On This Day for November 25 - Japanese military base seized by Mishima Yukio, Diego Rivera is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. November 25 [Jarabe, detail from a mosaic by Diego Rivera, on the Teatro de los Insurgentes, Mexico City.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1886 Diego Rivera Mexican painter [Diego Rivera]( whose bold, large-scale [murals]( stimulated a revival of fresco painting in Latin America and whose wife, [Frida Kahlo]( was also an accomplished painter, died this day in 1957. [SEE ALL BORN ON THIS DAY]( [Mishima Yukio]( FEATURED EVENT 1970 Japanese military base seized by Mishima Yukio On this day in 1970, Japanese novelist [Mishima Yukio]( and four members of his Shield Society, a private army formed to preserve [Japan]( martial spirit, seized a military headquarters in [Tokyo]( and he later committed [seppuku](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement Advertisement MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Castro, Fidel] 2016: Cuban political leader [Fidel Castro]( who transformed his [country]( into the first [communist]( state in the [Western Hemisphere]( and became a symbol of communist revolution in [Latin America]( died at age 90. [George Best, 1970.] 2005: Irish-born [football]( (soccer) player [George Best]( who was one of the premier forwards in the game's history and an iconic figure of “Swinging London” during the 1960s, died in London. [Agatha Christie, 1946.] 2002: In London the [Agatha Christie]( play The Mousetrap celebrated its 50th anniversary with a royal gala, having opened on November 25, 1952, and this performance being its 20,807th. [Joe DiMaggio.] 1914: American [baseball]( player [Joe DiMaggio]( who was one of the best all-around players in the history of the game, was born. [Carry Nation.] 1846: American [temperance]( advocate [Carry Nation]( famous for using a hatchet to demolish barrooms, was born. [Suriname] 1975: [Suriname]( gained its independence from [the Netherlands](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1915 Augusto Pinochet president of Chile 1887 Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov Russian geneticist 1835 Andrew Carnegie American industrialist and philanthropist 1952 Imran Khan Pakistani cricket player and politician 1914 Joe DiMaggio American baseball player 1900 Rudolf Franz Höss German Nazi commandant [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2018 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](