26 November

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
1872 - The San Francisco Evening Bulletin exposes one of the most notorious mining scandals in US history, The Great Diamond Hoax.
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).
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, 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.
1983 - 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.
1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
2003 - Last ever flight by Concorde.

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Births

1607 - John Harvard, cleric (d. 1638)
1792 - Sarah Grimke, abolitionist, feminist (d. 1873)
1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, feminist, physician (d. 1919)
1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d.1938)
1876 - Willis Carrier, engineer, inventor (d. 1950)
1885 - Heinrich Brüning, German Reichskanzler 1930-1932 (d. 1970)
1894 - Norbert Wiener, mathematician, founder of Cybernetics (d. 1964)
1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
1910 - Cyril Cusack, actor (d. 1993)
1912 - Eugène Ionesco, playwright (d. 1994)
1912 - Eric Sevareid, journalist (d. 1992)
1915 - Earl Wild, pianist
1922 - Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist (d. 2000)
1924 - George Segal, sculptor
1925 - Eugene Istomin, pianist (d. 2003)
1927 - Jean-Pierre Daras, actor (d. 1999)
1933 - Robert Goulet, singer, actor
1934 - Barry Coe, actor
1937 - Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut
1938 - Rich Little, comedian, actor
1939 - Tina Turner, singer, actress
1943 - Bruce Paltrow, producer, director (d. 2002)
1945 - Daniel Davis, actor (The Nanny)
1948 - Kresimir Cosic, professional basketball player (d. 1995)
1951 - Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, pornographic film actress, politician
1956 - Dale Jarrett, NASCAR race car driver
1959 - Jamie Rose, actress
1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian Actor.

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Deaths

399 - Pope Siricius
1252 - Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France
1836 - John MacAdam, road builder
1857 - Joseph von Eichendorff, lyricist and narrator
1956 - Tommy Dorsey, Big Band leader
1959 - Albert Ketèlbey, composer
1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci, opera singer
1980 - Peter DePaolo, automobile racer
1996 - Michael Bentine, comedian
2002 - Verne Winchell, founder of Winchell's Donuts.
2002 - Wilhelm Bittorf, journalist
2003 - Stefan Wul, French sf writer

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Holidays and observances

Bahá'í Faith: Day of the Covenant
Mongolia : Independence Day

November 25 - November 27 - October 26 - December 26 -- listing of all days

Oct – November – Dec
Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30
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