· THAT DAY · NOVEMBER 25, 1981 · NO. 44 ·
November 25, 1981
Wednesday · 44 years ago today
“Some days are just meant to be remembered.”
News Headlines
The New York Times
All The News That's Fit to Print
The alliance announced new restrictions on aid to refugees streaming across the borders. Officials cautioned that humanitarian assistance.
Microsoft trial enters second week as prosecutors detail evidence of monopolistic practices.
Local officials report broad consensus on appropriations measure; committee meets later this week to reconcile differences.
Technology shares led the broader market higher as investors poured cash into Internet stocks. Analysts predict continued growth.
Wall Street closes at record highs for seventh consecutive trading session.
Top Global Headlines
- 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.
- 2008: Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
- 2000: The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0 kills 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, being the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
- 1999: A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
Weather in New York
39°F
Partly Cloudy
- High
- 39°F
- Low
- 29°F
- Humidity
- 61%
- Wind
- 21 km/h
Music
Billboard #1 (This Week)
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
Physical
Olivia Newton-John
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Movies
Top Box Office (This Week)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Academy Award (1981)
Gandhi
Top Box Office (This Week)
The Evil Dead
Top Box Office (This Week)
Beau Pere
Top Box Office (This Week)
Possession
Born on This Day
You share your birthday with
Xabi Alonso
Spanish football manager and player (born 1981)
Pedri
Spanish footballer (born 2002)
Katie Cassidy
American actress (born 1986)
Keep this day forever.
Write a note, pick a postcard style, then save it or send it into the sea — for a stranger to find one day.
25
NOV
1981
1981
A day worth remembering ✦
November 25, 1981
Wed · 39°F Partly Cloudy · New York
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