NOVEMBER 25
1952: Agatha Christie's murder mystery play The Mousetrap opens at Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End, featuring Richard Attenborough as Detective Sergeant Trotter. With over 25,000 performances to date, The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in modern history.
1940:Cartoon character Woody Woodpecker first appears with release of Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1984: Forty-four top musicians, including members of U2, Culture Club and Duran Duran, and the likes of David Bowie and Phil Collins, come together as Band Aid at a London studio to record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" The song, written by Bob Geldoff and Midge Ure, is released four days later in an effort to raise money for famine-stricken Ethiopia.
2002: In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush signs legislation to create the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with Tom Ridge as its first Cabinet-level secretary.
1975:Suriname: independent from Netherlands
1958:French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
1758:Name in honor of British statesman William Pitt - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is founded.
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