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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[571 BC]] – [[Servius Tullius]], king of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]], celebrates the first of his three [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] for his victory over the [[Etruscans]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=James H. Richardson|author2=Federico Santangelo|title=The Roman Historical Tradition: Regal and Republican Rome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWUJBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA101|year=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-965785-8|pages=101}}</ref> *[[1034]] – [[Máel Coluim II of Scotland|Máel Coluim mac Cináeda]], [[King of Scots]], dies. His grandson, [[Donnchad I of Scotland|Donnchad]], son of [[Bethóc]] and [[Crínán of Dunkeld]], inherits the throne. *[[1120]] – The ''[[White Ship]]'' sinks in the [[English Channel]], drowning [[William Adelin]], son and heir of [[Henry I of England]].<ref>There are seven accounts of the disaster: [[Orderic Vitalis]], ''Historia ecclesiastica'' 12.26 (ed. and trans. Chibnall, 1978, pp. 294–307); [[William of Malmesbury]], ''Gesta regum Anglorum'' 5.419 (ed. and trans. Mynors, Thomson, and Winterbottom, 1998, pp. 758–763); [[Simeon of Durham]], ''Historia regum'' 100.199 (ed. T. Arnold, 1885, vol. 2, pp. 258–9); [[Eadmer]], ''Historia nouorum in Anglia'' (ed. M. Rule, 1884, pp. 288–9), [[Henry of Huntingdon]], ''Historia Anglorum'' 7.32 (ed. and trans. Greenway, 1996, pp. 466–7), [[Hugh the Chanter]], ''History of the Church at York'' (ed. and trans. Johnson, 1990, pp. 164–5), [[Robert of Torigni]], ''Gesta Normannorum ducum'' (ed. and trans. E. van Houts, 1995, vol. 2, pp. 216–19, 246–51, 274–7), and [[Wace]], ''Roman de Rou'', pt. iii, lines 10173–262 (ed. A. Holden, 1973, vol. 2, pp. 262–6).</ref> *[[1177]] – [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]] and [[Raynald of Châtillon]] defeat [[Saladin]] at the [[Battle of Montgisard]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jim Bradbury|title=The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA189|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59847-2|pages=189}}</ref> *[[1343]] – A [[tsunami]], caused by an [[Earthquake of 1343|earthquake]] in the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]], devastates [[Naples]] and the [[Amalfi|Maritime Republic of Amalfi]], among other places. *[[1400]] – King [[Minkhaung I]] becomes king of [[Kingdom of Ava|Ava]].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Than Tun | author-link=Than Tun | title=History of Burma: A.D. 1300–1400 | journal=Journal of Burma Research Society | date=December 1959 | volume=XLII | number=II | page=128}}</ref> *[[1487]] – [[Elizabeth of York]] is crowned [[list of English consorts|Queen of England]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Retha M. Warnicke|title=Elizabeth of York and Her Six Daughters-in-Law: Fashioning Tudor Queenship, 1485–1547|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYM0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=5 September 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-56381-7|pages=38–}}</ref> *[[1491]] – The [[siege of Granada]], the last [[Moors|Moorish]] stronghold in Spain, ends with the [[Treaty of Granada]]. *[[1510]] – [[Portuguese conquest of Goa]]: Portuguese naval forces under the command of [[Afonso de Albuquerque]], and local mercenaries working for privateer [[Timoji]], seize Goa from the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Bijapur Sultanate]], resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. *[[1596]] – The [[Cudgel War]] begins in Finland (at the time part of Sweden), when [[peasant]]s rebel against the imposition of taxes by the nobility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jaakkoilkka.fi/Jaakko%20Ilkka%20-%20Rebellion%20.htm|title=Jaakko Ilkka's biography|access-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605075454/http://www.jaakkoilkka.fi/Jaakko%20Ilkka%20-%20Rebellion%20.htm|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1667]] – A deadly [[1667 Shamakhi earthquake|earthquake]] rocks [[Shemakha]] in the [[Caucasus]], killing 80,000 people. *[[1678]] – [[Trunajaya rebellion]]: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied [[Mataram Sultanate|Mataram]] and [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch]] troops [[Kediri campaign (1678)|successfully assaulted]] the rebel stronghold of Kediri. *[[1755]] – King [[Ferdinand VI of Spain]] grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the [[Religious of the Virgin Mary]]. *[[1758]] – [[French and Indian War]]: British forces capture [[Fort Duquesne]] from French control. Later, [[Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)|Fort Pitt]] will be built nearby and grow into modern [[Pittsburgh]]. *[[1759]] – An [[Near East earthquakes of 1759|earthquake]] hits the Mediterranean destroying [[Beirut]] and [[Damascus]] and killing 30,000–40,000. *[[1783]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The last British troops [[Evacuation Day (New York)|leave New York City]] three months after the signing of the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]]. *[[1795]] – [[Partitions of Poland]]: [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]], the last king of independent Poland, is forced to [[abdication|abdicate]] and is exiled to Russia. *[[1826]] – The [[Greek frigate Hellas|Greek frigate ''Hellas'']] arrives in [[Nafplion]] to become the first [[flagship]] of the [[Hellenic Navy]]. *[[1833]] – A massive undersea [[1833 Sumatra earthquake|earthquake]], estimated magnitude between 8.7 and 9.2, rocks [[Sumatra]], producing a massive [[tsunami]] all along the Indonesian coast. *[[1839]] – A [[1839 Coringa cyclone|cyclone]] slams into south-eastern India. An estimated 300,000 deaths resulted from the disaster.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elhassan |first=Khalid |date=2017-10-10 |title=Hell on Earth: 12 of History's Most Destructive Natural Disasters |url=https://historycollection.com/12-historys-remarkable-natural-disasters/ |access-date=2023-03-06 |website=History Collection |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Missionary Ridge]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces led by General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] break the [[Siege of Chattanooga]] by routing [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops under General [[Braxton Bragg]] at [[Missionary Ridge]] in [[Tennessee]]. *[[1864]] – American 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. *[[1874]] – The United States [[Greenback Party]] is established as a [[political party]] consisting primarily of farmers affected by the [[Panic of 1873]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. President|title=A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1902|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsdJAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA172|year=1903|publisher=Bureau of National Literature and Art|pages=172}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[American Indian Wars]]: In retaliation for the American defeat at the [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]], [[United States Army]] troops [[Dull Knife Fight|sack the sleeping village]] of [[Cheyenne]] [[Chief Dull Knife]] at the headwaters of the [[Powder River (Montana)|Powder River]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jerome A. Greene|title=Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877: The Military View|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjGYYrVYSkMC&pg=PA167|year=1996|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-2669-2|pages=167}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become [[Haakon VII of Norway|King Haakon VII of Norway]].<ref>{{cite book|author=M. Epstein|title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1938|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8IzLDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1189|date=26 December 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-27067-1|pages=1189}}</ref> *[[1908]] – A fire breaks out on {{SS|Sardinia|1888|6}} as it leaves Malta's [[Grand Harbour]], resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gulf of Corcovado |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/gulfofcorcovado1888.html |website=Tyne Built Ships |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708121648/http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/gulfofcorcovado1888.html |archive-date=8 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1912]] – ''[[Românul de la Pind]]'', the longest-running newspaper by and about [[Aromanians]] until [[World War II]], ceases its publications.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iiTDwAAQBAJ|title=Istoria jurnalismului din România în date: enciclopedie cronologică|first=Marian|last=Petcu|publisher=Elefant Online|year=2016|language=ro|isbn=9789734638543}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Albert Einstein]] presents the [[Einstein field equations|field equations]] of [[Introduction to general relativity|general relativity]] to the [[Prussian Academy of Sciences]]. *[[1917]] – [[World War I]]: German forces [[Battle of Ngomano|defeat]] Portuguese army of about 1,200 at [[Negomano]] on the border of modern-day [[Mozambique]] and [[Tanzania]]. *[[1918]] – [[Vojvodina]], formerly [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria-Hungary to join the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. *[[1926]] – The deadliest November [[List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks|tornado outbreak]] in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400. *[[1936]] – In [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany|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. *[[1941]] – {{HMS|Barham|04|6}} is sunk by a German torpedo during [[World War II]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: Statehood of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] is re-established at the [[State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. *[[1947]] – [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: The "[[Hollywood Ten]]" are [[blacklisted]] by [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood movie studio]]s. * 1947 – New Zealand ratifies the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]] and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. *[[1950]] – The [[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). *[[1952]] – [[Agatha Christie]]'s murder-mystery play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' opens at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]] in London's West End after a premiere in Nottingham, UK. It will become the [[List of the longest-running West End shows|longest continuously running play]] in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-mousetrap.co.uk |title=Mousetrap website |publisher=The-mousetrap.co.uk |access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Korean 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 (Korea)|Iron Triangle]]".<ref>{{citation| title = A History of Modern Wars of Attrition | first = Carter | last = Malkasian | year = 2002 | publisher = Praeger Publishers | location = Westport, CT | isbn = 0-275-97379-4 | page=174 }}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[French Sudan]] gains [[Autonomous administrative division|autonomy]] as a self-governing member of the [[French Community]]. *[[1960]] – The [[Mirabal sisters]] of the [[Dominican Republic]] are assassinated. *[[1963]] – [[State 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 (Washington, D.C.)|Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle]] and the President is buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Kennedy Laid to Rest in Arlington|date=November 26, 1963|first=Tom|last=Wicker|newspaper=The New York Times|page=1|author-link=Tom Wicker}}</ref> *[[1968]] – The [[Old Student House, Helsinki|Old Student House]] in [[Helsinki, Finland]] is [[Takeover of Vanha|occupied]] by a large group of [[University of Helsinki]] students.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jantunen |first=Jyrki |author2=Nikkilä-Kiipula, Eeva |date=2008-11-23|title=Hullu vuosi 1968: "Vallankumous jäi Suomessa näytökseksi"|journal=Suomen Kuvalehti|url=http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/kotimaa/hullu-vuosi-1968-vallankumous-jai-suomessa-naytokseksi|accessdate=2021-11-25|language=Finnish}}</ref> *[[1970]] – In Japan, author [[Yukio Mishima]] and one compatriot commit ritualistic [[seppuku]] after an unsuccessful coup attempt. *[[1973]] – [[Georgios Papadopoulos]], head of the military [[Greek junta|Regime of the Colonels]] in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]]. *[[1975]] – [[Coup of 25 November 1975]], a failed military ''[[coup d'état]]'' by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the [[Portuguese transition to democracy]] to establishment a [[Communism|communist]] regime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=25 de Novembro, uma tentativa de golpe falhada |url=https://ensina.rtp.pt/artigo/25-de-novembro-uma-tentativa-de-golpe-falhada/ |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=RTP Ensina |language=pt-PT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Toda a história do 25 de Novembro, a "dramática aventura" que ditou o fim da Revolução |url=https://expresso.pt/politica/2019-11-24-Toda-a-historia-do-25-de-Novembro-a-dramatica-aventura-que-ditou-o-fim-da-Revolucao-1 |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Jornal Expresso |language=pt-PT}}</ref> *1975 – [[Suriname]] gains independence from the Netherlands. *[[1977]] – Former Senator [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], is found guilty by the Philippine [[Military justice|Military Commission No. 2]] and is sentenced to death by [[Execution by firing squad|firing squad]]. He is later assassinated in 1983. *[[1980]] – [[Sangoulé Lamizana]], president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a [[1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Colonel [[Saye Zerbo]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kandeh|first=Jimmy D. |date=2004|title=Coups from Below: Armed Subalterns and State Power in West Africa |url=https://archive.org/details/coupsfrombelowar00kand|url-access=limited|location=[[Basingstoke]]|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|page=122|isbn=140-397-877-8}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future [[Pope Benedict XVI]]) [[Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith|Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]]. *[[1984]] – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a [[Notting Hill]] studio and record [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]]'s "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" in order to raise money for [[famine relief]] in [[Ethiopia]]. *[[1985]] – A [[Soviet Air Forces|Soviet Air Force]] [[Antonov An-12]] is [[1985 Aeroflot Antonov An-12 shoot-down|shot down]] near [[Menongue]] in Angola's [[Cuando Cubango Province]], killing 21.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Frederic P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqNeXwAACAAJ |title=1985 "Aeroflot" Antonov An-12 Crash |last2=Vandome |first2=Agnes F. |last3=McBrewster |first3=John |date=23 August 2011 |publisher=International Book Marketing Service Limited |isbn=9786136761985 |language=English |accessdate=26 January 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Iran–Contra affair]]: U.S. Attorney General [[Edwin Meese]] announces that profits from covert weapons sales to [[Iran]] were illegally diverted to the anti-communist [[Contras|Contra]] rebels in [[Nicaragua]]. * 1986 – The [[King Fahd Causeway]] is officially opened in the [[Persian Gulf]]. *[[1987]] – [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Typhoon Nina]] pummels the [[Philippines]] with [[Saffir–Simpson scale|category 5 winds]] of {{convert|165|mph|km/h|order=flip|round=5|abbr=on}} and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. *[[1992]] – The [[Federal Assembly (Czechoslovakia)|Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia]] votes to split the country into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]], with effect from January 1, 1993. *[[1999]] – A five-year-old Cuban boy, [[Elián González]], is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast. *[[2000]] – The [[2000 Baku earthquake]], with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years. *[[2008]] – [[Cyclone Nisha (2008)|Cyclone Nisha]] strikes northern [[Sri Lanka]], killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades. *[[2009]] – [[2009 Jeddah floods|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. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[902]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Liao]] (died 947) *[[1075]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Jin]] (died 1135) *[[1454]] – [[Catherine Cornaro]], Queen of Cyprus (died 1510)<ref>{{cite book |author1=David Hunt |author2=Peter W. Edbury |author3=Joachim G. Joachim |author4=Terence Mullaly |title=Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mBoAAAAMAAJ |year=1989 |publisher=Trigraph |isbn=978-0-947961-04-6}}</ref> *[[1467]] – [[Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre]], Knight of Henry VIII of England (died 1525) *[[1493]] – [[Osanna of Cattaro]], Dominican visionary and anchoress (died 1565) *[[1562]] – [[Lope de Vega]], Spanish playwright and poet (died 1635) *[[1566]] – [[John Heminges]], English actor (died 1630) *[[1577]] – [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein]], Dutch admiral (died 1629) *[[1587]] – [[Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet]], English politician (died 1666) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Henrietta Maria of France]], Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1669)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JyzuwQX1ftYC|year=1968|publisher=AMS Press|page=594}}</ref> *[[1638]] – [[Catherine of Braganza]] (died 1705)<ref>{{cite book | last = Panton | first = Kenneth | title = Historical dictionary of the British monarchy | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham, Md | year = 2011 | isbn = 9780810874978 | page=562 | language=en}}</ref> *[[1666]] – [[Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri]], Italian violin maker (died 1740)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Ebsworth Hill|author2=Arthur Frederick Hill|author3=William Henry Hill|title=The Violin-makers of the Guarneri Family, 1626-1762|publisher=Dover Publications|year=1989|isbn=9780486260617|page=xx}}</ref> *[[1703]] – [[Jean-François Séguier]], French astronomer and botanist (died 1784) *[[1752]] – [[Johann Friedrich Reichardt]], German composer and critic (died 1814) *[[1753]] – [[Robert Townsend (spy)|Robert Townsend]], American spy (died 1838)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Revolution: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes] |date=14 September 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-85109-744-9 |page=1482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZX3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1482 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1758]] – [[John Armstrong, Jr.]], American general and politician, 7th [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1843) *[[1778]] – [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (died 1856) *[[1787]] – [[Franz Xaver Gruber]], Austrian organist and composer (died 1863) *[[1814]] – [[Julius Robert von Mayer]], German physician and physicist (died 1878) *[[1815]] – [[William Sawyer (politician)|William Sawyer]], Canadian merchant and politician (died 1904) *[[1817]] – [[John Bigelow]], American lawyer and politician, [[United States Ambassador to France]] (died 1911) *[[1835]] – [[Andrew Carnegie]], Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Carnegie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/c/andrewcarnegie.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[Ernst Schröder (mathematician)|Ernst Schröder]], German mathematician and academic (died 1902)<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Schroder}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Henry Ware Eliot]], American businessman and philanthropist (died 1919) *[[1844]] – [[Karl Benz]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Mercedes-Benz]] (died 1929)<ref>{{cite book|author=Friedrich Schildberger|title=Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach and Karl Benz|publisher=Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft|year=1968|page=59}}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[José Maria de Eça de Queirós]], Portuguese-French journalist and author (died 1900) *[[1846]] – [[Carrie Nation]], American activist (died 1911) *[[1858]] – [[Alfred Capus]], French journalist, author, and playwright (died 1922) *[[1862]] – [[Ethelbert Nevin]], American pianist and composer (died 1901) * 1862 – [[Gustaf Söderström]], Swedish [[tug of war]] competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 1958) *[[1865]] – [[Kate Gleason]], American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (died 1933) *[[1867]] – [[Talaat Harb]], Egyptian economist, founded the [[Banque Misr]] (died 1941) *[[1868]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (died 1937)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA8-PA6|year=1876|pages=8}}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Ben Lindsey (jurist)|Ben Lindsey]], American lawyer and judge (died 1934) *[[1870]] – [[Winthrop Ames]], American director, producer, and playwright (died 1937) * 1870 – [[Maurice Denis]], French painter of [[Les Nabis]] movement (died 1943) *[[1872]] – [[Robert Maysack]], American gymnast and triathlete (died 1960) *[[1873]] – [[Albert Henry Krehbiel]], American painter and illustrator (died 1945) *[[1874]] – [[Joe Gans]], American boxer (died 1910) *[[1876]] – [[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (died 1936) *[[1877]] – [[Harley Granville-Barker]], British actor, director and playwright (died 1946) *[[1880]] – [[John Flynn (minister)|John Flynn]], Australian minister and pilot, founded the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia]] (died 1951) * 1880 – [[Elsie J. Oxenham]], English author (died 1960) *[[1881]] – [[Jacob Fichman]], Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (died 1958) * 1881 – [[Pope John XXIII]] (died 1963) *[[1883]] – [[Harvey Spencer Lewis]], American mystic and author (died 1939) *[[1887]] – [[Nikolai Vavilov]], Russian botanist and geneticist (died 1943) *[[1889]] – [[Reşat Nuri Güntekin]], Turkish author and playwright (died 1956) *[[1890]] – [[Isaac Rosenberg]], English soldier and poet (died 1918) *[[1891]] – [[Ōnishiki Uichirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (died 1941) *[[1893]] – [[Joseph Wood Krutch]], American author and critic (died 1970) *[[1895]] – [[Wilhelm Kempff]], German pianist and composer (died 1991) * 1895 – [[Anastas Mikoyan]], Soviet politician, [[List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|Chairman]] of the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (died 1978) * 1895 – [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American poet and author (died 1986) * 1895 – [[Ludvík Svoboda]], Czech general and politician, 8th [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (died 1979) *[[1896]] – [[Albertus Soegijapranata]], Indonesian archbishop (died 1963) * 1896 – [[Virgil Thomson]], American composer and critic (died 1989) *[[1898]] – [[Debaki Bose]], Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1971) * 1898 – [[Aarne Viisimaa]], Estonian tenor and director (died 1989) *[[1900]] – [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1947) * 1900 – [[Helen Gahagan Douglas]], American actress and politician (died 1980) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Arthur Liebehenschel]], German [[SS]] officer (died 1948) *[[1902]] – [[Eddie Shore]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1985) *[[1904]] – [[Lillian Copeland]], American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lillian Copeland |url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/copeland-lillian |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Jewish Women's Archive |language=en}}</ref> * 1904 – [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and conductor (died 2000) *[[1905]] – [[Samiha Ayverdi]], Turkish mystic and author (died 1993)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hayatı Fikirleri Eserleri |url=http://www.samihaayverdi.org/index.php/hayati-fikirleri-eserleri |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.samihaayverdi.org}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Alice Ambrose]], American philosopher and logician (died 2001)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alice Ambrose |url=https://blogs.smith.edu/blog/smithipedia/faculty-staff/lazerowitz-alice-ambrose/ |access-date=25 November 2024 |website=smith.edu}}</ref> *[[1907]] – [[John Stuart Hindmarsh]], English race car driver and pilot (died 1938) *[[1908]] – [[Natyaguru]] [[Nurul Momen]], Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (died 1990) *[[1909]] – [[P. D. Eastman]], American author and illustrator (died 1986) *[[1911]] – [[Roelof Frankot]], Dutch painter and photographer (died 1984) *[[1913]] – [[Lewis Thomas]], American physician, etymologist, and educator (died 1993) *[[1914]] – [[Joe DiMaggio]], American baseball player and coach (died 1999)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe DiMaggio {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Léon Zitrone]], Russian-French journalist (died 1995) *[[1915]] – [[Augusto Pinochet]], Chilean general and politician, 30th [[President of Chile]] (died 2006)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 25: Christina Applegate, the Bush twins |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/25/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-25-Christina-Applegate-the-Bush-twins/8081669247816/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=25 November 2022}}</ref> * 1915 – [[Armando Villanueva]], Peruvian politician, 121st [[Prime Minister of Peru]] (died 2013) *[[1916]] – [[Peg Lynch]], American actress and screenwriter (died 2015)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Peg Lynch... |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/arts/television/peg-lynch-writer-and-star-of-early-situation-comedy-dies-at-98.html?_r=0 |access-date=25 Nov 2024 |work=New York Times}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Luigi Poggi]], Italian cardinal (died 2010) * 1917 – [[Alparslan Türkeş]], Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]] (died 1997) *[[1919]] – [[Norman Tokar]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979) *[[1920]] – [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (died 2000)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Granger |first=Derek |date=2000-09-20 |title=Shelagh Fraser |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/20/guardianobituaries2 |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 1920 – [[Ricardo Montalbán]], Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (died 2009)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1920 – [[Noel Neill]], American actress (died 2016)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1922]] – [[Ilja Hurník]], Czech composer and playwright (died 2013) * 1922 – [[Fernance B. Perry]], Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (died 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Mauno Koivisto]], Finnish banker and politician, 9th [[President of Finland]] (died 2017) * 1923 – [[Art Wall Jr.]], American golfer (died 2001) *[[1924]] – [[Paul Desmond]], American saxophonist and composer (died 1977) * 1924 – [[Sybil Stockdale]], American activist, co-founded the [[National League of Families]] (died 2015) * 1924 – [[Takaaki Yoshimoto]], Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (died 2012) *[[1926]] – [[Poul Anderson]], American author (died 2001) * 1926 – [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor and producer (died 1969) * 1926 – [[Ranganath Misra]], Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st [[Chief Justice of India]] (died 2012) *[[1927]] – [[John K. Cooley]], American journalist and author (died 2008) *[[1929]] – [[Judy Crichton]], American director and producer (died 2007) *[[1931]] – [[Nat Adderley]], American cornet and trumpet player (died 2000) *[[1932]] – [[Takayo Fischer]], American actress and singer *[[1933]] – [[Kathryn Crosby]], American actress and singer (died 2024)<ref name="AP" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=September 22, 2024 |title=Kathryn Crosby, Actress and Bing Crosby's Widow, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/obituaries/kathryn-crosby-dead.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Robert Berner]], American geologist and academic (died 2015) *[[1936]] – [[Trisha Brown]], American dancer and choreographer (died 2017) *[[1938]] – [[Erol Güngör]], Turkish sociologist and psychologist (died 1983) * 1938 – [[Rosanna Schiaffino]], Italian actress (died 2009) *[[1939]] – [[Martin Feldstein]], American economist and academic (died 2019) *[[1940]] – [[Reinhard Furrer]], Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (died 1995) * 1940 – [[Joe Gibbs]], American football coach and auto racing executive<ref name="UPI" /> * 1940 – [[Karl Offmann]], Mauritian politician, 3rd [[List of Presidents of Mauritius|President of Mauritius]] (died 2022) * 1940 – [[Shyamal Kumar Sen]], Indian jurist and politician, 21st [[Governor of West Bengal]] * 1940 – [[Percy Sledge]], American singer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite book | last = Warren | first = Holly | title = The Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll | publisher = Fireside | location = New York | year = 2001 | isbn = 9780743201209 | page=897}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Christos Papanikolaou]], Greek pole vaulter * 1941 – [[Gerald Seymour]], English journalist and author * 1941 – [[Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi]], Pakistani spiritual leader and author *[[1942]] – [[Bob Lind]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1942 – [[Mimis Papaioannou]], Greek footballer and manager (died 2023) *[[1943]] – [[Jerry Portnoy]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player *[[1944]] – [[Ben Stein]], American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 25, 2022 includes celebrities John Larroquette, Christina Applegate |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-25-2022-includes-celebrities-john-larroquette-christina-applegate.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=25 November 2022}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Michael Kijana Wamalwa]], Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th [[Vice President of Kenya]] (died 2003) *[[1945]] – [[Gail Collins]], American journalist and author * 1945 – [[Patrick Nagel]], American painter and illustrator (died 1984) * 1945 – [[George Webster (American football)|George Webster]], American football player (died 2007) *[[1946]] – [[Marc Brown (author)|Marc Brown]], American author and illustrator * 1946 – [[Mike Doyle (footballer)|Mike Doyle]], English footballer (died 2011) *[[1947]] – [[Jonathan Kaplan]], French-American director and producer * 1947 – [[John Larroquette]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1948]] – [[Jacques Dupuis (politician)|Jacques Dupuis]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th [[Deputy Premier of Quebec]] * 1948 – [[Lars Eighner]], American author (died 2021) *[[1949]] – [[Kerry O'Keeffe]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster *[[1950]] – [[Chris Claremont]], English-American author * 1950 – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (died 2014) * 1950 – [[Alexis Wright]], Australian author *[[1951]] – [[Bucky Dent]], American baseball player and manager * 1951 – [[Charlaine Harris]], American author and poet * 1951 – [[Bill Morrissey]], American singer-songwriter (died 2011) * 1951 – [[Arturo Pérez-Reverte]], Spanish author and journalist * 1951 – [[Johnny Rep]], Dutch footballer and manager *[[1952]] – [[Crescent Dragonwagon]], American author and educator * 1952 – [[John Lynch (New Hampshire governor)|John Lynch]], American businessman and politician, 80th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] * 1952 – [[Gabriele Oriali]], Italian footballer and manager *[[1953]] – [[Graham Eadie]], Australian rugby league player and coach * 1953 – [[Mark Frost]], American author, screenwriter, and producer * 1953 – [[Jeffrey Skilling]], American businessman *[[1955]] – [[Don Hahn]], American director and producer * 1955 – [[Kurt Niedermayer]], German footballer and manager * 1955 – [[Connie Palmen]], Dutch author * 1955 – [[Bruno Tonioli]], Italian dancer and choreographer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1957]] – [[Bob Ehrlich]], American lawyer and politician, 60th [[Governor of Maryland]] *[[1958]] – [[Naomi Oreskes]], American historian of science *[[1959]] – [[Charles Kennedy]], Scottish journalist and politician (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Kennedy obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/02/charles-kennedy |website=The Guardian |access-date=31 May 2021 |language=en |date=2015-06-02}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Steve Rothery]], English guitarist and songwriter *[[1960]] – [[Amy Grant]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1960 – [[John F. Kennedy Jr.]], American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (died 1999)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1961]] – [[Paul Comstive]], English footballer (died 2013) *[[1962]] – [[Gilbert Delorme]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1962 – [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]], Japanese videogame designer * 1962 – [[Jimon Terakado]], Japanese comedian and actor *[[1963]] – [[Kevin Chamberlin]], American actor and director<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kevinchamberlin.com/about/ |title=About – Kevin Chamberlin |publisher=Kevin Chamberlin official website |access-date=October 26, 2014 |quote=BORN: November 25, 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026182333/http://www.kevinchamberlin.com/about/ |archive-date=October 26, 2014 }}</ref> * 1963 – [[Holly Cole]], Canadian singer and actress * 1963 – [[Chip Kelly]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilner|first=Jon|title=Silicon Chip: 49ers coach Chip Kelly brings unseen innovation to NFL|date=April 11, 2020|newspaper=The Mercury News|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/16/silicon-chip-49ers-coach-chip-kelly-brings-unseen-innovation-to-nfl/|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Mark Lanegan]], American singer-songwriter (died 2022) *[[1965]] – [[Tim Armstrong]], American musician, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1965 – [[Cris Carter]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1966]] – [[Billy Burke (actor)|Billy Burke]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Stacy Lattisaw]], American R&B singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1967]] – [[Anthony Nesty]], Surinamese swimmer * 1967 – [[Gregg Turkington]], Australian comedian and singer *[[1968]] – [[Jill Hennessy]], Canadian actress and singer * 1968 – [[Erick Sermon]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1969]] – [[Anthony Peeler]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Peeler |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/324/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Christina Applegate]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gariano |first1=Francesca |title=Christina Applegate, living with MS, has message on 50th birthday for those 'hurting' |url=https://www.today.com/health/christina-applegate-living-ms-has-message-50th-birthday-t240655 |website=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |access-date=2 August 2022 |date=26 November 2021}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Magnus Arvedson]], Swedish ice hockey player and coach * 1971 – [[Göksel Demirpençe]], Turkish singer-songwriter *[[1972]] – [[Gerard King]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerard King |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1562/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Deepa Marathe]], Indian cricketer * 1972 – [[Petteri Nummelin]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petteri Nummelin |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/petteri-nummelin-8468613 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Steven de Jongh]], Dutch cyclist * 1973 – [[Octavio Dotel]], Dominican baseball player * 1973 – [[Erick Strickland]], American basketball player * 1973 – [[Eddie Steeples]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1974]] – [[Kenneth Mitchell (actor)|Kenneth Mitchell]], Canadian actor (died 2024) *[[1975]] – [[Abdelkader Benali]], Moroccan-Dutch journalist and author * 1975 – [[Kristian Nairn]], Northern Irish actor and DJ<ref name="AP" /> *[[1976]] – [[Clint Mathis]], American soccer player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/clint-mathis/ |title=Clint Mathis |website=mlssoccer.com |publisher=[[Major League Soccer]]}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Donovan McNabb]], American football player and sportscaster * 1976 – [[Olena Vitrychenko]], Ukrainian gymnast and coach *[[1977]] – [[Guillermo Cañas]], Argentinian tennis player * 1977 – [[Jill Flint]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1977 – [[Marcus Marshall]], Australian race car driver *[[1978]] – [[Ringo Sheena]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer *[[1979]] – [[Jerry Ferrara]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Joel Kinnaman]], Swedish actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1980]] – [[John-Michael Liles]], American ice hockey player * 1980 – [[Josh Mathews]], American wrestler and sportscaster * 1980 – [[Aaron Mokoena]], South African footballer * 1980 – [[Alviro Petersen]], South African cricketer * 1980 – [[Nick Swisher]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Swisher {{!}} MiLB |url=http://m.milb.com/milb/player/430897 |website=m.milb.com |access-date=26 October 2020}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Steffen Thier]], German rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Xabi Alonso]], Spanish footballer * 1981 – [[Lee Bum-ho]], South Korean baseball player * 1981 – [[Barbara Bush (born 1981)|Barbara Pierce Bush]], American activist<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Jenna Bush Hager]], American journalist<ref name="AP" /> * 1981 – [[Jared Jeffries]], American basketball player * 1981 – [[Chevon Troutman]], American basketball player *[[1982]] – [[Mitchell Claydon]], Australian-English cricketer * 1982 – [[Michael Garnett]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Garnett |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michael-garnett-8469529 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Jhulan Goswami]], Indian cricketer *[[1984]] – [[Peter Siddle]], Australian cricketer * 1984 – [[Gaspard Ulliel]], French actor (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marshall |first=Alex |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Gaspard Ulliel, French Actor and 'Moon Knight' Star, Dies at 37 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/movies/gaspard-ulliel-dead.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125212713/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/movies/gaspard-ulliel-dead.html |archive-date=January 25, 2022}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Remona Fransen]], Dutch pentathlete *[[1986]] – [[Katie Cassidy]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1987]] – [[Trevor Booker]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Booker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202344/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Nodar Kumaritashvili]], Georgian luger (died 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1200044 |title=Nodar Kumaritashvili |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Jay Spearing]], English footballer *[[1989]] – [[Tom Dice]], Belgian singer-songwriter *[[1990]] – [[Stephanie Hsu]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1991]] – [[Philipp Grubauer]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{Ice hockey stats |nhl=8475831}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Ana Bogdan]], Romanian tennis player <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/315427/- |title=Ana Bogdan |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Danny Kent]], English motorcycle racer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/Danny+Kent |title=Danny Kent |website=motogp.com |department=Riders |publisher=[[Dorna Sports SL]] |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Dennis Smith Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Smith Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628372/dennis-smith-jr |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Talen Horton-Tucker]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Talen Horton-Tucker |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629659/talen-horton-tucker |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Kaja Juvan]], Slovenian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaja Juvan {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324702/kaja-juvan |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Pedri]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pedri|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/players/70486/pedro-gonzalez|website=[[FC Barcelona]]|access-date=25 November 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 311|311]] – [[Pope Peter I of Alexandria]] * [[734]] – [[Bilge Khagan]], Turkic emperor (born 683) *[[1034]] – [[Malcolm II of Scotland]] (born 954) *[[1120]] – [[William Adelin]], son of [[Henry I of England]] (sinking of the ''White Ship'') (born 1103) *[[1185]] – [[Pope Lucius III]] (born 1097) *[[1326]] – [[Prince Koreyasu]], Japanese shōgun (born 1264) *[[1374]] – [[Philip II, Prince of Taranto]] (born 1329) *[[1456]] – [[Jacques Cœur]], French merchant and banker (born 1395) *[[1560]] – [[Andrea Doria]], Italian admiral (born 1466) *[[1565]] – [[Hu Zongxian]], Chinese general (born 1512) ===1601–1900=== *[[1626]] – [[Edward Alleyn]], English actor, founded [[Dulwich College]] (born 1566) *[[1694]] – [[Ismaël Bullialdus]], French astronomer and mathematician (born 1605) *[[1700]] – [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]], American lawyer and politician, 10th [[Mayor of New York City]] (born 1643) *[[1748]] – [[Isaac Watts]], English hymnwriter and theologian (born 1674) *[[1755]] – [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], German violinist and composer (born 1687) *[[1785]] – [[Richard Glover (poet)|Richard Glover]], English poet and politician (born 1712) *[[1865]] – [[Heinrich Barth]], German explorer and scholar (born 1821) *[[1884]] – [[Hermann Kolbe]], German chemist and academic (born 1818) *[[1885]] – [[Thomas A. Hendricks]], American lawyer and politician, 21st [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1819) * 1885 – [[Alfonso XII of Spain]] (born 1857) ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Edward P. Allen]], American lawyer and politician (born 1839) *[[1920]] – [[Gaston Chevrolet]], French-American racing driver and businessman (born 1892) *[[1934]] – [[N. E. Brown]], English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (born 1849) *[[1944]] – [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]], American lawyer and judge (born 1866) *[[1948]] – [[Kanbun Uechi]], Japanese martial artist, founded [[Uechi-ryū]] (born 1877) *[[1949]] – [[Bill Robinson]], American actor and dancer (born 1878) *[[1950]] – [[Mao Anying]], Chinese general (born 1922) * 1950 – [[Johannes V. Jensen]], Danish author and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1873) * 1950 – [[Gustaf John Ramstedt]], Finnish linguist and diplomat (born 1873) *[[1956]] – [[Alexander Dovzhenko]], Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894) *[[1957]] – [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]] (born 1869) *[[1959]] – [[Gérard Philipe]], French actor (born 1922) *[[1961]] – [[Hubert Van Innis]], Belgian archer (born 1866) *[[1963]] – [[Alexander Marinesko]], Russian lieutenant (born 1913) *[[1965]] – [[Myra Hess]], English pianist and educator (born 1890) *[[1968]] – [[Upton Sinclair]], American novelist, critic, and essayist (born 1878) * 1968 – [[Paul Siple]], American geographer and explorer (born 1908) *[[1970]] – [[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese author, actor, and director (born 1925) *[[1972]] – [[Henri Coandă]], Romanian engineer, designed the [[Coandă-1910]] (born 1886) * 1972 – [[Hans Scharoun]], German architect (born 1893)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kiessel |first1=Marko |title=Scharoun, Hans Bernhard Henry (1893–1972) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM242-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Laurence Harvey]], Lithuania-born English actor (born 1928) *[[1974]] – [[Nick Drake]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948) * 1974 – [[U Thant]], Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (born 1909) *[[1980]] – [[Herbert Flam]], American tennis player (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.les-sports.info/herbert-flam-tennis-spf274665.html|title=Tennis - Herbert Flam (Etats Unis)|website=www.les-sports.info}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Jack Albertson]], American actor and singer (born 1907) *[[1983]] – [[Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer)]], Pakistani Christian playback singer (born 1932) *[[1984]] – [[Yashwantrao Chavan]], Indian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] (born 1913) *[[1985]] – [[Geoffrey Grigson]], English poet and critic (born 1905) * 1985 – [[Franz Hildebrandt]], German pastor and theologian (born 1909) *[[1987]] – [[Harold Washington]], American lawyer and politician, 51st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (born 1922) *[[1989]] – [[Alva R. Fitch]], American general (born 1907) *[[1990]] – [[Merab Mamardashvili]], Georgian philosopher and academic (born 1930) *[[1991]] – [[Eleanor Audley]], American actress and voice artist (born 1905) *[[1995]] – [[Léon Zitrone]], Russian-French journalist (born 1914) *[[1997]] – [[Hastings Banda]], Malawian physician and politician, 1st [[President of Malawi]] (born 1898) *[[1998]] – [[Nelson Goodman]], American philosopher and academic (born 1906) * 1998 – [[Flip Wilson]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1933) *[[1999]] – [[Valentín Campa]], Mexican union leader and politician (born 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Hugh Alexander (baseball)|Hugh Alexander]], American baseball player and scout (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_A/Alexander.Hugh.Obit.html|title=Hugh Alexander, 83, a scout for the next stars of baseball|website=The New York Times|date=November 29, 2000}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Karel Reisz]], Czech-English director and producer (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom Milne|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/nov/28/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Karel Reisz|website=Guardian.co.uk|date=28 November 2002|access-date=3 July 2009}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Ed Paschke]], American painter and academic (born 1939) *[[2005]] – [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (born 1946) * 2005 – [[Richard Burns]], English rally driver (born 1971)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/world_rally/4472642.stm|title=Former world champion Burns dies|date=26 November 2005|access-date=25 February 2008|publisher=[[bbc.co.uk]]}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Luciano Bottaro]], Italian author and illustrator (born 1931) * 2006 – [[Valentín Elizalde]], Mexican singer-songwriter (born 1979) * 2006 – [[Phyllis Fraser]], American actress and publisher, co-founded [[Beginner Books]] (born 1916)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyman|first=Rick|date=November 26, 2006|title=Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 90, Socialite and Collaborator With Dr. Seuss, Dies|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/nyregion/27wagner.html}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Kenneth M. Taylor]], American lieutenant and pilot (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news|title=Kenneth Taylor, 86, a Key Pilot at Pearl Harbor, Dies |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 7, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/us/07taylor.html |access-date=March 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525000303/https://www.webcitation.org/5rlw7d6HE?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/us/07taylor.html%3F_r=2 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Peter Lipton]], American philosopher and academic (born 1954) *[[2008]] – [[Leonard Goodwin]], British protozoologist (born 1915) <ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peaker|first1=Malcolm|last2=Ogilvie|first2=Dame Bridget M.|date=2021|title=Leonard George Goodwin. 11 July 1915—25 November 2008|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=71|pages=213–227 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2020.0050 |s2cid=233412239 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Alfred Balk]], American journalist and author (born 1930) * 2010 – [[Peter Christopherson]], English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (born 1955) * 2010 – [[C. Scott Littleton]], American anthropologist and academic (born 1933) * 2010 – [[Bernard Matthews]], English businessman, founded [[Bernard Matthews Farms]] (born 1930) *[[2011]] – [[Vasily Alekseyev]], Russian weightlifter and coach (born 1942) * 2011 – [[Coco Robicheaux]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947) * 2011 – [[Jawayd Anwar]], Pakistani poet and writer (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=express |date=2011-11-27 |title=Urdu poetry: Funeral for Dr Javed Anwar today |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/298669/urdu-poetry-funeral-for-dr-javed-anwar-today |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Lars Hörmander]], Swedish mathematician and educator (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Dave Sexton]], English footballer and manager (born 1930) * 2012 – [[Dinah Sheridan]], English actress (born 1920) * 2012 – [[Jim Temp]], American football player and businessman (born 1933) *[[2013]] – [[Lou Brissie]], American baseball player (born 1924) * 2013 – [[Ricardo Fort]], Argentinian businessman (born 1968) * 2013 – [[Bill Foulkes]], English footballer and manager (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Chico Hamilton]], American drummer and bandleader (born 1921) * 2013 – [[Egon Lánský]], Czech journalist and politician (born 1934) * 2013 – [[Al Plastino]], American author and illustrator (born 1921) *[[2014]] – [[Irvin J. Borowsky]], American publisher and philanthropist (born 1924) * 2014 – [[Sitara Devi]], Indian dancer, and choreographer (born 1920) * 2014 – [[Petr Hapka]], Czech composer and conductor (born 1944) * 2014 – [[Denham Harman]], American biogerontologist and academic (born 1916) *[[2015]] – [[O'Neil Bell]], Jamaican boxer (born 1974) * 2015 – [[Jeremy Black (Royal Navy officer)|Jeremy Black]], English admiral (born 1932) * 2015 – [[Svein Christiansen]], Norwegian drummer and composer (born 1941) * 2015 – [[Lennart Hellsing]], Swedish author and translator (born 1919) * 2015 – [[Elmo Williams]], American director, producer, and editor (born 1913) *[[2016]] – [[Fidel Castro]], Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2016/11/cuba-leader-fidel-castro-dead-90-161126053354637.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro dead at 90|date=26 November 2016|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Ron Glass]], American actor (born 1945)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/celebrities/article117279298.html| title=Ron Glass, co-star of TV's 'Barney Miller' dead at 71| agency=[[Associated Press]]| first=John| last=Rogers| work=[[The News & Observer]]| location=Raleigh, North Carolina| date=November 26, 2016| access-date=November 27, 2016| archive-date=November 27, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127083503/http://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/celebrities/article117279298.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Diego Maradona]], Argentinian football player (born 1960)<ref>{{cite news |title=Diego Maradona: Argentina legend dies aged 60 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54810392 |date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |agency=BBC News}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Terry Venables]], English football player and manager (born1943)<ref>{{cite news |title=Terry Venables: Former England manager dies aged 80 after a long illness |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67536465 |date=26 November 2023 |access-date=26 November 2023 |agency=BBC News}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Earl Holliman]], American actor (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Earl Holliman Dies: ‘Police Woman’ Actor Who Starred In First ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode Was 96 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/earl-holliman-dead-forbidden-planet-1236188306/ |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Hal Lindsey]], American evangelist and Christian writer (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stout |first=David |date=November 30, 2024 |title=Hal Lindsey, Author of ‘The Late, Great Planet Earth,’ Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/books/hal-lindsey-dead.html |access-date=December 1, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: ** [[Catherine of Alexandria]] and its [[St Catherine's Day|related observances]] ** [[Elizabeth of Reute]] ** [[Isaac Watts]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran Church]] and [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]]) ** [[James Otis Sargent Huntington]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) ** [[November 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> * [[Roses Revolution]] Day, against [[obstetric violence]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unwomen.de/roses-revolution/ |title=Roses Revolution |author=<!-- not stated--> |website=unwomen.de |publisher=[[UN Women]] Germany |access-date=2024-02-06 |language=de }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=25}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/25 |title=Historical Events on November 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:November 25}} [[Category:Days of November]]
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