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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Nov. 25, 1952, the play "The Mousetrap," a murder mystery by Agatha Christie, first opened in London's West End; it is the longest continuously running show in history.
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• On this date:
• In 1783, the British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
• In 1881, Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli at Sotto il Monte, Italy.
• In 1908, the first issue of The Christian Science Monitor was published.
• In 1940, the cartoon character Woody Woodpecker made his debut in the animated short "Knock Knock."
• In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke.
• In 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an "eternal flame" at the gravesite.
• In 1973, Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted in a bloodless military coup.
• In 1982, on Thanksgiving Day, an arson fire broke out in downtown Minneapolis; the blaze destroyed an entire city block, but resulted in no injuries.
• In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
• In 1987, Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, died in office at age 65.
• In 1992, the movie "The Bodyguard," starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, was first released.
• In 1999, five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida, setting off an international custody battle.
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• Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security, and appointed Tom Ridge to be its head. Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the international space station, delivering one American and two Russians, and another girder for the orbiting outpost. Former State Department official Eugene V. Rostow died at age 89. Movie director Karel Reisz (rys),

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