November 25 - Band

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This Day In History

1120

The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.

1703

The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.

1783

The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1817
First sword swallower in US performs in New York City.

1864

A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.

1926

The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas

1952

Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.

1984

36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Famous Birthdays

1577

Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (d. 1629)

1666

Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (d. c. 1740)

1752

Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer, writer and music critic (d. 1814)

1835

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)

1844

Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)

1881

Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)

1909

P.D. Eastman, American children's author and screenwriter (d. 1986)

1914

Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)

1920

Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009)

1926

Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)

1941

Percy Sledge, American musician

1944

Ben Stein, American actor
1946
Marc Brown, American children's author
1951
Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1960
Amy Grant, American singer
1965
Dougray Scott, Scottish actor
1971
Christina Applegate, American actress
1976
Donovan McNabb, American football player
1986
Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress