Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/November 25
Births
[edit]- 1835 - Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919) (pictured)
- 1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
- 1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
- 1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Augusto Pinochet, 30th President of Chile (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
- 1960 - John F. Kennedy Jr., American publisher (d. 1999)
Deaths
[edit]- 1968 - Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and writer (b. 1878)
- 1974 - U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (b. 1909)
- 1981 - Jack Albertson, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1998 - Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
- 2016 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician (b. 1926)