- 1783] Buh bye: The British evacuate New York, their last military position in the U.S. during the Revolutionary War ("the British are going...the British are going")...
- 1940] Debuted on this date: Woody Woodpecker in "Knock Knock"...
- 1944] "Happy Trails": Baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis dies from natural causes at 78...1974] Former U.N. Secretary-General U Thant dies from lung cancer at 65...1987] Chicago's first black mayor, Harold Washington dies of a heart attack at 65...
- 1947] Hollywood 10: Movie studio executives meeting in New York agree to blacklist the "Hollywood 10" who were cited a day earlier and jailed for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee...
- 1963] Laid to rest: The body of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery...
- 1980] No mas, no mas: Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Roberto Duran for the welterweight crown after Duran pleads "no mas, no mas" in the 8th round, ending the fight...
- 1986] An affair to remember: The Iran-Contra affair erupts as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese reveal that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels...
- 1999] Elian gets his 15 minutes: 6-year old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez is rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida. The saga of Elian begins...
- 2002] Colors of the rainbow follow: President Bush signs legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security and appoints Tom Ridge to be its head...
- 2003] Guilty as charged: Yemen arrests Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, a top al-Qaida member suspected of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Al-Ahdal is later convicted and sentenced to 37 months in prison. Who was the judge, Lance Ito??? For more on November 25th: C L I C K:
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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