On This Day
What Happened on November 25 in History
8 events that happened on November 25, oldest first. Every entry is written in our own words and links to its source.
Colonial America and the Revolution
1783
The last British troops left New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War.
New York had been in British hands since 1776. After the redcoats departed, General George Washington entered the city to cheering crowds.
Source: history.com
The Young Republic and the Civil War Era
1863
Union soldiers charged up Missionary Ridge and routed the Confederates at Chattanooga.
The assault completed a string of Union victories around Chattanooga. The Confederates were forced back into Georgia, ending their siege of the vital railroad junction.
Source: history.com
1876
U.S. troops destroyed Dull Knife's Cheyenne village in the Dull Knife Fight.
Soldiers under General Ranald Mackenzie attacked the camp on the Powder River headwaters. The raid was retaliation for the Army's defeat at the Little Bighorn earlier that year.
Source: history.com
The Early 1900s and the World Wars
1936
Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact in Berlin.
The two governments agreed to cooperate against the Communist International and to exchange information on its activities.
Source: avalon.law.yale.edu
The Cold War
1960
The Mirabal sisters, opponents of dictator Rafael Trujillo, were murdered.
Members of the Dominican Republic's secret police beat the three sisters and their driver to death, then pushed their car off a cliff to make the killings look like an accident.
Source: history.com
1963
President John F. Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
He was laid to rest with full military honors three days after his assassination in Dallas.
Source: history.com; archive.nytimes.com
1970
Japanese author Yukio Mishima took his own life after a failed call for a coup.
The celebrated novelist urged assembled servicemen to overthrow Japan's postwar constitution. When the soldiers did not respond, he died by ritual suicide.
Source: history.com
1986
The Iran-Contra affair broke open as officials revealed money diverted to the Contras.
Attorney General Edwin Meese announced that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had gone to Nicaraguan rebels. The disclosure came three weeks after a Lebanese magazine reported the secret arms sales.
Source: history.com; archive.nytimes.com