On this day: 25 November

Selected events and births on 25 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1795 – Stanisław II Augustus, the last king of Poland, was forced to abdicate after the Third Partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Read more: Stanisław August Poniatowski List of Polish monarchs Partitions of Poland
• 1885 – Banff National Park, the oldest national park in Canada, was established as the Banff Hot Springs Reserve. Read more: Banff National Park
• 1901 – Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 premiered in Munich. Read more: Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) Munich
• 1975 – Upon Suriname's independence from the Netherlands, Johan Ferrier became its first president. Read more: Johan Ferrier President of Suriname
• 1981 – A group of Conservative members of Parliament wrote a letter outlining their opposition to the economic policy of Margaret Thatcher, leading to speculation over a split from the party. Read more: Gang of 25 Margaret Thatcher
• 2013 – English-Irish boy band One Direction released their third studio album Midnight Memories which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2013. Read more: One Direction Midnight Memories Billboard 200

Born on this day

• 1940 – Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal Read more: Shyamal Kumar Sen List of governors of West Bengal
• 1948 – Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of Quebec Read more: Jacques Dupuis (politician) Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1957 – Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland Read more: Bob Ehrlich Governor of Maryland
• 1988 – Jay Spearing, English footballer Read more: Jay Spearing
• 1990 – Stephanie Hsu, American actress Read more: Stephanie Hsu
• 1991 – Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player Read more: Philipp Grubauer
• 1992 – Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player Read more: Ana Bogdan
• 1993 – Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer Read more: Danny Kent
• 1997 – Dennis Smith Jr., American basketball player Read more: Dennis Smith Jr.
• 2000 – Talen Horton-Tucker, American basketball player Read more: Talen Horton-Tucker
• 2000 – Kaja Juvan, Slovenian tennis player Read more: Kaja Juvan
• 2002 – Pedri, Spanish footballer Read more: Pedri

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