Today in History - History - November 25th

1867Alfred Nobel patents dynamite

1966Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club

1949Ted Williams, wins AL MVP

1500Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus

1983Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title

201226th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Beyoncé win

1177Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.

1979Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast a game together for the first time, a pairing that would last 22 years and become one of the most well-known partnerships in TV sportscasting history

1969John Lennon returns OBE to protest against UK's support for Vietnam War

1986Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal

1981Barbara and Jenna Bush, twin daughters of U.S. President George W. Bush

1971Christina Applegate, Hollywood, actress (Kelly-Married With Children)

1914"Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak), (d. 1999)

1940Joe Gibbs, Mocksville North Carolina, American football coach (Washington Redskins)

1902Eddie Shore, Fort Qu'Appelle Northwest Territories, NHL hall of famer

1960John F. Kennedy Jr, NYC, American lawyer, magazine publisher (George) and son of JFK

1835Andrew Carnegie, Dunfermline, Scottish/American industrialist/philanthropist

1881Pope John XXIII [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)

1987Actor Phil Hartman (39) weds former model Brynn Omdahl

1961Racing car driver Mario Andretti (21) weds high school sweetheart Dee Ann Hoch (19)

1991Author Douglas Adams (39) weds Jane Belson

1795US President William Henry Harrison (22) weds Anna Symmes (20) in North Bend, Ohio

1968Upton Beall Sinclair, US author (Jungle), dies at 90

1993Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76