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On this day - November 26
783 — The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent ...
1161 — Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval ...
1346 — Having been elected German king at Rhens on 11 July 1346, ...
1476 — Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of ...
1778 — In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first ...
1789 — A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States ...
1805 — Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte ...
1812 — The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat ...
1852 — An earthquake as high as magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea, ...
1863 — United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 ...
1865 — Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a ...
1914 — HMS Bulwark is destroyed by a large internal explosion with ...
1917 — The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal ...
1917 — The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot ...
1918 — The Montenegrin Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of ...
1920 — Ukrainian War of Independence: The Red Army launches a ...
1922 — The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film ...
1922 — Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to ...
1924 — The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established ...
1939 — Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident ...
1941 — World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ...
1942 — A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law ...
1942 — Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid ...
1942 — World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of ...
1943 — World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air ...
1944 — World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, ...
1944 — World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop ...
1949 — The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution ...
1950 — Korean War: Communist Chinese troops launch a massive ...
1965 — France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an ...
1968 — Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. ...
1970 — In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 38 millimetres (1.5 in) of rain ...
1977 — An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the ...
1979 — Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740 crashes near Taif ...
1983 — Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth ...
1986 — The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes ...
1986 — Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the ...
1991 — National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous ...
1998 — The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, ...
1998 — Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United ...
1999 — The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive ...
2000 — George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's ...
2003 — The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2004 — The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian ...
2004 — Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and ...
2008 — The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks ...
2008 — Mumbai attacks, a series of terrorist attacks killing ...
2011 — The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the ...
2011 — NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a ...
2018 — The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
2019 — A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at ...
2021 — COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies ...
2025 — The Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong ...