Updated November 24, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Nov. 25, 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
On Nov. 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie, the industrialist and philanthropist who led the expansion of the American steel industry, was born. Following his death on Aug. 11, 1919, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1783 The British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States, during the Revolutionary War. 1914 Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, Calif. 1947 Movie studio executives agreed to blacklist the Hollywood 10, who were jailed a day earlier for contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. 1973 Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup. 1986 The Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels. 1987 Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died after suffering a heart attack in his City Hall office. 1999 Six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida. 2002 President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security. 2003 The Senate gave final congressional approval to Medicare legislation combining a new prescription drug benefit with measures to control costs before the baby boom generation reaches retirement age. 2003 Yemen arrested Mohammed Hamdi al-Ahdal, a top al-Qaida member suspected of masterminding the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker off Yemen’s coast. 2006 Israel and the Palestinians agreed to a cease-fire to end a five-month Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and the firing of rockets by Palestinian militants into the Jewish state. 2008 Football player Michael Vick pleaded guilty to a Virginia dogfighting charge and received a three-year suspended sentence. Current Birthdays
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Actress Christina Applegate turns 41 years old today.
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Actress Jill Hennessy turns 43 years old today.
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1940 Joe Gibbs, Hall of Fame football coach, turns 72 1940 Percy Sledge, R&B singer, turns 72 1944 Ben Stein, Actor, game show host, turns 68 1947 John Larroquette, Actor (“Night Court”), turns 65 1960 Amy Grant, Country-gospel singer, turns 52 1981 Barbara Bush, Daughter of President George W. Bush, turns 31 1981 Jenna Bush, Daughter of President George W. Bush, turns 31 Historic Birthdays
Andrew Carnegie 11/25/1835 – 8/11/1919 Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist.Go to obituary »
72 Lope de Vega 11/25/1562 – 8/27/1635
Spanish dramatist59 Henrietta Maria de Bourbon 11/25/1609 – 9/10/1669
French wife of King Charles I of England94 John Bigelow 11/25/1817 – 12/19/1911
American diplomat, author and editor of Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography64 Carry Nation 11/25/1846 – 6/9/1911
American temperance advocate35 Joe Gans 11/25/1874 – 8/10/1910
American boxer81 John XXIII 11/25/1881 – 6/3/1963
Italian pope (1958-63)76 Joseph Krutch 11/25/1893 – 5/22/1970
American naturalist and author92 Virgil Thomson 11/25/1896 – 9/30/1989
American composer, conducter and music critic80 Lewis Thomas 11/25/1913 – 12/3/1993
American physician and essayist84 Joe DiMaggio 11/25/1914 – 3/8/1999
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