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25 November 2008 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 November 2008 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Live Your Life” by T.I. featuring Rihanna.
- Top Film of 2008
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2008 was The Dark Knight.
- Bestselling Novel of 2008
- “The Appeal” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2008.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2008–09 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 November 2008 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 November 2008 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 25 November
- 1984 Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1986 The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 1992 The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
- 1999 A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elián González, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
Famous people born on November 25
- John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (1960–1999)
- Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer (born 1981)
- Christina Applegate, American actress (born 1971)
- Joel Kinnaman, Swedish actor (born 1979)
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Events of 2008 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2008 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 24 – The 80th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, take place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, with the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men winning four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- May 2 – Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau, is released by Marvel Studios as the first film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the first film of its "Phase One" slate.
- June 13 – The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier, is released as the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2008
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$3.25
Loaf of Bread
$1.37
Average House
$292,600
Weekly Wage
$695
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