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25 November 2023
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2013 - English-Irish boy band One Direction released their third studio album Midnight Memories which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2013.English–Irish boy band (2010–2016)
Anniversary
1984 - Band Aid, a supergroup consisting of more than 30 leading British and Irish pop musicians, recorded the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.1984 charity song by Band Aid
Anniversary
1981 - A group of Conservative members of Parliament wrote a letter outlining their opposition to the economic policy of Margaret Thatcher, leading to speculation over a split from the party.Group of British Conservative Party backbench MPs
Anniversary
1975 - Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier (pictured) became its first president.President of Suriname from 1975 to 1980
Anniversary
1970 - After failing to instigate a military coup to restore the powers of the Emperor of Japan, author Yukio Mishima and a member of his militia committed ritual suicide.Attempted coup d'état in Japan on November 25, 1970, by writer Yukio Mishima
Historical events
History
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.2009 natural disaster in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
History
2008 - Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.Tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean
History
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.6.8 earthquake in Baku, Azerbaijan
History
1999 - A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.Cuban boy in 2000 international custody dispute
History
1992 - The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.Legislature of Czechoslovakia from 1969 to its dissolution in 1992
History
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.Pacific typhoon
History
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.1985–1987 political scandal in the U.S.
History
1986 - The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.Road connection between Khobar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
History
1985 - A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21.Aerial warfare branch of the Soviet Union's armed forces
History
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.Area of London, England
Notable births
Born
2000 - Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Born
2000 - Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis playerSlovenian tennis player (born 2000)
Born
1997 - Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
Born
1993 - Danny Kent, English motorcycle racerBritish motorcycle racer (born 1993)
Born
1991 - Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey playerGerman ice hockey player (born 1991)
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, Spanish Roman Catholic bishop (born 1949)Spanish Catholic bishop (1949–2025)
Died
2024 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer (born 1929)American evangelist and Christian writer (1929–2024)
Died
2023 - Terry Venables, English football player and manager (born1943)English football player and manager (1943–2023)
Died
2020 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player (born 1960)Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
Died
2016 - Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (born 1926)Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2016
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated
Lunar age: 12.2 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
2.95 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius
Moon zodiac
Taurus
9.01 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.