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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(New_York)" title="Evacuation Day (New York)">Evacuation Day</a></b> in New York City (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1783" title="1783">1783</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1034" title="1034">1034</a> – After <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_II_of_Scotland" title="Malcolm II of Scotland">Malcolm II of Scotland</a></b> died at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glamis" title="Glamis">Glamis</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_I_of_Scotland" title="Duncan I of Scotland">Duncan</a></b>, the son of his second daughter, rather than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbeth,_King_of_Scotland" title="Macbeth, King of Scotland">Macbeth</a>, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scottish_monarchs" title="List of Scottish monarchs">King of Scots</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491" title="1491">1491</a><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista" title="Reconquista">Reconquista</a></i>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_War" title="Granada War">Granada War</a></b> was effectively brought to an end with the signing of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Granada_(1491)" title="Treaty of Granada (1491)">Treaty of Granada</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Monarchs_of_Spain" title="Catholic Monarchs of Spain">Castile-Aragon</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Granada" title="Emirate of Granada">Emirate of Granada</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banff_National_Park" title="Banff National Park">Banff National Park</a></b>, the oldest national park in Canada, was established as the Banff Hot Springs Reserve.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951" title="1951">1951</a> – The left-wing Japanese novelist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Kaji" title="Wataru Kaji">Wataru Kaji</a></b> disappeared, leading to a government inquiry in which <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Japan" title="CIA activities in Japan">CIA involvement was investigated</a></b>; Kaji stated he was kidnapped and held against his will by intelligence officers, which the United States denied.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – English-Irish boy band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Direction" title="One Direction">One Direction</a> released their third studio album <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Memories" title="Midnight Memories">Midnight Memories</a></b></i> which debuted at number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and became the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_of_2013" title="List of best-selling albums of 2013">best-selling album of 2013</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osanna_of_Cattaro" title="Osanna of Cattaro">Osanna of Cattaro</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1493); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Fenwick" title="Enoch Fenwick">Enoch Fenwick</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1827); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lightfoot_Flournoy_(politician)" title="Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (politician)">Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1846); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Best" title="George Best">George Best</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2005)</p>