12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 25, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, killing heir William Adelin and triggering a succession crisis in England.
- 1758 – British forces capture Fort Duquesne from the French and rename the site Pittsburgh.
- 1783 – Evacuation Day: the last British troops depart New York City after the American Revolutionary War.
- 1915 – Albert Einstein presents the final field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 1936 – Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, aimed against the Soviet Union.
- 1947 – Major Hollywood studios issue the “Waldorf Statement,” instituting the blacklist of suspected communists.
- 1950 – Chinese forces launch the Second Phase Offensive in the Korean War, pushing UN troops south.
- 1960 – Dominican activists Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal are assassinated, later inspiring an international day opposing violence against women.
- 1963 – State funeral of President John F. Kennedy is held in Washington, D.C.
- 1973 – A hardline coup within Greece’s ruling junta ousts Georgios Papadopoulos.
- 1986 – U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese discloses the Iran–Contra diversion of funds from Iran arms sales to the Contras.
- 2002 – President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act, creating the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1944 – Ben Stein, commentator/economist/actor (81).
- 1960 – Amy Grant, Grammy-winning Christian/pop singer (65).
- 1965 – Tim Armstrong, punk musician/producer (Rancid; Operation Ivy) (60).
- 1968 – Erick Sermon, rapper/producer (EPMD) (57).
- 1971 – Christina Applegate, actor/producer (Dead to Me, Married… with Children) (54).
- 1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish football manager and former midfield star (44).
- 1981 – Jenna Bush Hager, TV host/author (Today show) (44).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1034 – Malcolm II, king of Scotland (≈80).
- 1968 – Upton Sinclair, novelist and muckraker (The Jungle) (90).
- 1970 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist/playwright (45).
- 1974 – Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (26).
- 1987 – Harold Washington, Chicago mayor (65).
- 2005 – George Best, Northern Irish football legend (59).
- 2016 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and longtime leader (90).
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