Today in History: November 25, Elian Gonzalez rescued

Nowadays is Tuesday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year Nowadays in history On Nov Elian Gonzalez a -year-old Cuban boy was rescued by two sport fishermen off the coast of Florida setting off an international custody battle that eventually saw him repatriated to his father in Cuba Also on this date In following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War the last remaining British troops in the United States were evacuated from New York City Related Articles White House floats Obamacare subsidy plan Tyson s beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site Udo Kier striking German actor from My Own Private Idaho and Ace Ventura dies at Judge dismisses Comey James indictments In the USS Enterprise was commissioned it was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and remains the longest naval vessel ever built at feet In the body of President John F Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery after a funeral procession through Washington D C An estimated million people lined the somber procession track In the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Ronald Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels In as the war in Afghanistan entered its eighth week CIA officer Johnny Mike Spann was killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif that erupted while he was interviewing detainees becoming the first American combat casualty of the conflict In Fidel Castro who led his rebels to a victorious revolution in embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of U S presidents during his half-century of authoritarian rule in Cuba died at age In Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona died of a heart attack at age Maradona led Argentina to the World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity The present day s Birthdays Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is Actor John Larroquette is Dance judge Bruno Tonioli TV Dancing with the Stars is Musician Amy Grant is Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter is Rapper-producer Erick Sermon is Actor Jill Hennessy is Actor Christina Applegate is Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb is Television personality Jenna Bush Hager and twin sister Barbara Pierce Bush daughters of former President George W Bush are Soccer manager and former player Xabi Alonso is Actor Stephanie Hsu is