Nov 25
885 - 300 Viking Longboats sail up the Siene River and lay siege to Paris
1783 - The last British troops leave New York 3 months after signing the Treaty of Paris
1863 - The Battle of Missionary Ridge - Ulysses S Grant breaks the Seige of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Bragg
1915 - Albert Einstein presents the field equations of General Relativity at the Prussian Science Academy
1936 - The German's and Japanese sign the Anti-comintern Treaty agreeing to defend each other from an unprovoked attack by Russia. It is renewed 5 years later
1947 - The Hollywood 10 are blacklisted by Hollywood executives
1952 - Korean War - The Battle of Triangle Hill ends in a defeat of American and South Korean troops by the Chinese
1963 - John F Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetary
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald buried at in Fort Worth, Texas
1984 - 36 artists gather at the Notting Hill recording studio to record "Do they know its Christmas" to raise awareness of the Ethiopian Famine
1986 - Iran/Contra Affair - Attorney General Edward Meese announces that profits from weapons sales to Iran were funneled to Contra Rebels in Nicaragua
1992 - Czechoslovakia is split into the Czeck Republic and Slovakia
1999 - Eliam Gonzalez is rescued off of the coast of Florida
Notable Birthdays
1844 - Karl Benz
1881 - John Paul XXIII
1902 - Eddie Shore
1914 - Joe Dimaggio
1915 - Augusto Pinochet
1920 - Ricardo Montalban
1960 - John F Kennedy Jr
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