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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]] (d. 947) *[[1075]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Jin]] (d. 1135) *[[1454]] – [[Catherine Cornaro]], Queen of Cyprus (d. 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 (d. 1525) *[[1493]] – [[Osanna of Cattaro]], Dominican visionary and anchoress (d. 1565) *[[1562]] – [[Lope de Vega]], Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1635) *[[1566]] – [[John Heminges]], English actor (d. 1630) *[[1577]] – [[Piet Pieterszoon Hein]], Dutch admiral (d. 1629) *[[1587]] – [[Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet]], English politician (d. 1666) ===1601–1900=== *[[1609]] – [[Henrietta Maria of France]], Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 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]] (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1784) *[[1752]] – [[Johann Friedrich Reichardt]], German composer and critic (d. 1814) *[[1753]] – [[Robert Townsend (spy)|Robert Townsend]], American spy (d. 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]] (d. 1843) *[[1778]] – [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (d. 1856) *[[1787]] – [[Franz Xaver Gruber]], Austrian organist and composer (d. 1863) *[[1814]] – [[Julius Robert von Mayer]], German physician and physicist (d. 1878) *[[1815]] – [[William Sawyer (politician)|William Sawyer]], Canadian merchant and politician (d. 1904) *[[1817]] – [[John Bigelow]], American lawyer and politician, [[United States Ambassador to France]] (d. 1911) *[[1835]] – [[Andrew Carnegie]], Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 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 (d. 1902)<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Schroder}}</ref> *[[1843]] – [[Henry Ware Eliot]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919) *[[1844]] – [[Karl Benz]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Mercedes-Benz]] (d. 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 (d. 1900) *[[1846]] – [[Carrie Nation]], American activist (d. 1911) *[[1858]] – [[Alfred Capus]], French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1922) *[[1862]] – [[Ethelbert Nevin]], American pianist and composer (d. 1901) * 1862 – [[Gustaf Söderström]], Swedish [[tug of war]] competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 1958) *[[1865]] – [[Kate Gleason]], American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (d. 1933) *[[1867]] – [[Talaat Harb]], Egyptian economist, founded the [[Banque Misr]] (d. 1941) *[[1868]] – [[Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse]] (d. 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 (d. 1934) *[[1870]] – [[Winthrop Ames]], American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1937) * 1870 – [[Maurice Denis]], French painter of [[Les Nabis]] movement (d. 1943) *[[1872]] – [[Robert Maysack]], American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1960) *[[1873]] – [[Albert Henry Krehbiel]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1945) *[[1874]] – [[Joe Gans]], American boxer (d. 1910) *[[1876]] – [[Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. 1936) *[[1877]] – [[Harley Granville-Barker]], British actor, director and playwright (d. 1946) *[[1880]] – [[John Flynn (minister)|John Flynn]], Australian minister and pilot, founded the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia]] (d. 1951) * 1880 – [[Elsie J. Oxenham]], English author (d. 1960) *[[1881]] – [[Jacob Fichman]], Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (d. 1958) * 1881 – [[Pope John XXIII]] (d. 1963) *[[1883]] – [[Harvey Spencer Lewis]], American mystic and author (d. 1939) *[[1887]] – [[Nikolai Vavilov]], Russian botanist and geneticist (d. 1943) *[[1889]] – [[Reşat Nuri Güntekin]], Turkish author and playwright (d. 1956) *[[1890]] – [[Isaac Rosenberg]], English soldier and poet (d. 1918) *[[1891]] – [[Ōnishiki Uichirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1941) *[[1893]] – [[Joseph Wood Krutch]], American author and critic (d. 1970) *[[1895]] – [[Wilhelm Kempff]], German pianist and composer (d. 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]] (d. 1978) * 1895 – [[Helen Hooven Santmyer]], American poet and author (d. 1986) * 1895 – [[Ludvík Svoboda]], Czech general and politician, 8th [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (d. 1979) *[[1896]] – [[Albertus Soegijapranata]], Indonesian archbishop (d. 1963) * 1896 – [[Virgil Thomson]], American composer and critic (d. 1989) *[[1898]] – [[Debaki Bose]], Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1971) * 1898 – [[Aarne Viisimaa]], Estonian tenor and director (d. 1989) *[[1900]] – [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1947) * 1900 – [[Helen Gahagan Douglas]], American actress and politician (d. 1980) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Arthur Liebehenschel]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1948) *[[1902]] – [[Eddie Shore]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985) *[[1904]] – [[Lillian Copeland]], American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 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 (d. 2000) *[[1905]] – [[Samiha Ayverdi]], Turkish mystic and author (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1938) *[[1908]] – [[Natyaguru]] [[Nurul Momen]], Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality (d. 1990) *[[1909]] – [[P. D. Eastman]], American author and illustrator (d. 1986) *[[1911]] – [[Roelof Frankot]], Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984) *[[1913]] – [[Lewis Thomas]], American physician, etymologist, and educator (d. 1993) *[[1914]] – [[Joe DiMaggio]], American baseball player and coach (d. 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 (d. 1995) *[[1915]] – [[Augusto Pinochet]], Chilean general and politician, 30th [[President of Chile]] (d. 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]] (d. 2013) *[[1916]] – [[Peg Lynch]], American actress and screenwriter (d. 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 (d. 2010) * 1917 – [[Alparslan Türkeş]], Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey]] (d. 1997) *[[1919]] – [[Norman Tokar]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979) *[[1920]] – [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (d. 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 (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI"/> * 1920 – [[Noel Neill]], American actress (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI"/> *[[1922]] – [[Ilja Hurník]], Czech composer and playwright (d. 2013) * 1922 – [[Fernance B. Perry]], Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014) *[[1923]] – [[Mauno Koivisto]], Finnish banker and politician, 9th [[President of Finland]] (d. 2017) * 1923 – [[Art Wall Jr.]], American golfer (d. 2001) *[[1924]] – [[Paul Desmond]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977) * 1924 – [[Sybil Stockdale]], American activist, co-founded the [[National League of Families]] (d. 2015) * 1924 – [[Takaaki Yoshimoto]], Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012) *[[1926]] – [[Poul Anderson]], American author (d. 2001) * 1926 – [[Jeffrey Hunter]], American actor and producer (d. 1969) * 1926 – [[Ranganath Misra]], Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st [[Chief Justice of India]] (d. 2012) *[[1927]] – [[John K. Cooley]], American journalist and author (d. 2008) *[[1929]] – [[Judy Crichton]], American director and producer (d. 2007) *[[1931]] – [[Nat Adderley]], American cornet and trumpet player (d. 2000) *[[1932]] – [[Takayo Fischer]], American actress and singer *[[1933]] – [[Kathryn Crosby]], American actress and singer (d. 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 (d. 2015) *[[1936]] – [[Trisha Brown]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2017) *[[1938]] – [[Erol Güngör]], Turkish sociologist and psychologist (d. 1983) * 1938 – [[Rosanna Schiaffino]], Italian actress (d. 2009) *[[1939]] – [[Martin Feldstein]], American economist and academic (d. 2019) *[[1940]] – [[Reinhard Furrer]], Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 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]] (d. 2022) * 1940 – [[Shyamal Kumar Sen]], Indian jurist and politician, 21st [[Governor of West Bengal]] * 1940 – [[Percy Sledge]], American singer (d. 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 (d. 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]] (d. 2003) *[[1945]] – [[Gail Collins]], American journalist and author * 1945 – [[Patrick Nagel]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1984) * 1945 – [[George Webster (American football)|George Webster]], American football player (d. 2007) *[[1946]] – [[Marc Brown (author)|Marc Brown]], American author and illustrator * 1946 – [[Mike Doyle (footballer)|Mike Doyle]], English footballer (d. 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 (d. 2021) *[[1949]] – [[Kerry O'Keeffe]], Australian cricketer and sportscaster *[[1950]] – [[Chris Claremont]], English-American author * 1950 – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 1999)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1961]] – [[Paul Comstive]], English footballer (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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 (d. 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> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 311|311]] – [[Pope Peter I of Alexandria]] * [[734]] – [[Bilge Khagan]], Turkic emperor (b. 683) *[[1034]] – [[Malcolm II of Scotland]] (b. 954) *[[1120]] – [[William Adelin]], son of [[Henry I of England]] (sinking of the ''White Ship'') (b. 1103) *[[1185]] – [[Pope Lucius III]] (b. 1097) *[[1326]] – [[Prince Koreyasu]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1264) *[[1374]] – [[Philip II, Prince of Taranto]] (b. 1329) *[[1456]] – [[Jacques Cœur]], French merchant and banker (b. 1395) *[[1560]] – [[Andrea Doria]], Italian admiral (b. 1466) *[[1565]] – [[Hu Zongxian]], Chinese general (b. 1512) ===1601–1900=== *[[1626]] – [[Edward Alleyn]], English actor, founded [[Dulwich College]] (b. 1566) *[[1694]] – [[Ismaël Bullialdus]], French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605) *[[1700]] – [[Stephanus Van Cortlandt]], American lawyer and politician, 10th [[Mayor of New York City]] (b. 1643) *[[1748]] – [[Isaac Watts]], English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674) *[[1755]] – [[Johann Georg Pisendel]], German violinist and composer (b. 1687) *[[1785]] – [[Richard Glover (poet)|Richard Glover]], English poet and politician (b. 1712) *[[1865]] – [[Heinrich Barth]], German explorer and scholar (b. 1821) *[[1884]] – [[Hermann Kolbe]], German chemist and academic (b. 1818) *[[1885]] – [[Thomas A. Hendricks]], American lawyer and politician, 21st [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. 1819) * 1885 – [[Alfonso XII of Spain]] (b. 1857) ===1901–present=== *[[1909]] – [[Edward P. Allen]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1839) *[[1920]] – [[Gaston Chevrolet]], French-American racing driver and businessman (b. 1892) *[[1934]] – [[N. E. Brown]], English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849) *[[1944]] – [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1866) *[[1948]] – [[Kanbun Uechi]], Japanese martial artist, founded [[Uechi-ryū]] (b. 1877) *[[1949]] – [[Bill Robinson]], American actor and dancer (b. 1878) *[[1950]] – [[Mao Anying]], Chinese general (b. 1922) * 1950 – [[Johannes V. Jensen]], Danish author and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1873) * 1950 – [[Gustaf John Ramstedt]], Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873) *[[1956]] – [[Alexander Dovzhenko]], Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894) *[[1957]] – [[Prince George of Greece and Denmark]] (b. 1869) *[[1959]] – [[Gérard Philipe]], French actor (b. 1922) *[[1961]] – [[Hubert Van Innis]], Belgian archer (b. 1866) *[[1963]] – [[Alexander Marinesko]], Russian lieutenant (b. 1913) *[[1965]] – [[Myra Hess]], English pianist and educator (b. 1890) *[[1968]] – [[Upton Sinclair]], American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878) * 1968 – [[Paul Siple]], American geographer and explorer (b. 1908) *[[1970]] – [[Yukio Mishima]], Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925) *[[1972]] – [[Henri Coandă]], Romanian engineer, designed the [[Coandă-1910]] (b. 1886) * 1972 – [[Hans Scharoun]], German architect (b. 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 (b. 1928) *[[1974]] – [[Nick Drake]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) * 1974 – [[U Thant]], Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (b. 1909) *[[1980]] – [[Herbert Flam]], American tennis player (b. 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 (b. 1907) *[[1983]] – [[Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer)]], Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932) *[[1984]] – [[Yashwantrao Chavan]], Indian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1913) *[[1985]] – [[Geoffrey Grigson]], English poet and critic (b. 1905) * 1985 – [[Franz Hildebrandt]], German pastor and theologian (b. 1909) *[[1987]] – [[Harold Washington]], American lawyer and politician, 51st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1922) *[[1989]] – [[Alva R. Fitch]], American general (b. 1907) *[[1990]] – [[Merab Mamardashvili]], Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930) *[[1991]] – [[Eleanor Audley]], American actress and voice artist (b. 1905) *[[1995]] – [[Léon Zitrone]], Russian-French journalist (b. 1914) *[[1997]] – [[Hastings Banda]], Malawian physician and politician, 1st [[President of Malawi]] (b. 1898) *[[1998]] – [[Nelson Goodman]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1906) * 1998 – [[Flip Wilson]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1933) *[[1999]] – [[Valentín Campa]], Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904) *[[2000]] – [[Hugh Alexander (baseball)|Hugh Alexander]], American baseball player and scout (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1939) *[[2005]] – [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946) * 2005 – [[Richard Burns]], English rally driver (b. 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 (b. 1931) * 2006 – [[Valentín Elizalde]], Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979) * 2006 – [[Phyllis Fraser]], American actress and publisher, co-founded [[Beginner Books]] (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 1954) *[[2008]] – [[Leonard Goodwin]], British protozoologist (b. 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 (b. 1930) * 2010 – [[Peter Christopherson]], English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (b. 1955) * 2010 – [[C. Scott Littleton]], American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933) * 2010 – [[Bernard Matthews]], English businessman, founded [[Bernard Matthews Farms]] (b. 1930) *[[2011]] – [[Vasily Alekseyev]], Russian weightlifter and coach (b. 1942) * 2011 – [[Coco Robicheaux]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) * 2011 – [[Jawayd Anwar]], Pakistani poet and writer (b. 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 (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Dave Sexton]], English footballer and manager (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Dinah Sheridan]], English actress (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Jim Temp]], American football player and businessman (b. 1933) *[[2013]] – [[Lou Brissie]], American baseball player (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Ricardo Fort]], Argentinian businessman (b. 1968) * 2013 – [[Bill Foulkes]], English footballer and manager (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Chico Hamilton]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921) * 2013 – [[Egon Lánský]], Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Al Plastino]], American author and illustrator (b. 1921) *[[2014]] – [[Irvin J. Borowsky]], American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Sitara Devi]], Indian dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920) * 2014 – [[Petr Hapka]], Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Denham Harman]], American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916) *[[2015]] – [[O'Neil Bell]], Jamaican boxer (b. 1974) * 2015 – [[Jeremy Black (Royal Navy officer)|Jeremy Black]], English admiral (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Svein Christiansen]], Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Lennart Hellsing]], Swedish author and translator (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[Elmo Williams]], American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913) *[[2016]] – [[Fidel Castro]], Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 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 (b. 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 (b. 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 (b.1943)<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 (b. 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 (b. 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> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> ==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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