November 25
1758
The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.
1783
The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.
1841
The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former president John Quincy Adams.
1947
Movie executives blacklisted the “Hollywood Ten.”
1986
Iran-Contra scandal broke.
1998
Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.
1999
Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.
2002
President George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head.
Birthdays
Joseph DiMaggio
1914–1999, American Baseball Player
Andrew Carnegie
industrialist and philanthropost (1835)
Carry Moore Nation
temperance advocate (1846)
Pope John XXIII
religious leader (1881)
Virgil Thomson
composer (1896)
Ba Jin
modern novelist (1904)
Ricardo Montalban
actor (1920)
Amy Grant
pop musician (1960)
Christina Applegate
actress (1971)