Today In History

Today is Saturday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2017. There are 36 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1920: Radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a football game, between Texas University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. (Texas won, 7-3.)

ON THIS DATE

› 1783: The British evacuated New York during the Revolutionary War.

› 1864: During the Civil War, Confederate agents set a series of arson fires in New York; the blazes were quickly extinguished.

› 1963: The body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an “eternal flame” at the gravesite.

› 1999: Elian Gonzalez, a 5-year-old Cuban boy, was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida, setting off an international custody battle.

› 2002: President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security, and appointed Tom Ridge to be its head.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Playwright Murray Schisgal is 91. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 84. Actor Christopher Riordan is 80. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is 77. Singer Bob Lind is 75. Author, actor and economist Ben Stein is 73. Actor John Larroquette is 70. Actor Tracey Walter is 70. Author Charlaine Harris is 66. Retired MLB All-Star Bucky Dent is 66. Dance judge Bruno Tonioli (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 62. Singer Amy Grant is 57. Rock musician Eric Grossman (K’s Choice) is 53. Rock singer Mark Lanegan is 53. Rock singer-musician Tim Armstrong is 52. Actor Billy Burke is 51. Singer Stacy Lattisaw is 51. Rock musician Rodney Sheppard (Sugar Ray) is 51. Rapper-producer Erick Sermon is 49. Actress Jill Hennessy is 48. Actress Christina Applegate is 46. Actor Eddie Steeples is

44. Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb is 41. Actress Jill Flint is

40. Actor Jerry Ferrara is

38. Actor Joel Kinnaman is 38. Actress Valerie Azlynn is 37. Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager is 36. Actress Katie Cassidy is 31. Neo-soul musician Ben Griner (St. Paul & the Broken Bones) is 27. Contemporary Christian singer Jamie Grace is 26.