DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Thursday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2021. There are 36 days left in the year. Today is Thanksgiving.
On this date:
1783: The British evacuated New York during the Revolutionary War.
1835: American industrialist Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
1947: Movie studio executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the “Hollywood Ten” who’d been cited for contempt of Congress the day before.
1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke.
1961: The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, was commissioned.
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.
1987: Harold Washington, the first Black mayor of Chicago, died in office at age 65.
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.
2001: As the war in Afghanistan entered its eighth week, CIA officer Johnny “Mike” Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-sharif, becoming America’s first combat casualty of the conflict.
2002: President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security, and appointed Tom Ridge to be its head.
2009: Toyota said it would replace the gas pedals on 4 million vehicles in the United States because the pedals could get stuck in the floor mats and cause sudden acceleration.
2014: President Barack Obama sharply rebuked protesters for racially charged violence in Ferguson, Missouri, saying there was no excuse for burning buildings, torching cars and destroying other property in response to the police shooting death of Michael Brown.
Actor Kathryn Crosby is 88. Actorgame show host Ben Stein is 77. Actor John Larroquette is 74. “Dancing With The Stars” judge Bruno Tonioli is 66. Singer Amy Grant is 61. Singer Mark Lanegan of Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees is 57. Drummer Scott Mercado of Candlebox is 57. Singer Tim Armstrong of Rancid is 56. Actor
Steve Harris (“Friday Night Lights”) is 56. Actor Billy Burke (“Twilight” films) is 55. Singer Stacy Lattisaw is 55. Guitarist Rodney Sheppard of Sugar Ray is 55. Rapper-producer Erick Sermon of EPMD is 53. Actor Jill Hennessy (“Law & Order”) is 52. Actor Christina Applegate is 50. Actor
Eddie Steeples (“My Name Is Earl”) is 48. Actor Kristian Nairn (“Game of Thrones”) is 46. Actor Jill Flint (“The Good Wife”) is 44. Actor Jerry Ferrara (“Entourage”) is 42. Actor Valerie Azlynn (“Sullivan and Son”) is 41. Actor
Katie Cassidy (“Arrow”) is 35. Actor
Stephanie Hsu (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) is 31. Contemporary Christian singer Jamie Grace is 30.