Born on November 25
November 25 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 25, you share a birthday with Pope John XXIII, Lope de Vega and Andrew Carnegie. November 25 babies are Sagittarius, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 25 is the 330th day of the year in leap years (329th in other years).
Famous people born on November 25
- 1881Pope John XXIII, Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
- 1562Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet
- 1835Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist
- 1844Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz
- 1981Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 1971Christina Applegate, American actress
- 2002Pedri, Spanish footballer
- 1895Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- 1887Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist
- 1986Katie Cassidy, American actress
What happened on November 25
- 1885Banff National Park, the oldest national park in Canada, was established as the Banff Hot Springs Reserve.
- 1901Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 premiered in Munich.
- 1905Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1915Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 1947McCarthyism: Executives from movie studios agreed to blacklist ten screenwriters and directors who were jailed for refusing to give testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- 1947New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- 1975Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier became its first president.
- 1975Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 1981Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- 1986The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 1992The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
- 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.
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 25?
People born on November 25 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 25?
Pope John XXIII (1881), Lope de Vega (1562), Andrew Carnegie (1835), Karl Benz (1844), Xabi Alonso (1981), Christina Applegate (1971) were all born on November 25.
What happened on November 25 in history?
Among other things: in 1986, The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf; in 1992, The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993; in 2013, English-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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 25?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 25 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 25”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.