511 – Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
1026 – Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies
1836 – Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, dies at 78
1978 – Harvey Milk, American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48
1988 – John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), dies of kidney failure at 82
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2007 – Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil’s Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
2015 – Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85
2017 – Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
2023 – Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers – “Ester Clavin”; Outland; Sex and the City – “Bunny”), dies at 93
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Historical Events for 27th November 2025
1926 – KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1954 – Andrew Schwartz and Dorothy Fields’ musical “By the Beautiful Sea”, starring Shirley Booth, closes at the Theatre, NYC, after 270 performances
1977 – CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Montreal Alouettes beat Edmonton Eskimos, 41-6; record Grey Cup crowd 68,318; game referred to as the ‘Ice Bowl’; Dan Sweet record 23 points
1978 – San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White at City Hall
1982 – Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1986 – Europa TV, a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
1991 – Cuban poet and journalist María Elena Cruz Varela is sentenced to two years in prison for calling for the democratization of Fidel Castro’s regime as leader of the group Critirio Alternativo (Alternative Criteria)
2000 – Norway opens the Laerdal Tunnel, linking Oslo and Bergen, the world’s longest road tunnel at 15.3 miles (24.6 kilometers)
Today in History for 27th November 2025
Historical Events
1815 – City of Kraków (Poland) declared a free republic state by the Congress of Vienna
1826 – English chemist John Walker invents friction matches
1920 – First American superhero film, “The Mark of Zorro,” directed by Fred Niblo and starring Douglas Fairbanks, is released in New York
1963 – The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg
1971 – Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
Famous Birthdays
1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk], Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, born in Mala Ilovytsya, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1971)
1898 – Fredric Warburg, British publisher (Animal Farm) and author, born in Paddington, London (d. 1981)
1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American TV host (Howdy Doody), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1998)
1932 – Benigno Aquino Jr, Philippine opposition leader who was assassinated, born in Concepcion, Philippines (d. 1983)
1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American politician, Governor of Minnesota (2003-11), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Famous Deaths
1899 – Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest and poet, dies at 69
1930 – Johnny Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 4 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 57
1968 – Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, dies at 85
1973 – Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86
2024 – Maria Alexandru, Romanian table tennis player (World C’ship gold women’s doubles 1961, 1973, 1975), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2025
1126 – Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated
1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77
1940 – Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, English newspaper (Daily Mail and Daily Mirror), dies at 72
1978 – Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), kills himself after shooting his sons at 52
1987 – Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71
2003 – Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
2006 – Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
2012 – Stephanie Forrester, American fictional character in daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful”, played by Susan Flannery, dies of cancer at 69
2022 – Louise Tobin, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Ziggy Elman), dies at 104
2022 – Brian Hogan, English rugby league forward (5 Tests; St. Helens, Wigan, Bradford Northern, Widnes), dies at 74
Historical Events for 26th November 2025
1791 – First US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.
1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the longest aqueduct in the UK and the highest canal aqueduct in the world, carrying the Llangollen Canal 126 feet above the River Dee
1894 – King Lafia “Absalamu” of Nikki signs accord with France
1940 – Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
1953 – KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
1966 – 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
1990 – US proposes addition to UN resolution that would require Iraq’s withdrawal from Kuwait by January 1
1996 – Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
Today in History for 26th November 2025
Historical Events
1913 – Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
1917 – NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1941 – Lebanon independence first proclaimed by France
1945 – Charlie “Bird” Parker leads a recording session with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis for the Savoy label, marketed as the “greatest jazz session ever”
2018 – First multidrug randomized control trial to treat Ebola started in Democratic Republic of Congo announced by the WHO
Famous Birthdays
1436 – Princess Catherine of Portugal [Infanta Catarina], Portuguese princess, nun, writer, and daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1463)
1754 – Georg Forster, German writer, naturalist (A Voyage Round the World) and revolutionary, born in Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1794)
1928 – Don Tregonning, Australian tennis player and coach, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1973 – John Zimmerman, American pairs skater (with partner Steigler), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1987 – Summer Lee, American politician (1st back woman elected to Congress for Pennsylvania (D) 2023-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
666 – Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
1504 – Isabella I, Queen of Castile (1479-1504), patron of Christopher Columbus, who initiated the Spanish Inquisition with husband Ferdinand II of Aragon, dies at 53
1957 – Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
1994 – Nimrod Workman, American folk singer, dies at 99
2017 – Julia Mullock, American architect, artist, and (disputed) princess of Korea, dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 25th November 2025
1374 – Philip II of Taranto, Prince of Achaea (1364-73) and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1364-74), dies at about 44
1700 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 17th Mayor of New York City (1686-88), dies at 57
1830 – Pierre Rode, French composer, dies at 56
1894 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist, dies at 82
1916 – Inez Milholland, American suffragist (National Woman’s Party), labor lawyer and socialist, dies at 30 after suffering from pernicious anemia
1985 – Elsa Morante, Italian writer, dies at 73
1994 – Arthur Ballard, English artist, dies at 79
2006 – Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (Fred Buscaglione), and screenwriter, dies at 86
2010 – Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial and music video director, dies at 55
2013 – Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, dies of pneumonia at 77
Historical Events for 25th November 2025
1185 – Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85, dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli (Pope Urban III)
1659 – Michiel de Ruyter conquers Danish city Nyborg
1949 – “Texas, Li’l Darlin'” opens at the Mark Hellinger Theater in New York City for 293 performances
1960 – CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone and 2nd Mrs Burton) and cancels 4 other series
1980 – Military coup d’état in the Republic of Upper Volta overthrows the civilian government and abolishes the constitution in what is now Burkina Faso
1996 – Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade ends after 24 years
2001 – CFL Grey Cup, Olympic Stadium, Montreal: Calgary Stampeders claim their 5th Championship in team history; beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 27-19
2018 – Historic north Californian Camp Fire declared 100% contained with 85 dead, 249 missing, covering 153,000 acres with 14,000 homes burnt
Today in History for 25th November 2025
Historical Events
1949 – Gene Autry’s single “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” appears on music charts after songwriter Johnny Marks adapts a poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores
1973 – Bloodless military coup ousts Greek President George Papadopoulos
1979 – Revival of Frank Loesser’s 1956 musical “The Most Happy Fella” closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 53 performances
2012 – 100th CFL Grey Cup, Rogers Center, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders, 35-22; Argos owner David Braley first team boss to win back-to-back Grey Cups with 2 different teams (also 2011 champion BC Lions
2019 – Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany and Co. for over $16 billion
Famous Birthdays
1741 – Johann Christian Frischmuth, German composer, born in Schwabhausen, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1790)
1964 – Mark Lanegan, American grunge-rock singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees; Queens of the Stone Age), born in Ellensburg, Washington (d. 2022)
1967 – Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist (Sugar Ray), born in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
1971 – Dominic Cummings, English political strategist (Vote Leave campaign), born in Durham, England
1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish soccer midfielder (114 caps; Real Sociedad, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich), born in Tolosa, Spain
Famous Deaths
1785 – Richard Glover, British poet, dies at about 73
1939 – Wilfred Trotter, English surgeon who was a pioneer in neurosurgery, popularized the concept of herd instinct, and was an authority in cancers of the head and neck, dies at 67
1963 – Alexander Marinesko, Soviet captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, dies of cancer at 50
2010 – Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial and music video director, dies at 55
2024 – Earl Holliman, American actor (The Rainmaker; Police Woman; Tribes; Cry Panic), pop singer, and animal rights activist, dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 24th November 2025
1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (Les Chants de Maldoror), dies at 24
1898 – Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, dies at 70
1943 – Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Dutch aspiring poet who became an anti-fascist resistance fighter, murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp at 22
1943 – Doris Miller, American US Navy cook and Pearl Harbor hero (Navy Cross), killed in action in Battle of the Gilbert Islands at 24
1946 – László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor, dies of leukemia at 51
1953 – Robert Lightfoot, English Anglican theologist and exegetist (St John’s Gospel), dies at 70
2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
2011 – Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 81
2022 – Börje Salming, Swedish Hockey HOF defenseman (first European born and trained player to appear in 1,000 career NHL games; Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings; NHL All Star First Team 1977), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 71
2024 – Helen Gallagher, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan’s Hope – “Maeve”), dies at 98