What are the important events that happened on November 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 25 is the 330th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 12, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,248 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 65 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,357 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 25 Historical Events
- 1120 –The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.
- 1343 –A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
- 1667 –A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1755 –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.
- 1905 –Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1936 –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 years later with additional signatories.
- 1975 –Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 1992 –The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993.
- 1996 –An ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
- 2000 –The 2000 Baku Earthquake takes place, Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaving 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan and becoming the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
Who were born on November 25?
- 1577 –Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (d. 1629)
- 1883 –Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
- 1941 –Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter
- 1947 –Tracey Walter, American actor
- 1948 –Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
- 1962 –Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 –Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
- 1980 –John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player
- 1984 –Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
- 1988 –Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
Who died on November 25?
- 311 –Pope Peter of Alexandria (b. 3rd century)
- 1686 –Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638)
- 1881 –Theobald Boehm, German flute maker (b. 1794)
- 1885 –King Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
- 1949 –Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, American entertainer (b. 1878)
- 1961 –Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
- 1978 –Elaine Esposito, American coma victim (b. 1934)
- 2005 –George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
- 2006 –Antonis Vratsanos, Greek World War II figure (b. 1919)
- 2006 –Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress and children’s book publisher (b. 1916)
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