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 329^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 36 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 12, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,400,480 minutes 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 ‘trihectaicosaenneagon’ 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 84 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 4,722 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 25 Historical Events

• 1120 –
  The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.
• 1667 –
  A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
• 1703 –
  The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People’s Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1947 –
  New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 1973 –
  George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners’ coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
• 1977 –
  Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
• 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.
• 2008 –
  Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in 9 decades.
• 2011 –
  Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.

Who were born on November 25?

• 1904 –
  Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
• 1924 –
  Paul Desmond, American jazz musician (d. 1977)
• 1940 –
  Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1944 –
  Ben Stein, American actor
• 1948 –
  Lars Eighner, American author
• 1959 –
  Charles Kennedy, British politician
• 1960 –
  Kasey Smith, American keyboardist (Danger Danger)
• 1968 –
  Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
• 1980 –
  Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
• 1984 –
  Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer

Who died on November 25?

• 1456 –
  Jacques Cœur, French merchant
• 1949 –
  Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, American entertainer (b. 1878)
• 1959 –
  Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
• 1963 –
  Alexander Marinesko, Russian naval captain (b. 1913)
• 1968 –
  Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. 1878)
• 1970 –
  Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (b. 1925)
• 1995 –
  Alan Nicholls, English footballer (b. 1973)
• 1998 –
  Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
• 2006 –
  Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Kevin DuBrow, American singer (b. 1955)