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Events in November 2025 19
1928 – 2025James Watson (1928-2025)Died 6 November 2025, aged 97American geneticist who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA.
1935 – 2025Dharmendra (1935-2025)Died 24 November 2025, aged 89Indian actor whose range and delivery made him one of Bollywood's reigning stars through the 1960s and 1970s, above all in Sholay.
1937 – 2025Tom Stoppard (1937-2025)Died 29 November 2025, aged 88Czech-born British playwright of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Arcadia, whose verbal brilliance and structural daring reshaped English theatre. He co-wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love.
1939 – 2025Robert A.M. Stern (1939-2025)Died 27 November 2025, aged 86American architect whose postmodern work drew on a wide range of historical styles across houses, towers, universities and cultural buildings.
1941 – 2025Dick Cheney (1941-2025)Died 3 November 2025, aged 84American politician who was the 46th vice president of the United States and, earlier, secretary of defense. As vice president he wielded exceptional power and divided opinion sharply.
1944 – 2025Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)Died 24 November 2025, aged 81Jamaican singer and songwriter who did more than almost anyone to bring reggae to a world audience, largely through The Harder They Come.
2025Grand Egyptian Museum officially opensThe largest archaeological museum in the worldThe Grand Egyptian Museum held its official opening ceremony on 1 November 2025. It is the largest archaeological museum in the world and holds the most extensive collection of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
2025Los Angeles Dodgers repeat as World Series championsA seven-game series over the Toronto Blue JaysThe Los Angeles Dodgers, led by Shohei Ohtani, beat the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games on 1 November 2025 to repeat as World Series champions.
2025India wins its first Women's Cricket World CupA first world title for the teamIndia won the Women's Cricket World Cup for the first time on 2 November 2025.
2025Typhoon Kalmaegi kills more than 200Landfall in the Philippines, then Vietnam and ThailandTyphoon Kalmaegi made landfall in the Philippines on 4 November 2025 and went on to strike Vietnam and Thailand, killing more than 200 people, most of them in the Philippines.
2025Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York CityA campaign built on affordabilityZohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on 4 November 2025. A little-known state assembly member when he launched his campaign, he defeated far better-known candidates on a promise to make the city more affordable.
2025Car blast near the Red Fort in Old DelhiMore than ten killedA powerful car blast near the Red Fort in Old Delhi on 10 November 2025 killed more than ten people, injured twenty and badly damaged surrounding infrastructure.
2025Longest US government shutdown ends after 43 daysA deal reopening and funding the governmentThe longest government shutdown in United States history ended on 12 November 2025 after 43 days. The deal included a Senate vote on Affordable Care Act tax credits, full back pay for furloughed workers, and funding for some agencies through September 2026.
2025The last United States penny is mintedA coin produced since 1793 discontinuedThe last penny was minted in the United States on 12 November 2025. First produced in 1793, the coin had become more expensive to make than its face value, with some 250 billion still in circulation.
2025Frida Kahlo painting sets a record for a woman artistEl sueno sells for $54.7 millionFrida Kahlo's El sueno (La cama), painted in 1940, sold for $54.7 million on 20 November 2025, the most expensive artwork by a woman ever sold at auction.
2025Legislation orders release of the Epstein filesThousands of pages from two criminal investigationsPresident Donald Trump signed legislation on 20 November 2025 ordering the release of the Epstein files, thousands of pages relating to two criminal investigations into sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein.
2025Hayli Gubbi erupts for the first time in 12,000 yearsAn Ethiopian volcano with no recorded eruptionThe Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupted on 23 November 2025, its first documented eruption in roughly 12,000 years.
2025Hong Kong apartment fire kills more than 150A blaze that burned for over forty hoursA fire broke out in a Hong Kong apartment complex on 26 November 2025 and burned for more than forty hours, killing over 150 people. Substandard construction materials were believed to have fuelled the blaze.
2025Tesla shareholders approve a $1 trillion package for Elon MuskOne of the largest in corporate historyTesla shareholders approved a compensation package worth up to $1 trillion for CEO Elon Musk on 26 November 2025, contingent on a decade of ambitious financial and operational targets.