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22nd of November 2025

22nd of November 2025 is the 326th day of the year.
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This day in history:

1718: Blackbeard Killed - ...more
1963: Assassination of President Kennedy - ...more
1968: Beatles Release White Album - ...more
1971: Cairngorm Climbing Tragedy - ...more
1990: Margaret Thatcher Resigns - ...more
1995: Rose West Sentenced - ...more
2003: England win Rugby World Cup - ...more
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British quote for the day:

When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. - W S Gilbert.

Born today:

Dugald Stewart - 1753, Thomas Cook - 1808, George Eliot - 1819, George Gissing - 1857, Cecil Sharp - 1859, Alfred Matthews - 1869, Harry Pollitt - 1890, Benjamin Britten - 1913, Pat Smythe - 1928, Peter Hall - 1930, Tom Conti - 1941, Robin Gibb - 1949.

Died today:

Martin Frobisher - 1594, Edward Thatch - 1718, Robert Clive - 1774, William Scott - 1890, Arthur Sullivan - 1900, William Roberts-Austen - 1902, Arthur Eddington - 1944, Alfred Mason - 1948, Aldous Huxley - 1963, C S Lewis - 1963, Anthony Burgess - 1993.

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Brit Quote:
The one haunting and exasperatingly lovable city in Scotland - Lewis Gibbon
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On this day:
Blackbeard Killed - 1718, Assassination of President Kennedy - 1963, Beatles Release White Album - 1968, Cairngorm Climbing Tragedy - 1971, Margaret Thatcher Resigns - 1990, Rose West Sentenced - 1995, England win Rugby World Cup - 2003
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