In History, Today on November 25

Duncan I becomes King of Scotland following the death of Malcolm II.

The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, leading to the death of William Adelin, heir to the English throne.

The Battle of Montgisard occurs, where Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin.

The siege of Granada begins, marking the final phase of the Reconquista.

British forces captured Fort Duquesne from the French during the French and Indian War, renaming it Fort Pitt.

The last British troops leave New York City, marking the end of British occupation in the United States after the American Revolutionary War.

A cyclone caused the Coringa cyclone disaster in India, killing an estimated 300,000 people and destroying the port city of Coringa.

Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in the United States, revolutionizing construction and demolition industries.

The deadliest tornado in U.S. history, the Tri-State Tornado, strikes Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.

The Hollywood Ten were blacklisted by the film industry after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

Agatha Christie's play 'The Mousetrap' opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London, beginning the longest initial run of any play in history.

The funeral of John F. Kennedy took place in Washington, D.C., three days after his assassination.

Greek dictator George Papadopoulos was ousted in a military coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio to record 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, marking a significant moment in charity music.

The Iran-Contra affair became public as U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran were diverted to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The Czechoslovak Federal Assembly votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, effective January 1, 1993, peacefully dissolving Czechoslovakia.

U.S. President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act into law, creating the Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11 attacks.

Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko dies in London after being poisoned with polonium-210, leading to a major international investigation.

NASA launches the Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its rover Curiosity, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to explore the Gale Crater on Mars.

Fidel Castro, the former President of Cuba and revolutionary leader, dies at the age of 90, marking the end of an era in Cuban history.

The Kerch Strait incident occurred when Russian border patrol boats fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels attempting to pass through the Kerch Strait, escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.