Historical Events for 25th November 2023

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1357 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1920 - WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1951 - Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1955 - Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, composed to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Boston Symphony, premieres, led by Charles Munch
1959 - Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical "Once Upon A Mattress", starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott, opens at Alvin Theater, NYC, after starting off-Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre, later moves to St. James
1972 - "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1981 - Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1983 - Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 - Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's first popular election
1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 performances

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