History in 25th Nov

Andrew Carnegie born

Industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie is born in Dunfermline, Scotland. Carnegie immigrated to Allegheny, Pennsylvania with his family in the 1840s, where he later got a job working for a railroad. Carnegie is best known for founding Carnegie Steel Company, and for later selling his company to fund significant philanthropy across the United States and Europe.
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Battle of Missionary Ridge

Union forces led by Major General Ulysses Grant decisively defeat the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, ending the Siege of Chattanooga.
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British troops leave New York

Three months after the Treaty of Paris is signed, British troops leave New York City after a seven-year occupation.