Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
133657November 25Event1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
133658November 25Event1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
133659November 25Event1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
133660November 25Event1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000
133661November 25Event1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: 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.
133662November 25Event1864 – 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.
133663November 25Event1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
133664November 25Event1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the 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.
133665November 25Event1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
133666November 25Event1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
133667November 25Event1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
133668November 25Event1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
133669November 25Event1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving Day. Twenty-seven twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arka
133670November 25Event1936 – In Berlin, 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. The pact is renewed on the same day five
133671November 25Event1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
133672November 25Event1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
133673November 25Event1943 – 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.
133674November 25Event1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
133675November 25Event1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
133676November 25Event1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York
133677November 25Event1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
133678November 25Event1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
133679November 25Event1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
133680November 25Event1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
133651November 25Event1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
133652November 25Event1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
133653November 25Event1755 – 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.
133654November 25Event1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
133655November 25Event1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
133656November 25Event1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

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