On this day: Band Aid record song | Branson balloon attempt scrapped

By The Newsroom
Published 25th Nov 2013, 00:00 BST
On this day in 1989: Richard Branson's attempt to balloon across the Pacific was scrapped 30 minutes before launch after damage was discovered in the balloon. Picture: TSPLOn this day in 1989: Richard Branson's attempt to balloon across the Pacific was scrapped 30 minutes before launch after damage was discovered in the balloon. Picture: TSPL
On this day in 1989: Richard Branson's attempt to balloon across the Pacific was scrapped 30 minutes before launch after damage was discovered in the balloon. Picture: TSPL
Events, birthdays and anniversaries from 25 November

2348BC: Some biblical scholars claim this as the day the Flood began.

1681: Commission from Charles II to Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns to form a regiment of horse, the Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons, later the Royal Scots Greys, originally for the suppression of the Covenanters.

1758: British forces captured Senegal.

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1823: The first pleasure pier, The Chain Pier, at Brighton, opened. When it closed, in 1896, £100 shares were worth a little over £13. Later that year, it was destroyed in a storm.

1875: Britain bought 176,602 shares in Suez Canal from Khedive of Egypt.

1882: To beat copyright pirates, Iolanthe, by Gilbert and Sullivan, was premiered in London and the United States, the first show to open simultaneously in both countries.