^B{^#!16!25 November^N! Feast day of St Moses the Martyr and St Mercurius of Caesarea.
^B{1884^B} Evaporated milk was patented by John Mayenberg of St Louis, Missouri. ^B{1937^B} An inter-regional spelling competition became the first British quiz program to be broadcast. ^B{1941^B} HMS ^I{Barham^I} was sunk, with the loss of 868 lives. ^B{1952^B} The longest-running play, ^I{The Mousetrap^I} by Agatha Christie, opened in London, at the Ambassador's Theatre. ^B{1969^B} In protest against Britain's involvement in Biafra and support of US involvement in Vietnam, John Lennon returned his MBE. ^B{1975^B} Surinam, formerly called Dutch Guiana, became a fully independent republic. ^B{1991^B} Winston Silcott became the first of the 'Tottenham Three', convicted for the 1985 killing of a policeman in Tottenham, North London, UK, to have his conviction overturned.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Andrew Carnegie, US industrialist and philanthropist, ^B{1835^B}; Carl Benz, German engineer and automobile manufacturer, ^B{1844^B}; Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator, ^B{1915^B}; Ricardo Montalban, US film actor, ^B{1920^B}; Imran Khan Niaz, Pakistani cricketer, ^B{1952^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Isaac Watts, English hymn writer, ^B{1748^B}; Bojangles (Bill Robinson), US tapdancer and entertainer, ^B{1949^B}; Myra Hess, British pianist, ^B{1965^B}; Upton Sinclair, US novelist, ^B{1968^B}; Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist, ^B{1970^B}; Anton Dolin, British dancer and choreographer, ^B{1983^B}.
