25TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MOSES THE MARTYR; & ST
MERCURIUS OF CAESAREA." |
| 25TH |
1864 |
A CONFEDERATE PLOT TO BURN NEW YORK CITY FAILS. |
| 25TH |
1867 |
"ALFRED NOBLE" INVENTS
DYNAMITE. |
| 25TH |
1884 |
EVAPOURATED MILK WAS PATENTED BY "JOHN B.
MAYENBERG" OF ST LOUIS, MISSOURI." |
| 25TH |
1910 |
THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT IS ASSENTED TO,
CREATING THE COMMONWEALTH NAVAL FORCES. |
| 25TH |
1910 |
AUSTRALIAN WIRELESS CO. ESTABLISHES A SHORE STATION IN
SYDNEY, CREATING COMMUNICATIONS WITH SHIPS AT SEA. |
| 25TH |
1913 |
"WOODROW WILSON’S"
DAUGHTER "JESSIE" MARRIES IN THE WHITE HOUSE. |
| 25TH |
1930 |
690 EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS RECORDED IN ONE DAY IN ITO, JAPAN. |
| 25TH |
1933 |
FIRST SOVIET LIQUID ROCKET ATTAINS A
HEIGHT OF 80 METRES. |
| 25TH |
1947 |
NEW ZEALAND ACCEDES TO STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER, BECOMING A
DOMINION. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
IN THE U.S., BLACK BUS PASSENGER,
"ROSA PARKS" IS ARRESTED IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, FOR REFUSING TO GIVE UP HER
SEAT TO A WHITE WOMAN. |
| 25TH |
1961 |
THE "EVERLY BROTHERS" ENLIST IN THE U.S. MARINES,
INITIALLY FOR SIX MONTHS SERVICE. |
| 25TH |
1963 |
"JOHN F. KENNEDY" IS LAID TO
REST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. |
| 25TH |
1966 |
THE FIRST SATELLITE TELECAST IN AUSTRALIA WHEN THE BBC
TRANSMIT THEIR TEST PATTERN FROM CARNARVON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, TO BRITAIN. |
| 25TH |
1969 |
"JOHN LENNON" RETURNS HIS MBE
IN PROTEST AT BRITAIN’S INVOLVEMENT IN BIAFRA, & FOR SUPPORTING THE U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM. |
| 25TH |
1971 |
LATE NIGHT SHOPPING INTRODUCED IN VICTORIA. |
| 25TH |
1977 |
"DAVID STEED" BALANCED ON HIS
STATIONARY BICYCLE FOR 9 HOURS 15 MINUTES. |
| 25TH |
1978 |
AMERICAN AIRLINES DC-10 CRASHES ON TAKE-OFF FROM CHICAGO,
KILLING 275. |
| 25TH |
1981 |
"PAT O’SHANE" BECAME THE
FIRST ABORIGINAL & THE FIRST WOMAN TO HEAD A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT IN AUSTRALIA WHEN
SHE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE "NSW DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS." |
| 25TH |
1983 |
"ANTHONY J. BLACK" 31, STOLE THREE TONS OF GOLD
BULLION, DIAMONDS & TRAVELLERS CHEQUES FROM HIS EMPLOYER’S WAREHOUSE AT HEATHROW
AIRPORT. IT WAS VALUED AT ABOUT $38 MILLION. |
| 25TH |
1988 |
U.S. & SOVIET CHESS GRANDMASTERS,
"DONALDSON" & "AKHMILOVSKAYA" MARRY. |
| 25TH |
1989 |
BANNON LABOR GOVERNMENT RETAINS OFFICE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
WITH THE SUPPORT OF TWO INDEPENDENTS. |
| 25TH |
1990 |
"LECH WALESA" WINS POLANDS
FIRST POPULAR ELECTION. |
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