Today is Tuesday, November 25, the 330th day of 2008. There are 36 days left in the year.
1867 _ Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1930 _ 690 earthquake shocks recorded in one day (Ito, Japan)
1933 _ First Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 feet (80m)
1960 _ First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wash.
1963 _ JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,
1980 _ Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
1983 _ World's greatest robbery _ 5,000,000 pounds sterling of gold, Heathrow, England
1986 _ Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1988 _ Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
1990 _ Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election