Born on November 25

German engineer and inventor, Karl Benz is considered the father of the automobile. In 1885, he built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first vehicle with an internal combustion engine recognized as a true automobile.

Portuguese novelist (1845-1900), a major figure of realism and naturalism in Lusophone literature. A career diplomat, he authored novels offering a scathing critique of the Portuguese society of his time.

American theoretical physicist of Chinese origin. With Chen Ning Yang, he demonstrated in 1956 the non-conservation of parity in weak interactions, which earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.