Today is Friday, November 25, the 329th day of 2011. There are 36 days left in the year.
1834 ― Delmonico's, one of N.Y.'s finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee and half a pie for 12 cents
1841 ― 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1867 ― Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1884 ― John B. Meyenberg of St. Louis patents evaporated milk
1930 ― 690 earthquake shocks recorded in one day (Ito Japan)
1933 ― First Soviet liquid rocket attains altitude of 261 feet (80meters)
1960 ― First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wash.
1963 ― JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,
1986 ― Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arm deal
1990 ― Lech Walesa wins in Poland's first popular election