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November 25

3 sourced moments from November 25 in history: A great earthquake leveled the Beqaa Valley near Lebanon and Syria (1759); Einstein finished general relativity on 25 November 1915; and Greece's 1973 coup ousted Papadopoulos for liberalising.

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3 things happened on November 25

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1973 History · Modern

Greece's 1973 coup ousted Papadopoulos for liberalising

On 25 November 1973 Greece's military-police chief deposed the junta's own dictator — for moving toward elections too fast. Eight months later, the regime collapsed.

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1915 Science · Physics

Einstein finished general relativity on 25 November 1915

Einstein's final field equations reached the Berlin academy five days after Hilbert's — but Hilbert's own proofs show who really got there first.

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1759 Earth & Climate · Natural Disasters

A great earthquake leveled the Beqaa Valley near Lebanon and Syria

On November 25, 1759, a magnitude-7.4 shock tore along a fault in the Beqaa Valley, flattening villages and toppling the ancient columns of Baalbek.

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