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November 25: Evacuation Day in New York City (1783)

Moraine Lake at Banff National Park

 1034 – After Malcolm II of Scotland died at Glamis, Duncan, the son of his second daughter,
rather than Macbeth, the son of his eldest daughter, inherited the throne to become the King of
Scots.
 1491 – Reconquista: The Granada War was effectively brought to an end with the signing of
the Treaty of Granada between Castile-Aragon and the Emirate of Granada.
 1885 – Banff National Park (pictured), the oldest national park in Canada, was established as
the Banff Hot Springs Reserve.
 1951 – The left-wing Japanese novelist Wataru Kaji disappeared, leading to a government
inquiry in which CIA involvement was investigated; Kaji stated he was kidnapped and held
against his will by intelligence officers, which the United States denied.
 2013 – English-Irish boy band One Direction released their third studio album Midnight
Memories which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling
album of 2013.
 Osanna of Cattaro (b. 1493)
 Enoch Fenwick (d. 1827)
 Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (b. 1846)
 George Best (d. 2005)
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