25 November In History | Worksheets for Kids

1783 – At the end of the Revolutionary War, the last British troops left New York City.
1936 – Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement to collaborate in opposing the spread of Communism.
1940 – Woody Woodpecker first appears on film.
1950 – The People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War to fight United Nations forces.
1950 – “Storm of the century” hits eastern US. Also known as the Appalachian Storm, the storm reached blizzard conditions and dumped nearly 60 inches of snow in the Appalachian area. It brought unseasonal temperatures to the region and caused widespread damage to property. About 150 people were thought to have been killed as a result of it.
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 based on the death of Dennis O’Neill, who died while in foster care.

1960 – Assassination of the Mirabal Sisters. The three Dominican sisters, Patria, Minerva, Antonia Mirabal, were activists that were opposed to the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. On this day, they were brutally killed and their deaths staged to look like accidents. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1973 – Military coup in Greece. President George Papadopoulos was ousted by the army, just a week after student-led protests at the Athens Polytechnic were violently put down by the government.
1974 – Britain outlawed the IRA (Irish Republican Army) following the deaths of 21 persons in a pub bombing in Birmingham.
1992 – The parliament in Czechoslovakia voted to divide the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics.
1995 – By a margin of less than one percent, Ireland voted to legalize divorce, the closest vote in the nation’s history.
2002 – US President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law.

1835 – American financier Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. He emigrated to America, made his fortune in steel, then became a major philanthropist. Among his gifts; over 2,500 libraries, Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He once wrote, “The man who dies rich dies disgraced.”
1844 – Karl Benz (German engineer, businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz
1846 – American temperance leader Carry Nation (1846-1911) was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. She was famed as a hatchet-wielding smasher of saloons.

1881 – Pope John XXIII (1881-1963) was born in Sotte il Monte, Italy (as Angelo Roncalli). He became the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1958 and served until his death in June of 1963. During his reign, he convened the Second Vatican Council which modernized the mass and increased openness to other religions and denominations.
1914 – Joe DiMaggio (Baseball player)
1915 – Chilean military leader Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) was born in Valparaiso, Chile (He overthrew President Salvador Allende in 1973 and remained in power until he lost the elections in 1990.
1952 – Imran Khan (Pakistani cricketer, politician)
1960 – John F (Kennedy Jr ((Publisher)
1965 – Bernie Kosar (NFL Quarterback)
1971 – Christina Applegate (Actress)
1976 – Donovan McNabb (NFL Quarterback)
1981 – Barbara and Jenna Bush (Daughters of President G.W. Bush)

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