11-25-2006, 05:53 AM
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November 25th
1783 ~ American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1844 ~ Birthday of Karl Benz, Engineer.
1913 ~ Birthday of Lewis Thomas, Physician & Essayist.
1926 ~ Birthday of Poul Anderson, Science Fiction writer.
1940 ~ Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the film "Knock Knock"
1947 ~ New Zealand ratified the Statute of Westminster and became independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
1968 ~ Death of Upton Sinclair, Journalist, Politician, Writer.
1973 ~ Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.
1986 ~ The Iran-Contra affair became public knowledge.
1999 ~ Six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida.
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