Today is Friday, Nov. 25, the 330th day of 2016. There are 36 days left in the year.
Today’s birthdays: Playwright Murray Schisgal is 90. Football Hall of Fame coach Joe Gibbs is 76. Author Ben Stein is 72. Actor John Larroquette is 69. Movie director Jonathan Kaplan is 69. Author Charlaine Harris is 65. Ballplayer Bucky “Bleeping’’ Dent is 65. Singer Amy Grant is 56. Actress Jill Hennessy is 47. Actress Christina Applegate is 45.
In 1920, radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play of a football game, between Texas University and the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
In 1947, movie executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the ‘‘Hollywood Ten,’’ who’d been cited for contempt of Congress the day before.
In 1963, the body of President Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery; his widow, Jacqueline, lighted an ‘‘eternal flame’’ at the gravesite.
In 1973, Albert DeSalvo, who admitted to being the Boston Strangler, responsible for 13 murders, was stabbed to death in Walpole state prison. He was 42.
In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
In 1999, 5-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida, setting off an international custody battle.
Last year, Vice President Joe Biden attended an urgent summit of European leaders in Zagreb, Croatia, focusing on tensions and security concerns over a surge of asylum-seekers.