November 25 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on November 25, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Topaz
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
How common
#359 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous November 25 birthdays
Nikolay Pirogov · Russian medical scientist1810
Andrew Carnegie · Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist1835
Carl Benz · German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer1844
Eça de Queiroz · Portuguese writer and diplomat1845
Pope John XXIII · Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 19631881
Nikolai Vavilov · Russian agronomist, botanist and geneticist1887
Anastas Mikoyan · Soviet revolutionary and statesman1895
Ludvík Svoboda · Czechoslovak general and politician1895
Joe DiMaggio · American baseball player1914
Augusto Pinochet · Chilean military officer and politician1915
Mauno Koivisto · President of Finland1923
Poul Anderson · American science fiction writer1926
Ben Stein · American actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist1944
John F. Kennedy Jr. · American attorney and magazine publisher1960
Christina Applegate · American actress1971
Joel Kinnaman · Swedish-American actor1979
Xabi Alonso · Spanish football manager and player1981
Gaspard Ulliel · French actor1984
Katie Cassidy · American actress and singer1986
Pedri · Spanish association football player2002
On this day in history
1863American Civil War: Confederate forces were defeated at the Battle of Missionary Ridge in Chattanooga, Tennessee, opening the door to the Union's invasion of the Deep South.
1952Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ended as American and South Korean units abandoned their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
1986Iran–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.
2013English-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.
1917World War I: German troops invaded Portuguese East Africa in an attempt to escape superior British forces to the north and resupply from captured Portuguese materiel.
1940The de Havilland Mosquito, one of the most successful military aircraft in the Second World War, made its first flight.
1975Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier became its first president.
1981A 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.
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