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November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining.

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• 1034 - Malcolm II of Scotland died. Duncan, the son of his second daughter, instead of Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne.
• 1120 - Wreck of the White Ship in the English Channel. William Adelin, son of Henry I of England drowned.
• 1177 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeated Saladin at the Battle of MontgisardThe Battle of Montgisard was fought between Saladin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem on November 25, 1177. In 1177 the kingdom had planned an alliance with the Byzantine Empire for a naval attack on Egypt; Philip of Alsace, count of Flanders, arrived early in.
• 1491Events December 6 King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. A major fire breaks out in Dresden. Births June 28 Henry VIII, king of England (+ 1547) December 24(?) Ignatius Loyola, founder of the So - The siegeA siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition. A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that refuses to surrender and cannot be easily taken by a frontal of GranadaThis article is about Granada in Spain. For alternate meanings see Granada (disambiguation). The City of Granada Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in Andalusia, Spain Andalucia, Espana . As of the 2003 census, the population of, last MoorishMoors is used in this article to describe the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus and the Maghreb, whose culture is often called "Moorish". For other meanings look at Moors (Meaning) or Blackamoors. The name derives from the ancient Berber tribe of stronghold in SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc, begins.
• 1542Events War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French. November 25 Battle of Solway Moss. An English army in - Battle of Solway MossWhen Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church, he asked James V of Scotland, his nephew, to do the same. James ignored his uncle's request, and further insulted him by refusing to meet with Henry at York. Furious, Henry VIII invaded Scotland. In retaliat. An English army invades Scotland and defeats a Scottish army.
• 1758 - French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
• 1783 - American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
• 1863 - 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.
• 1874 - The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873.
• 1876 - Indian Wars: In retaliation for the dramatic 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.
• 1936 - In Berlin, Nazi-Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, thus agreeing to consult on what measures to take "to safeguard their common interests" in case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation.
• 1940 - Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the film " Knock Knock".
• 1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, killing 160 shoppers.
• 1947 - Red Scare: The " Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
• 1947 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 1952 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London ( as of 2003 it is the longest continuously running play in history).
• 1958 - French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community .
• 1960 - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic were assassinated .
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy assassination: The late US President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
• 1970 - In Japan, world-famous author Yukio Mishima commits ritualistic suicide after failing to sway public opinion toward his extreme political beliefs.
• 1973 - Greek President George Papadopoulos is ousted in military coup led by Lieutenant General Phaidon Gizikis .
• 1975 - Suriname becomes independent.
• 1980 - No Más Fight: Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC world welterweight boxing title in a fight against Roberto Duran.
• 1984 - 36 of Britain and Ireland's top pop musicians gathered in a Notting Hill studio as Band Aid to record the song " Do They Know It's Christmas" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
• 1984 - A KCR train goes off track between Sheung Shui and Fanling.
• 1986 - Iran Contra Affair: US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Also, Fawn Hall was purported to have smuggled confidential papers out of the office of her employer, Oliver North.
• 1992 - The Czechoslovakia Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia starting on January 1, 1993.
• 1994 - Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the floundering company.
• 1999 - The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution designating November 25 as the annual International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women.
• 2002 - US President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law.
• 2002 - Alleged assasination attempt on Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov