Unforgettable Moments on November 25th

In this video, we're going to take a look at some memorable moments on November 25th in history.
November 25th is a day that deserves to be remembered! Thanks for watching!

1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Christopher Columbus

1715 First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn

1741 Elizabeth of Russia seizes power in a coup with the aid of Imperial Russian guards in Saint Petersburg, Russia

1758 Britain captures Fort Duquesne (later Fort Pitt/Pittsburgh) from French

1783 Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United States

1792 Benjamin Banneker first publishes his Farmer's Almanac

1817 First sword swallower in US performs (NYC)

1841 35 survivors of the mutiny on the slave ship Amistad return to Africa

1864 Confederate plot to burn New York city fails

1867 US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson

1874 The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.

1876 Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.

1884 John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk

1885 Banff National Park, Canada's first national park established as Rocky Mountains Park, Alberta

1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis

1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

1905 Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set, by advertising a $8.50 set in the "Scientific American" which claimed to receive signals for up to one mile

1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)

1922 Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan becomes Regent of Japan in his ailing father's stead

1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock”

1947 The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies

1949 Gene Autry's single "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts; songwriter Johnny Marks adapted poem written by his brother-in-law Robert L. May for Montgomery Ward department stores

1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states

1960 First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wa

1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery

1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time

1973 US cuts maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure

1976 Viking 1 radio signals from Mars help prove the general theory of relativity

1979 Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast a game together for the first time, a pairing that lasts 22 years and becomes one of the most well-known partnerships in TV sportscasting history

1984 William Schroeder is second person to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart

1986 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arms deal

1986 Oliver North's secretary, Fawn Hall, smuggles documents out of his office

1990 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's first popular election

2013 Disney releases “Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2015, 2014 Billboard Album of the Year)

2014 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting

2017 Longest known frozen embryo to be successfully born is delivered in Tennessee - Emma Wren Gibson, frozen 24 years ago

2020 US President Donald Trump pardons former security advisor Michael Flynn, guilty of lying to the FBI

2021 India has more girls than boys for the first time in its history and its population boom is ending, according to new government survey