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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 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 United States .1941 - World War II : 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 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 Airport1985 - 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, pianist1922 - Charles M. Schulz , cartoonist (d. 2000 )1924 - George Segal , sculptor1925 - Eugene Istomin , pianist (d. 2003 )1927 - Jean-Pierre Daras, actor (d. 1999 )1933 - Robert Goulet , singer, actor1934 - Barry Coe, actor1937 - Boris Yegorov , cosmonaut 1938 - Rich Little , comedian, actor1939 - Tina Turner , singer, actress1943 - 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 , actress1951 - Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina , pornographic film actress, politician1956 - Dale Jarrett , NASCAR race car driver1959 - Jamie Rose, actress1969 - Shawn Kemp , NBA player1969 - Kara Walker , artist1972 - Arjun Rampal , Indian Actor.1981 - Aurora Snow , pornographic film actress
Deaths
300-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances November 25 - November 27 - October 26 - December 26 -- listing of all days
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November 26 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1192 words)
November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years ) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. One of the guest performers is Eric Clapton, whose band Cream also played their farewell concert on November 26 , 8 years earlier. November 25 - November 27 - October 26 - December 26 -- listing of all days
November 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5248 words)
U.S. prosecutors admitted that Omar al-Faruq was one of four detainees to escape from the Bagram base, Afghanistan, in July , all of whom are still on the run. Facing the world's highest HIV infection rate, Swaziland is drafting a Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Bill proposing the death penalty for child rape, incest and the intentional transmission of HIV. Stephen Harper, Gilles Duceppe and Jack Layton, leaders of Canada's three parliamentary opposition parties, issue a joint ultimatum calling for the next Canadian federal election to be moved forward to early February from the April date favoured by the government.
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