Wikipedia:Today's featured list/November 2025
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November 3
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A series of avisos were acquired by the German navies, beginning with the Prussian Navy in the 1840s, for use in a variety of roles, including as scouts, flagships for gunboat flotillas, and dispatch vessels. The first German aviso, SMS Preussischer Adler, was a packet steamer requisitioned for service during the First Schleswig War in 1848, though she returned to civilian duty after the war. Many of the vessels served as yachts for the royal and later imperial family. At the start of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the Prussians purchased Falke and requisitioned Pommerania. Grille engaged French forces in the Baltic during the war, but the rest of the fleet's avisos saw little activity in the conflict. The 1880s saw a significant aviso construction program that included two Blitz-class avisos, Greif, two Wacht-class avisos, and two Meteor-class avisos (three vessels pictured). (Full list...)
November 7
There are currently 42 operational stations on Singapore's Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, a series of local automated guideway transit lines spanning 26.5 kilometres (16.5 mi) and acting as a feeder service to the country's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. Conceptualised in 1991 and opened in 1999, there are currently three lines on the system: the Bukit Panjang LRT line (BPLRT), the Punggol LRT line (PGLRT), and the Sengkang LRT line (SKLRT). Of these, there are 13 stations on the BPLRT, 14 on the SKLRT, and 15 on the PGLRT. All stations are elevated, have wheelchair accessibility, and have fixed platform barriers. Four LRT stations interchange with MRT lines, being Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang (pictured), Sengkang, and Punggol. These four are also the only LRT stations connected to bus interchanges. Three stations are planned to interchange with upcoming MRT lines: Choa Chu Kang, Punggol, and Riviera. (Full list...)
November 10
The Billboard Latin Music Award for Reggaeton Album of the Year was an honor presented annually at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, a ceremony that recognizes "the most popular albums, songs, and performers in Latin music, as determined by the actual sales, radio airplay, streaming and social data that shapes Billboard's weekly charts". According to the magazine, the category was "created in response to the growing number of charting titles from the genre" of reggaeton. The accolade was first presented at the eleventh Billboard Latin Music awards in 2005 to Puerto Rican singer Daddy Yankee (pictured) for his album Barrio Fino (2004). Yankee also received the accolade at the 2006 and 2008 award ceremonies for his albums Barrio Fino: En Directo (2005) and El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007). Don Omar became the second and only other artist to win the award at the 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards, at which his album King of Kings (2006) was honoured. The category was discontinued and replaced in 2009 with the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year. (Full list...)
November 14
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King Christian IX of Denmark, known as the "father-in-law of Europe", ruled Denmark from 1863 to 1906. He and his queen consort, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, became the ancestors of many members of European royalty. Christian and Louise had three sons and three daughters together. Although Christian had an affectionate relationship with his daughters, he rejected his eldest son, Frederick, over political differences. After the start of Christian's reign as King of Denmark, Louise helped marry their children into royal families across Europe, including their daughter Princess Alexandra with Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and their daughter Princess Dagmar with Alexander, Tsarevich of Russia. Some of Christian and Louise's grandchildren became monarchs themselves. For example, Constantine I, Nicholas II, and George V reigned over Greece, Russia, and the United Kingdom, respectively. (Full list...)
November 17
The British mystery and crime television series Sherlock received numerous accolades. Sherlock is based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective novels and stories. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson. The series won the Peabody Award in 2011 for "A Study in Pink". Sherlock garnered forty-seven nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, including four BAFTA TV wins: Best Drama Series, Best Supporting Actor (Freeman and Andrew Scott), and the Audience Award. The series received thirty-nine Primetime Emmy nominations (with nine wins), including a win for Outstanding Television Movie (for "The Abominable Bride"). Cumberbatch and Freeman both won Emmys for their performances, as did Moffat for his screenwriting. (Full list...)
November 21
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The National Statuary Hall Collection holds statues donated by each of the 50 U.S. states, portraying notable persons in their respective histories. Displayed in the National Statuary Hall (pictured) and other parts of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., the National Statuary Hall Collection includes two statues from each state, except for Virginia, which currently has one, making a total of 99 statues. Congress established the National Statuary Hall on July 2, 1864. The first statue was installed in 1870 and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from each state. The National Statuary Hall Collection comprises 60 statues of bronze and 39 of marble. Several sculptors have created multiple statues for the collection, the most prolific being Charles Henry Niehaus, who sculpted eight statues currently and formerly in the collection. (Full list...)
November 24
The ICC Future Tours Programme (ICC FTP) is a schedule of international cricket tours and tournaments that structure the programme of cricket events for International Cricket Council (ICC) full members and associate members with One Day International status. The FTP schedules bilateral cricket tours with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home and once away over a period of 10 years, known as the "Ten Year Plan", since 2006. The FTP also schedules associate tri-nation series with the objective of each team playing each other at least once at home, once away, and once at a neutral venue, over a cycle of four years since 2019. Additionally, it has scheduled ICC tournaments over a period of four years, known as an "ICC Events cycle", since 2024. Each cycle consists of one men's Cricket World Cup, one women's Cricket World Cup, one ICC Champions Trophy, one ICC Women's Champions Trophy, two men's T20 World Cups and two women's T20 World Cups. (Full list...)
November 28
Arkansas has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives since it became a state in 1836, with the exception of the Civil War and Reconstruction period between 1861 and 1868. Each U.S. state, including Arkansas, periodically elects two senators to serve for six years at a time, and at least one House member, with the count being proportional to population, to serve for two years at a time. Arkansas's voting representation in the House began with one representative in the 25th United States Congress, and peaked from 1903 to 1953, when it had seven seats in the House. Arkansas has sent four members to the House (map of districts pictured) since 1963. While Arkansas politics was dominated by the Democratic Party from the 1870s to the 1960s, Arkansas's current delegation consists entirely of Republicans. (Full list...)