About November 26
November 26, 2023 is the 330th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 76 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 26
- 43 BC –The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (“Octavian”, later “Caesar Augustus”), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
- 1784 –The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
- 1789 –A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
- 1805 –Official opening of Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
- 1825 –At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
- 1842 –The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1863 –President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November (since 1941, on the fourth Thursday).
- 1909 –Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
- 1917 –The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1942 –World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1944 –World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth’s shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.
- 1944 –World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
- 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.
- 1970 –In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- 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.
- 1986 –Iran-Contra scandal: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1990 –The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 1991 –National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
- 2003 –Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
- 2004 –Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
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