Associated Press

On Nov. 25, 1783, the British evacuated New York during the Revolutionary War.

In 1915, a new version of the Ku Klux Klan, targeting blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants, was founded by William Joseph Simmons.

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a slight stroke.

In 1961, the first nuclear- powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, was commissioned.

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

In 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security.

In 2016, Fidel Castro, who embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half- century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90.