25 November History


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  • 2348 BC     -    Biblical scholars have long asserted this to be the day of the Great Deluge, or Flood.
  • 1863    -    Union ends the siege of Chattanooga with the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
  • 1876    -    Colonel Ronald MacKenzie destroys Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife's village, in the Bighorn Mountains near the Red Fork of the Powder River, during the so-called Great Sioux War.
  • 1901    -    Japanese Prince Ito arrives in Russia to seek concessions in Korea.
  • 1914    -    German Field Marshal Fredrich von Hindenburg calls off the Lodz offensive 40 miles from Warsaw, Poland. The Russians lose 90,000 to the Germans' 35,000 in two weeks of fighting.
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  • 1918    -    Chile and Peru sever relations.
  • 1921    -    Hirohito becomes regent of Japan.
  • 1923    -    Transatlantic broadcasting from England to America commences for the first time.
  • 1930    -    An earthquake in Shizouka, Japan kills 187 people.
  • 1939    -    Germany reports four British ships sunk in the North Sea, but London denies the claim.
  • 1946    -    The U.S. Supreme Court grants the Oregon Indians land payment rights from the U.S. government.
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  • 1947    -    The Big Four meet to discuss the German and European economy.
  • 1951    -    A truce line between U.N. troops and North Korea is mapped out at the peace talks in Panmunjom, Korea.
  • 1955    -    The Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation in interstate travel.
  • 1963    -    The body of assassinated President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
  • 1964    -    Eleven nations give a total of $3 billion to rescue the value of the British currency.
  • 1986    -    As President Ronald Reagan announces the Justice Department's findings concerning the Iran-Contra affair; secretary Fawn Hall smuggles important documents out of Lt. Col. Oliver North's office.
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  • 25 November Birthdays

  • 1844    -    Carl Benz, pioneer of early motor cars.
  • 1896    -    Virgil Thompson, American composer (Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All).
  • 1910    -    Alwin Nikolais, choreographer.
  • 1913    -    Lewis Thomas, physician and author (The Lives of a Cell).
  • 1914    -    Joe DiMaggio, Hall of Fame baseball star who led the New York Yankees to ten World Series.
  • 1939    -    Shelagh Delaney, playwright (A Taste of Honey).