About November 26
November 26, 2024 is the 331st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 64 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 26
- 1778 –In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- 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.
- 1865 –Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy Schooner is defeated by a Chilean Corvette north of Valparaiso, Chile.
- 1913 –Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
- 1922 –Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 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.
- 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 (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- 1983 –Brink’s-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink’s-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
- 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.
- 1998 –Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
- 2011 –2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
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