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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.
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
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
External links
November 25 - November 27 - October 26 - December 26 -- listing of all days
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