On this day...

1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1715 First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1758 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)
1766 Pope Clement XIII warns of the dangers of anti-Christian writings
1783 Britain evacuates NY, their last military position in US
1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1847 The opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee
1864 Confederate plot to burn NYC, fails
1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1884 John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk
1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
1908 Dorando Pietri (Italy) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in MSG marathon by 60 yards
1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Illinois
1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in the White House
1920 WTAW broadcasts first football play-by-play of Texas A&M home game
1930 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)
1933 First Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1940 Patria steamer sinks killing 200, outside of Haifa
1940 University of Michigan retires Tom Harmon's #98
1948 Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
1948 KING-TV, Seattle, goes on the air with First Pacific NW telecast
1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala
1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
1957 President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in the French Community
1960 First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
1961 NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,
1966 Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
1973 Bloodless military coup ousts Greek Pres George Papadopoulos
1975 Netherlands grants Surinam independence (Natl Day)
1976 O.J. Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove general theory of relativity
1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1978 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his First pro fight
1978 American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275
1980 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
1983 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1984 William Schroeder, becomes 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, Pres Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
1988 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 Widespread earthquake hits NE US, Canada; no damage reported
1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's First popular election

Birthdays which occurred on November 25th:

1562 Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)
1835 Andrew Carnegie, steel industrialist/library builder
1846 Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers
1856 Sergei Taneyev, Russia, composer (Oresteia)
1877 Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist/producer/critic
1886 Rex Maupin, St. Joseph MO, orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)
1893 Robert Ripley, illustrator (Believe it or Not)
1895 Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unterdem Zimbelstern)
1896 Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)
1901 Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist/composer (American Elegy)
1902 Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins, hall of fame
1914 Joe DiMaggio, baseball hall of fame (56 game hitting streak)
1919 Steve Brodie, Eldorado Kansas, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
1920 Ricardo Montalban, actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)
1925 Jeffrey Hunter, Orleans LA, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage)
1926 Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
1933 Kathryn Grant Crosby, Houston, actress (Mr. Cory, Big Circus)
1933 Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
1933 Rene Enriquez, San Francisco, actor (Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues)
1935 Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, feminist/writer (Ms.)
1939 Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1947 John Larroquette, New Orleans LA, actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court)
1947 Jonathan Kaplan, Paris France, director (Heart Like a Wheel)
1952 Ernest Harden, Jr., Detroit, actor (Marcus-Jeffersons)
1956 Liana Vicens, Puerto Rico, 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968)
1959 Steve Rothery, rocker (Marillion-Real to Reel)
1960 Amy Grant, gospel singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)
1960 John F. Kennedy, Jr., son of JFK
1960 Kasey Smith, Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1961 Amy Gibson, actress (General Hospital)
1966 Stacy Lattislaw, disco singer (Million Dollar Baby)
1967 Curtis Baldwin, Los Angeles, actor (Calvin-227)
1968 Jory Husain, Milwaukee, actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class)
1971 Christine Applegate, Hollywood, actress (Kelly-Married With Children)

Deaths which occurred on November 25th:

1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commisioner
1949 Luther "Bill" Robinson, famed tap dancer, dies at 71
1958 Charles F. Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
1964 Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90
1968 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
1974 U Thant, UN Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65
1977 Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders), dies at 65
1980 George Raft, NYC, actor, dies at 85
1981 Jack Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), dies at 74
1982 Robert Coote, actor, dies in NYC of a heart attack at 73
1987 Harold Washington, First black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65
1990 Bill Vukovich, Indy 500 driver, dies in crash at 27
1991 Bill Graham, rock promoter