and its related observances

Christian feast day: Elizabeth of Reute

Christian feast day: Isaac Watts (Lutheran Church and Church of England)

Christian feast day: James Otis Sargent Huntington (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Roses Revolution Day, against obstetric violence

Events

2009Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.

2008Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.

2000The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0 kills 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, being the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.

1999A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.

1992The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.

1987Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.

1986Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1986The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

1985A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21.

1984Thirty-six 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.

1981Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

1980Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo.

1977Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.

1975Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'état by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime.

1975Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

1973Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

1970In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

1968The Old Student House in Helsinki, Finland is occupied by a large group of University of Helsinki students.

1963State funeral of John F. Kennedy; after lying in state at the United States Capitol, a Requiem Mass takes place at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle and the President is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

1960The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.

1958French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.

1952Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the longest continuously running play in history.

1952Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a Chinese victory. American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".

1950The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

1947New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

1947Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

1943World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1941World War II: HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo.

1936In 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.

1931Wilhelm Schäfer leaves the Nazi Party and hands over the Boxheim Documents to the Frankfurt police.

1926The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.

1918Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

1917World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

1915Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

1912Românul de la Pind, the longest-running newspaper by and about Aromanians prior to World War II, ceases its publications.

1908A fire breaks out on SS Sardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

1905Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

1876American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.

1874The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

1864American 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.

Born on this day

2002Pedri, Spanish footballer

2000Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis player

2000Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball player

1997Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball player

1993Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer

1992Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player

1991Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player

1990Stephanie Hsu, American actress

1988Jay Spearing, English footballer

1988Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (died 2010)

1987Trevor Booker, American basketball player

1986Katie Cassidy, American actress

1985Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete

1984Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (died 2022)

1984Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer

1983Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer

1982Michael Garnett, Canadian ice hockey player

1981Barbara Pierce Bush, American activist

1981Jared Jeffries, American basketball player

1981Jenna Bush Hager, American journalist

1981Lee Bum-ho, South Korean baseball player

1981Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer

1980Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer

1980Alviro Petersen, South African cricketer

1980John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player

1980Nick Swisher, American baseball player

1980Steffen Thier, German rugby player

1979Jerry Ferrara, American actor

1979Joel Kinnaman, Swedish actor

1978Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

1977Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis player

1977Jill Flint, American actress

1977Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver

1976Clint Mathis, American soccer player and coach

1976Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster

1976Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach

1975Kristian Nairn, Northern Irish actor and DJ

1974Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor (died 2024)

1973Eddie Steeples, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1973Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player

Died on this day

2025Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, Spanish Roman Catholic bishop (born 1949)

2024Earl Holliman, American actor (born 1928)

2024Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer (born 1929)

2023Terry Venables, English football player and manager (born1943)

2020Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player (born 1960)

2016Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)

2016Ron Glass, American actor (born 1945)

2015Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (born 1913)

2015Jeremy Black, English admiral (born 1932)

2015Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (born 1919)

2015O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (born 1974)

2015Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (born 1941)

2014Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (born 1916)

2014Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (born 1924)

2014Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (born 1944)

2014Sitara Devi, Indian dancer, and choreographer (born 1920)

2013Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (born 1921)

2013Bill Foulkes, English footballer and manager (born 1932)

2013Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (born 1921)

2013Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (born 1934)

2013Lou Brissie, American baseball player (born 1924)

2013Ricardo Fort, Argentinian businessman (born 1968)

2012Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (born 1930)

2012Dinah Sheridan, English actress (born 1920)

2012Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (born 1933)

2012Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (born 1931)

2011Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)

2011Jawayd Anwar, Pakistani poet and writer (born 1959)

2011Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter and coach (born 1942)

2010Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (born 1930)

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