TODAY IN HISTORY

1889

The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.

1903

Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”

1936

Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.

1963

President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1971

The People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.

1980

Some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.

1996

A commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.