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Today in History

  • 1973 Military coup in Greece

    President George Papadopoulos was ousted by the army, just a week after student-led protests at the

  • 1960 Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters

    The 3 Dominican sisters, Patria, Minerva, Antonia Mirabal, were activists that were opposed to the d

  • 1952 Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap opens at London’s West End

    The longest running show in history, the play began as a radio play called Three Blind Mice. It is

  • 1950 “Storm of the century” hits eastern US

    Also known as the Appalachian Storm, the storm reached blizzard conditions and dumped nearly 60 inch

  • 1936 Nazi Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact

    The treaty was directed towards the Soviet Union and stipulated that in case of Soviet aggression to

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
November, 25

  • 1952 Imran Khan

    Pakistani cricketer, politician

  • 1915 Augusto Pinochet

    Chilean general, politician, 30th President of Chile

  • 1914 Joe DiMaggio

    American baseball player

  • 1844 Karl Benz

    German engineer, businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz

  • 1835 Andrew Carnegie

    Scottish/American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company

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Deaths On This Day,
November, 25

  • 2005 George Best

    Irish/English footballer

  • 1997 Hastings Banda

    Malawian politician, 1st President of Malawi

  • 1974 U Thant

    Burmese diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary General

  • 1974 Nick Drake

    English singer-songwriter, musician

  • 1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis

    American judge