November 26
Anti Obesity Day is observed internationally on this date.
There are
35 days remaining in 2016.
There are
28 days until Christmas.
Events
1476 –
Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of
Stephen the Great and
Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of
Wallachia for the third time.
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain
James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1789 – A national
Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the
Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
1922 –
Howard Carter and
Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh
Tutankhamun (King Tut) in over 3000 years.
1922 –
The 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.)
1942 –
Casablanca, the movie starring
Humphrey Bogart and
Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
1944 – World War II: A German
V-2 rocket
hits a Woolworth's shop in London, killing 168 people.
1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and
Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
1958 -
Johnny Cash made his debut on the US country chart when ‘
Cry! Cry! Cry!’ made it to number 14.
1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot
James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
1968 -
Cream played their farewell concert at the
Royal Albert Hall, London.
1970 – In
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in 1 minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
1983 –
Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars, diamonds, and cash worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the
Tower Commission.
1988 - Russian cosmonauts aboard
Soyuz 7 took into space a cassette copy (minus the cassette box for weight reasons) of the latest
Pink Floyd album
Delicate Sound Of Thunder and played it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space.
1994 - The
Eagles started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with '
Hell Freezes Over.'
2000 -
The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with '
Beatles 1.' The album features virtually every number-one single released from 1962 to 1970. The world's best-selling album of the 21st century, 1 has sold over 31 million copies.
2000 –
George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the
United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
2003 – The
Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2004 – The last
Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of
avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
2010 -
Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of six ounces of marijuana found in his tour bus while travelling from Los Angeles to Texas. He was released after paying bail of $2,500. Prosecutor Kit Bramblett supported not sentencing Nelson to jail due to the amount of marijuana being small, but suggested instead a $100 fine and told Nelson that he would have him sing "
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" for the court.
2011 – The
Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the
Curiosity Rover.
Births
1607 – John Harvard (yeah,
that Harvard); 1853 – Bat Masterson (He wore a cane and derby hat, They called him Bat, Bat Masterson); 1876 – Willis Carrier (invented air conditioning);
1888 – Ford Beebe; 1895 – Bill W. (co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous); 1899 – Bruno Richard Hauptmann (may or may not have kidnapped and murdered Charles Lindbergh's son); 1902 – Maurice McDonald (co-founded McDonald's); 1912 – Eric Sevareid; 1922 – Charles M. Schulz (created
Peanuts); 1933 – Robert Goulet♪ ♫; 1938 – Rich Little; 1939 – Wayland Flowers (put his hand up
Madame's dress); 1939 – Tina Turner♪ ♫; 1945 – Daniel Davis (played 'Prof. Moriarty' on
Star Trek: TNG); 1945 – John McVie
(Fleetwood Mac); 1956 – Dale Jarrett
Deaths
1883 – Sojourner Truth; 1926 – John Browning (weapon designer); 1943 – Edward 'Butch' O'Hare (namesake of the USS
O'Hare, and O'Hare Int'l Airport in Chicago); 1956 – Tommy Dorsey♪ ♫;
1978 – Ford Beebe; 2005 – Stan Berenstain (co-created the Berenstain Bears); 2013 – Tony Musante; 2016 – Fidel Castro (Cuban revolutionary, leader of Cuba 1959 - 2008)