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.
Events
1799-1899
1900-1999
1917 - The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens , Montreal Wanderers , Ottawa Senators , Quebec Bulldogs , and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
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 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 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 .
1970 - In Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe , 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain falls in one mintue, the heaviest rainfall ever on record.
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 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.
2000-2099
Births
1600-1899
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 )
1877 - Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist (d. 1962 )
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 )
1900-1999
1905 - Bob Johnson ("Indian Bob"), Major League Baseball player (d. 1982 )
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
1940 - Anthony Hunter , engineer
1943 - Bruce Paltrow , producer, director (d. 2002 )
1945 - Daniel Davis , actor (The Nanny 1945 - John McVie , musician
1948 - Kresimir Cosic , professional basketball player (d. 1995 )
1949 - Juanin Clay , actress
1951 - Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina , pornographic film actress, politician
1956 - Dale Jarrett , NASCAR race car driver
1959 - Jamie Rose , actress
1969 - Shawn Kemp , NBA player
1969 - Kara Walker , artist
1972 - Arjun Rampal , Indian Actor.
1975 - Phil Brooks , ("CM Punk") professional wrestler
1981 - Aurora Snow , pornographic film actress
Deaths
300-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
External links
November 25 - November 27 - October 26 - December 26 -- listing of all days
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