26 November is the 330th day (331st on Leap Year s) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 35 days remaining.
- 1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands , Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit 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 , the first College social Fraternity .
- 1862 - Charles Dodgson (AKA Lewis Carroll ) sends the handwritten manuscript of Alice's Adventures Underground to 10-year-old Alice Liddell .
- - Union forces under General George Meade position against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee .
- navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
- 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 votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia
- 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Egypt ian 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).
- orchestrates the incident which is used 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 - - A fleet of six Aircraft Carrier s commanded by Japan ese 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 .
- 1942 - World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council Of National Liberation Of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia .
- 1949 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India 's Constitution .
- move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korea n and American forces ( Battle Of Chosin Reservoir ), ending any hopes 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 .
- 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 play their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall .
- 1970 - In Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe , 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of Rain fall in a minute, the heaviest Rainfall ever on record.
- 1976 - The Band play their final concert, dubbed '' The Last Waltz ''. One of the guest performers is Eric Clapton , whose band Cream also played their farewell concert on November 26, 8 years earlier.
- 1977 - ' Vrillon ', representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for five minutes at 5:12 PM.
- , 6,800 Gold bars worth nearly £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.
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- 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 - Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol , UK .
- 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 )
- 1847 - Maria Fyodorovna , Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928 )
- 1857 - Ferdinand De Saussure , Swiss linguist (d. 1913 )
- 1864 - Edward Higgins , the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (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 , American baseball player (d. 1982 )
- 1908 - Lefty Gomez , American baseball player (d. 1989 )
- 1910 - Cyril Cusack , Irish actor (d. 1993 )
- 1912 - Eric Sevareid , American journalist (d. 1992 )
- 1915 - Earl Wild , American pianist
- 1922 - Charles M. Schulz , American cartoonist (d. 2000 )
- 1924 - George Segal , American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000 )
- 1925 - Eugene Istomin , American pianist (d. 2003 )
- 1927 - Ernie Coombs , American children's entertainer (d. 2001 )
- 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel , Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- 1933 - Robert Goulet , American singer and actor
- 1937 - Boris Yegorov , Soviet cosmonaut
- 1938 - Porter J. Goss , American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1938 - Rodney Jory , Australian physicist
- 1938 - Rich Little , Canadian comedian and actor
- 1939 - Tina Turner , American singer and actress
- 1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1943 - Bruce Paltrow , American producer and director (d. 2002 )
- 1945 - Daniel Davis , American actor
- 1945 - John McVie , British musician ( Fleetwood Mac )
- 1946 - Art Shell , American football player and coach
- 1947 - Susanne Zenor , American actress
- 1948 - Krešimir Ćosić , Croatian basketball player (d. 1995 )
- 1948 - Shlomo Artzi , Israeli singer
- 1948 - Claes Elfsberg , Swedish television presenter
- 1949 - Vincent A. Mahler , Political Scientist and professor at Loyola University Chicago
- 1949 - Juanin Clay , American actress (d. 1995 )
- 1951 - Cicciolina , Italian actress and politician
- 1953 - Harry Carson , American football player
- 1956 - Dale Jarrett , American race car driver
- 1962 - Chuck Finley , American baseball Pitcher
- 1964 - Vreni Schneider , Swiss skier
- 1969 - Shawn Kemp , American basketball player
- 1970 - Dave Hughes , Australian comedian
- 1970 - Alex Taylor , Latin porn star
- 1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright , American boxer
- 1972 - Arjun Rampal , Indian actor
- 1976 - Maven Huffman , American professional wrestler
- 1981 - Aurora Snow , American actress
- 1981 - Stephan Andersen , Danish international footballer
- 1981 - Natasha Bedingfield , British singer
- 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 )
- 1686 - Nicolas Steno , Danish geologist (b. 1638 )
- 1688 - Philippe Quinault , French writer (b. 1635 )
- 1689 - Marquard Gude , German archaeologist (b. 1635 )
- 1717 - Daniel Purcell , British composer (b. 1664 )
- 1719 - John Hudson , British classical scholar (b. 1662 )
- 1780 - Sir James Denham Steuart, 4th Baronet , British economist (b. 1712 )
- 1836 - John MacAdam , British 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 )
- 1885 - Thomas Andrews , Irish chemist (b. 1813 )
- 1896 - Emil Du Bois-Reymond , German physician (b. 1818 )
- 1896 - Coventry Patmore , British poet (b. 1823 )
- 1941 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen , Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861 )
- 1952 - Sven Hedin , Swedish explorer (b. 1865 )
- 1956 - Tommy Dorsey , American bandleader (b. 1905 )
- 1959 - Albert Ketèlbey , British composer (b. 1875 )
- 1962 - Albert Sarraut , French politician (b. 1872 )
- 1963 - Amelita Galli-Curci , Italian soprano (b. 1882 )
- 1981 - Max Euwe , Dutch chess player (b. 1901 )
- 1996 - Michael Bentine , British comedian (b. 1922 )
- 1998 - Jonathan Kwitny , American Investigative Reporter (b. 1941 )
- 2002 - Verne Winchell , American doughnut entrepreneur
- 2003 - Soulja Slim , American rapper (shot) (b. 1978 )
- 2003 - Stefan Wul , French writer (b. 1922 )
- 2005 - Stan Berenstain , children's author (b. 1923 )
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