Today is Wednesday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2009. There are 36 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On Nov. 25, 1783, the British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.

On this date:

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

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

• In 1963, the body of President John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Noel Neill is 89. Playwright Murray Schisgal is 83. Actress Kathryn Crosby is 76. Actor Matt Clark is 73. Playwright Shelagh Delaney is 70. Singer Percy Sledge is 69.

Thought for Today: “Self is the only prison that can ever bind the soul.”—Henry van Dyke, American clergyman (1852-1933).