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.
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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
- 571 BC –Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
- 1491 –The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
- 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.
- 1874 –The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
- 1947 –Red Scare: The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
- 1950 –The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the “Storm of the Century”, strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.
- 1952 –Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.
- 1958 –French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
- 1970 –In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
- 2009 –Devastating floods, known as the 2009 Saudi Arabian Floods, following freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. 3,000 cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
Who were born on November 25?
- 1845 –José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
- 1846 –Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
- 1880 –John Flynn, Australian evangelist (d. 1951)
- 1940 –Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician
- 1941 –Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani author and spiritual leader
- 1945 –George D. Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1945 –Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
- 1951 –Bill Morrissey, American musician
- 1984 –Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
- 1991 –Jamie Grace, American singer-songwriter and actress
Who died on November 25?
- 311 –Pope Peter of Alexandria (b. 3rd century)
- 1034 –King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)
- 1374 –Emperor Philip II of Taranto of Constantinople (b. 1329)
- 1700 –Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
- 1885 –King Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
- 1909 –Edward P. Allen, American politician (b. 1839)
- 1950 –Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
- 1968 –Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. 1878)
- 2006 –Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress and children’s book publisher (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Peter Lipton, American science philosopher (b. 1954)
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