November 25

Today in History
• 1500 - Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Christopher Columbus
• 1667 - A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people
• 1715 - First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
• 1783 - Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United States
• 1792 - Benjamin Banneker first publishes his Farmer's Almanac
• 1867 - US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
• 1905 - Telimco makes the 1st ever advertisement for a radio set
• 1920 - 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Aura Awareness Day
• Blasé Day
• International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
• National Day of Bosnia and Herzigovina
• National Parfait Day
• National Play Day with Dad
• Shopping Reminder Day
• Suriname Independence Day

Birthdays
• 1454 - Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
• 1507 - Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, Praxis rerum criminalium
• 1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Portuguese Roman Catholic Queen of Charles II of England
• 1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (first law of thermodynamics)
• 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, steel tycoon, philanthropist
• 1844 - Karl Benz, German inventor, engine designer and automobile manufacturer
• 1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate who smashed hotels with a hatchet
• 1881 - John XXIII, Angelo Roncalli, Bergamo Italy, 261st pope, 1958-63