Today in HistoryToday is Friday, November 25, the 329th day of 2005. There are 36 days left in the year.

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In 1758, in the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne in present-day Pittsburgh.

In 1783, the British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.

In 1881, Pope John XXIII was born Angelo Roncalli near Bergamo, Italy.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY“Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.” — Henry van Dyke, American clergyman (1852-1933).