{"id":29859,"date":"2016-11-25T09:14:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29859"},"modified":"2016-11-25T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T15:14:56","slug":"today-in-history-299","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=29859","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, November\u00a0 25, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 25, 1963, the body of slain President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
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1783<\/td>\nThe British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States, during the Revolutionary War.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, Calif.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nMovie studio executives agreed to blacklist the Hollywood 10, who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1973<\/td>\nGreek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nThe Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1987<\/td>\nChicago Mayor Harold Washington died after suffering a heart attack in his City Hall office.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nSix-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nPresident George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nThe Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nYemen arrested Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, a top al-Qaida member suspected of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker off Yemen’s coast.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nIsrael and the Palestinians agreed to a cease-fire to end a five-month Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and the firing of rockets by Palestinian militants into the Jewish state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nFootball player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Christina Applegate turns 45 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Joe Gibbs<\/td>\nHall of Fame football coach<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Percy Sledge<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Stein<\/td>\nActor, game show host<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Larroquette<\/td>\nActor (“Night Court”)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Grant<\/td>\nCountry-gospel singer<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jerry Ferrara<\/td>\nActor (“Entourage”)<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barbara Bush<\/td>\nDaughter of President George W. Bush<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenna Bush<\/td>\nDaughter of President George W. Bush<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Jill Hennessy turns 47 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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