November 25
Monday 25, 2002:
Reported assassination attempt on Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov
Thursday 25, 1999:
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution designating November 25 as the annual International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
Friday 25, 1994:
Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the floundering company.
Wednesday 25, 1992:
The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia starting on January 1, 1993.
Tuesday 25, 1986:
Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Sunday 25, 1984:
A KCR train goes off track between Sheung Shui and Fanling.
Tuesday 25, 1980:
No Más Fight: Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC world welterweight boxing title in a fight against Roberto Duran.
Tuesday 25, 1975:
Suriname becomes independent.
Sunday 25, 1973:
Greek President George Papadopoulos is ousted in military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis.
Wednesday 25, 1970:
In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after failing to sway public opinion during an unsuccessful coup attempt.
Monday 25, 1963:
John F. Kennedy assassination: John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Friday 25, 1960:
The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic were assassinated .
Tuesday 25, 1958:
French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
Wednesday 25, 1953:
The England football team suffer their first home defeat against continental opposition
Tuesday 25, 1952:
Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, still the longest continuously running play in history).
Tuesday 25, 1947:
New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
Saturday 25, 1944:
World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, killing 160 shoppers.
Monday 25, 1940:
Woody Woodpecker first appears, in the film "Knock Knock".
Wednesday 25, 1936:
In Berlin, Nazi-Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, thus agreeing to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests" in case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation.
Tuesday 25, 1913:
Panama becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Saturday 25, 1905:
Haakon VII arrives in Norway.
Saturday 25, 1876:
Indian Wars: In retaliation for the dramatic American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
Wednesday 25, 1874:
The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873.
Wednesday 25, 1863:
At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
Wednesday 25, 1795:
Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, was forced to abdicate and move to Russia.
Tuesday 25, 1783:
American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
Saturday 25, 1758:
French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
Wednesday 25, 1542:
Battle of Solway Moss. An English army invades Scotland and defeats a Scottish army.
Wednesday 25, 1491:
The siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
Friday 25, 1177:
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeats Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
Thursday 25, 1120:
Wreck of the White Ship in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.
Tuesday 25, 1034:
Malcolm II of Scotland dies. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherits the throne.
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