1986In Washington, new details about the Iran-Contra affair engulf President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese reveal profits from secret arms sales to Iran have been diverted to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1783British forces evacuate New York, their last military position in United States during the revolutionary war.

1999Off the Florida coast, fishermen rescue Elian Gonzalez after he survived a shipwreck, while trying to reach the US with his mother. An international custody battle's soon unfold between Elian’s father in Cuba and the boy’s Miami relatives. The following year, the US government removes Elian from those relatives and returns him to his father.

And 1914“You know, you’re not only doing it for yourself, but for fans."Joe DiMaggio, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and center fielders is born in Martinez, California.

Today in History, November 25th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.