November 25, 2010
Nacimientos:
1835 | Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist; devoted much of his wealth |
1844 | Karl Friedrich Benz, German motor car engineer |
1912 | Francis Durbridge, Playwright and author |
1914 | Joe Dimaggio, Legendary American baseball player |
1920 | Bernard Weatherill, Former ‘Speaker’ of the House Of Commons |
1946 | Bev Bevan, Drummer with the ‘Electric Light Orchestra’ |
1952 | Imran Khan, Former Pakistan cricket captain |
Acontecimientos:
1823 | The chain pier at Brighton was opened |
1937 | The first Quiz to be broadcast, an inter-regional spelling contest, took place |
1953 | Hungary beat England 6-3 at Wembley in London, the first ever foreign team to achieve an away win at the ground |
1953 | At the Ambassador Theatre in London, Agatha Christie’s long running play ‘The Mousetrap’ opened |
1963 | John F Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
1984 | In a London studio ‘Band Aid’ recorded ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, in aid of charities |