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November 26

A look at November 26 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Patricio Aylwin and Vreni Schneider, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2008

    2008 Mumbai attacks

    Mumbai attacks, a series of terrorist attacks killing approximately 175 citizens by 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan based extremist Islamist terrorist organisation.

    Islamist terror attacks in
  2. 2003

    Concorde

    The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

    British–French supersonic airliner
  3. 2000

    George W. Bush

    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.

    President of the United
  4. 1977

    Southern Television broadcast interruption

    An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.

    TV audio transmission hoax
  5. 1942

    Casablanca (film)

    Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

    1942 film by Michael
  6. 1942

    1942 Phoenix Thanksgiving Day riot

    A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers occurs in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, leading to three deaths.

    1942 riot in Phoenix,
  7. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina, in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions. On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs Hitokappu Bay for Hawaii.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  8. 1914

    HMS Bulwark (1899)

    HMS Bulwark is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men while at anchor near Sheerness.

    Pre-dreadnought battleship of the
  9. 1863

    Abraham Lincoln

    United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.

    President of the United
  10. 1852

    1852 Banda Sea earthquake

    An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the Dutch East Indies.

    Earthquake and tsunami in
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Famous birthday twins

Born on November 26

Patricio Aylwin

b. 1918

Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile

Vreni Schneider

b. 1964

Swiss skier

Mari Alkatiri

b. 1949

East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor

Ferdinand de Saussure

b. 1857

Swiss linguist and author

Elizabeth Blackburn

b. 1948

Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Kristin Bauer van Straten

b. 1966

American actress

Eugène Ionesco

b. 1909

Romanian-French playwright and critic

Ilona Staller

b. 1951

Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician

Deaths

  • 1950Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer
  • 1928Reinhard Scheer, German admiral
  • 1882Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia
  • 1857Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author
  • 1855Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright
  • 1504Isabella I of Castile, queen of Castile and León

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast days: Alypius the Stylite
  • —Christian feast days: Basolus (Basle)
  • —Christian feast days: Bellinus of Padua
  • —Christian feast days: Conrad of Constance
  • —Christian feast days: Ethelwine of Athelney
  • —Christian feast days: Blessed Gaetana Sterni
  • —Christian feast days: John Berchmans
  • —Christian feast days: Pope Siricius

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