November 26

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on November 26. From 1900 until now. November 26 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Pope John XXIII (1881), Tina Turner (1939) and Rita Ora (1990). Several movies were released around November 26 over the years, such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 directed by Peter Jackson and Good Will Hunting in 1997 directed by Gus Van Sant.
But much more happened on November 26 over the years: find out below

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Historical Events

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Holidays

Mongolia: Independence Day
Russia: St. Yuri's Day (1497 - 1649)
Also see November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
R.C. saints - Pope Siricius; celebration of the excellence of Saint Genevieve in Paris.
Bah�'f Faith: Day of the Covenant
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Events

2018 Kerch Strait incident: Russia asks for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to convene. (TASS)The Kerch Strait is re-opened to commercial shipping. (Reuters)Martial law in Ukraine: The Verkhovna Rada approves the introduction of martial law in 10 oblasts of Ukraine for a period of 30 days. (BBC)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Russian airstrikes hit residential buildings in the ISIS-held village of Al-Shafah in Deir Ezzor province, killing at least 53 civilians, including 21 children. (Japan Times)
2016 Somali Civil War (2009–present): A car bomb kills at least 20 in Mogadishu. (VOA News)
2015 2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown: The Turkish military releases what it says are a series of audio recordings of warnings issued to a Russian jet before it was shot down near the Syrian border. (ABC Australia)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: At least three people die in a new round of fighting between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists. (Xinhua)
2013 Central African Republic conflict (2012–13):: France announces that it plans to intervene in the conflict in the Central African Republic. (Bloomberg)
2012 Syrian civil war:: A Syrian government jet aircraft drops a cluster bomb on a playground in the village of Deir al-Asafir, leaving 10 children dead and 15 people wounded, activists say. (BBC)
2011 The Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, the most elaborate Martian exploration vehicle to date, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It lands on Mars on August 5, 2012.
2010 Three armed men are killed in a shootout in the Russian republic. (rferl)
2009 Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen is confronted by displeased residents in Athlone during his half-day tour of flood-hit areas in Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath. (The Irish Times) (RTÉ)
2008 The first of many attacks on Mumbai, India are fired. These ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 166 and injure more than 300 people in Mumbai.
2007 At least 60 miners are trapped underground following an explosion in a gold mine in Ponce Enriquez in southern Ecuador. (AP via CTV)
2006 US Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar bill.
2005 Conflict in Iraq:: Four Westerners have been kidnapped in Iraq while in Baghdad. (BBC)
2004 An oil tanker sppills as much as 1.8 million litres of crude oil into the Delaware River between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, USA.
2003 Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush signs ithe Terrorism Risk Insurance Act into law, creating a federal backstop for insurance claims related to acts of terrorism.
1999 An earthquake and tsunami strike Vanuatu.
1996 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
1995 33rd Tennis Federation Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
1993 Political campaigners James Carville (49) and Mary Matalin wed
1991 Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students
1990 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
1989 77th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 43-40
1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, and Jean-Loup Chretien launch.
1986 U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that former Senator John Tower, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft will serve as members of the Special Review Board looking into the Iran-Contra arms scandal (they became known as the Tower Commission). Reagan denies involvement in the scandal.
1985 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B) - Atlantis 2 is launched
1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1980 Columbia mated to SRBs and external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years
1978 1st lesbian theme TV movie - Question of Love
1977 'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5:12 PM.
1976 German DR deprives singer / Poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
1975 Fed jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1974 Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration
1973 US President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
1972 Pete Gogolak scores New York Giants record 8 points after a touchdown.
1970 B O Davis Sr, first American black general, dies at age 93 in Chicago, Illinois.
1969 35th Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Owens, Oklahoma (RB)
1968 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern California (RB)
1967 Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450
1966 Walking Happy opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances
1965 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year
1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)
1962 1st recording session under name Beatles
1961 Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
1960 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 The Price Is Right debuts on NBC
1955 Boy Friend closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances
1953 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 1st modern 3-D movie Bwana Devil, premieres in Hollywood
1950 China enters Korean conflict, sending troops across Yalu River.
1949 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15
1945 During snow storm, school bus crashes, killing 15 (Washington).
1944 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
1942 Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms
1941 British North African Commandant General Cunningham lay-offs
1940 Leidse students strike
1939 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
1936 The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.
1934 German Theologist Karl Barth surrenders to Nazi
1933 Camille Chautemps becomes French Premier
1927 15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6
1926 All Italian Communist deputies are arrested.
1925 Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement
1918 The Podgorica Assembly votes for ''union of the people'', declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
1917 The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1916 Greece declares war on Germany
1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
1913 Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
1910 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
1909 Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
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