Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 25
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This is a list of selected November 25 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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George Washington's entry into New York, 1783 -
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The Capitulation of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, 1882 -
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Johan Ferrier in 1975 -
Moraine Lake at Banff National Park
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Teachers' Day in Indonesia; | refimprove |
| National Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943); | refimprove section |
| ; Independence Day in Suriname (1975) | refimprove section, single-source section |
| 571 BC – According to the Fasti Triumphales, Servius Tullius, the legendary sixth king of Rome, celebrated the first of three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. | Hook uncited |
| 1120 – William Adelin, the only legitimate son of King Henry I of England, drowned in the White Ship disaster, leading to 18 years of civil war, a period later known as the Anarchy. | unreferenced section |
| 1177 – Troops led by King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem destroyed forces led by Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard, saving the Crusader states from invasion. | needs more footnotes |
| 1915 – Albert Einstein presented his field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. | refimprove section |
| 1952 – Agatha Christie's mystery play The Mousetrap, the play with the longest initial run in history, opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. | plot summary too long |
| 1992 – Legislators in Czechoslovakia voted to dissolve their country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, effective January 1, 1993. | refimprove |
| 2000 – An Ms 7 earthquake struck Baku, Azerbaijan, killing 26 people and injuring over 400 others. | refimprove |
| 2009 – Freak rains caused devastating flooding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 122 people and stranding thousands of Hajj pilgrims. | outdated |
| Hazel Ying Lee |d|1944| | too much uncited |
Eligible
- 1034 – After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter, rather than Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of Scots.
- 1491 – Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively brought to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between Castile-Aragon and the Emirate of Granada.
- 1510 – Afonso de Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, led an armada to conquer Goa.
- 1678 – Trunajaya rebellion: After a series of difficult marches, allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri in eastern Java.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces were defeated at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, opening the door to the Union's invasion of the Deep South.
- 1885 – Banff National Park (pictured), the oldest national park in Canada, was established as the Banff Hot Springs Reserve.
- 1917 – World War I: German troops invaded Portuguese East Africa in an attempt to escape superior British forces to the north and resupply from captured Portuguese materiel.
- 1936 – Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing that, if the Soviet Union attacked one of them, they would consult each other on what measures to take to "safeguard their common interests".
- 1940 – The de Havilland Mosquito, one of the most successful military aircraft in the Second World War, made its first flight.
- 1947 – McCarthyism: Executives from movie studios agreed to blacklist ten screenwriters and directors who were jailed for refusing to give testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- 1951 – The left-wing Japanese novelist Wataru Kaji disappeared, leading to a government inquiry in which CIA involvement was investigated; Kaji stated he was kidnapped and held against his will by intelligence officers, which the United States denied.
- 1960 – Three of the four Mirabal sisters, who opposed the dictatorship of military strongman Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, were beaten and strangled to death.
- 1970 – After failing to instigate a military coup to restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, author Yukio Mishima publicly committed ritual suicide.
- 1975 – Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier (pictured) became its first president.
- 1984 – Band Aid, a supergroup consisting of more than 30 leading British and Irish pop musicians, recorded the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 2013 – English-Irish boy band One Direction released their third studio album Midnight Memories which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2013.
- Born/died: | Osanna of Cattaro |b|1493| Andrea Doria |d|1560| Hu Zongxian |d|1565| Johann Georg Pisendel |d|1755| Enoch Fenwick |d|1827| Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy|b|1846| Maurice Denis |b|1870| Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |b|1876| Thomas A. Hendricks |d|1885| Alexis Wright |b|1950| | John F. Kennedy Jr. |b|1960| George Best |d|2005|
Notes
- Battle of Lookout Mountain appears on November 24, so Battle of Missionary Ridge should not appear in the same year
November 25: Evacuation Day in New York City (1783)
Stanisław II Augustus, 1764
- 1759 – The second of two strong earthquakes struck the Levant and destroyed all the villages in the Beqaa Valley.
- 1795 – Stanisław II Augustus (pictured), the last king of Poland, was forced to abdicate after the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1901 – Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 premiered in Munich.
- 1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ended as American and South Korean units abandoned their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
- 1981 – A group of Conservative members of Parliament wrote a letter outlining their opposition to the economic policy of Margaret Thatcher, leading to speculation over a split from the party.
- Henrietta Maria of France (b. 1609)
- Hermann Kolbe (d. 1884)
- Charles Kennedy (b. 1959)
- Nick Drake (d. 1974)
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