November 25 in History
November 25 is the birthday of Pedri (2002) and the anniversary of the death of Bernardo Álvarez Afonso (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for November 25, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Emperor Taizong of Liao was born in 902, while Pope Peter I of Alexandria died in 311.
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Famous people born on November 25
Famous people who died on November 25
2015
Elmo Williams (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American film/TV editor, producer, director (1913–2015)
2013
Ricardo Fort (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Argentine socialite, entrepreneur and television director
2013
Egon Lánský (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Czech politician, journalist, political commentator, spokesperson and columnist
What happened on November 25
- 2009
Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
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Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2000
The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0 kills 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, being the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1999
A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1992
The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1987
Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 265 km/h (165 mph) and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1986
Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1986
The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1985
A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1984
Thirty-six 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.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1981
Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1980
Sangoulé Lamizana, president of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Saye Zerbo.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1977
Former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1975
Coup of 25 November 1975, a failed military coup d'état by Portuguese far-left activists seeking to hijack the Portuguese transition to democracy to establish a communist regime.
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Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
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Editor's picks
Born on November 25
- 902 — Emperor Taizong of Liao (died 947)
- 1075 — Emperor Taizong of Jin (died 1135)
- 1454 — Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (died 1510)
Died on November 25
- 311 — Pope Peter I of Alexandria
- 734 — Bilge Khagan, Turkic emperor (born 683)
- 1034 — Malcolm II of Scotland (born 954)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for November 25
Quick answers
Who was born on November 25? Pedri (2002), Talen Horton-Tucker (2000), Kaja Juvan (2000).
Who died on November 25? Bernardo Álvarez Afonso (2025), Earl Holliman (2024), Terry Venables (2023).
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