Today in History for 25th November 2017:
Historical Events
1867 – US Congress commission looks into “impeachment” of President Andrew Johnson
1977 – David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1981 – Pope John Paul II names Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger “Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith”
1983 – Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
1987 – India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
2013 – Disney release “Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media 2015, 2014 Billboard Album of the Year)
Famous Birthdays
1501 – Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1924 – Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist
1926 – Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
1947 – Linda Laflamme, rocker
1959 – Steve Rothery, Brampton, guitarist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1965 – Jeff Norton, Acton, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
Famous Deaths
1700 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
1885 – Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85), dies at 27
1964 – Clarence Kolb, American actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90
1973 – Albert DeSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed to death in prison
1974 – U Thant, Burmese politician and 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65
1991 – Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella), dies at 86