HISTORY At A Glance

TODAY is Friday, November 25, the 329th day of 2022. There are 36 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:

1935 King George II returns to Greece as

monarch.

1936 Germany and Japan sign antiComintern pact.

1952 Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap” opened in London. Still playing to audiences today, it holds the record for the longest continuous run of any show in the world.

1963 US President John F. Kennedy was buried with full military honours at Arlington National Cemetery, three

days after his assassination.

1974 The Burmese diplomat U Thant died. He became UN secretary-general after the death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961, and held the post until 1971.

1997 Malawi’s former leader, Kamuzu Banda, died aged 99. As Hastings Banda, he became president in 1966 and proclaimed himself ruler for life in 1971. He was defeated in 1994 in Malawi’s first democratic election.

1999 Six-year-old Cuban Elian Gonzalez survives smuggling boat shipwreck on its way to the United States, sparking a controversial custody case between the two countries.

2004 The dominant Palestinian political faction, Fatah, approved Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate to succeed Yasser Arafat, who had died on Nov. 11.

2005 Richard Burns, the only Englishman to win the world rally championship, died of a brain tumour at the age of 34.