November 25th, 1963:

Three days after his slaying in Dallas, the body of President John F. Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

1986:

In 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 had been diverted to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

1783:

British forces evacuate New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.

1999:

Off the Florida coast, fishermen rescue Elian Gonzalez, after he survived a shipwreck while trying to reach the U.S. with his mother.

An international custody battle soon unfolds between Elian's father in Cuba and the boy's Miami relatives.

The following year, the U.S. government removes Elian from those relatives and returns him to his father.

And, 1914:

Joe DiMaggio, one of baseball's greatest hitters and center fielders, is born in Martinez, California.

Today in History, November 25th,________,The Associated Press.