November 26
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November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining.
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Events
- 1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover Maui.
- 1805 - Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
- 1825 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society as the first college social fraternity.
- 1862 - Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Mine Run - Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- 1865 -The Battle of Papudo between Spain and a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet.
- 1917 - The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1918 - the Podgorica Assembly voted for "union of the people", declaring a joining into the Kingdom of Serbia
- 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Egyptian King Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1922 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely distributed).
- 1939 - The Red Army stages the Shelling of Mainila in order to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
- 1941 - US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.
- 1941 - World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor - A fleet of six aircraft carriers commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo leaves Hitokapu Bay for Pearl Harbor under strict radio silence.
- 1941 - World War II: The Hull note ultimatum is delivered to Japan by the United States.
- 1942 - The film Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
- 1949 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution.
- 1950 - Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korean and American forces (Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any thought of a quick end to the conflict.
- 1965 - In the Hammaguira launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter space.
- 1968 - Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1968 - British rock band Cream performs their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
- 1970 - In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain falls in one mintue, the heaviest rainfall ever on record.
- 1976 - The Band performs their final concert, dubbed The Last Waltz. Ironically, one of the guest performers was Eric Clapton, whose band Cream also played their farewell concert on November 26.
- 1977 - Vrillon, representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, takes over Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.
- 1983 - Brinks Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly UK£26 million are taken from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport
- 1985 - US President Ronald Reagan signs over rights to his autobiography to Random House for a record US$3 million.
- 1986 - Iran-Contra scandal: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1986 - The New Yorker publishes Susan Sontag's AIDS short story, "The Way We Live Now"
- 1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
- 2003 - Last flight of the Concorde.
Births
- 1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
- 1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
- 1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
- 1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
- 1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer d. 1735)
- 1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
- 1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
- 1792 - Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
- 1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
- 1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
- 1864 - Edward Higgins, English Salvation Army General (d. 1947)
- 1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
- 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
- 1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)
- 1885 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)
- 1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1976)
- 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. 1964)
- 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
- 1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
- 1905 - Bob Johnson, baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
- 1912 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
- 1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist
- 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1924 - George Segal, American actor
- 1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor
- 1937 - Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut
- 1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress
- 1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
- 1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor
- 1945 - John McVie, English musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress
- 1948 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1951 - Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician
- 1954 - Velupiallai Prabhakaran, National Leader of Tamil Eelam
- 1955 - [[Lalith Athulath Mudali, Sri Lankan political leader
- 1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- 1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- 1969 - Kara Walker, American artist
- 1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
- 1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, Boxer
- 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
- 1975 - Phil Brooks, American professional wrestler
- 1981 - Aurora Snow, American actress
- 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
- 1984 - Michael Flaherty, Irish New Age Technological Philosopher
Deaths
- 399 - Pope Siricius
- 1252 - Blanche of Castile, queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
- 1326 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
- 1504 - Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
- 1621 - Radulph Agas, English surveyor
- 1639 - John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
- 1651 - Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
- 1688 - Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
- 1689 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
- 1717 - Daniel Purcell, English composer (b. 1664)
- 1719 - John Hudson, English classical scholar (b. 1662)
- 1836 - John MacAdam, Scottish road builder (b. 1756)
- 1851 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
- 1855 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
- 1857 - Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
- 1876 - Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
- 1896 - Coventry Patmore, English poet (b. 1823)
- 1952 - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
- 1956 - Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
- 1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, English composer (b. 1875)
- 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
- 1981 - Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
- 1996 - Michael Bentine, English comedian (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur
- 2003 - Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Soulja Slim, American rapper (shot)
Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith: Day of the Covenant
- Mongolia : Independence Day
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