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{{redirect|November 26th|the attacks in India|2008 Mumbai attacks}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[783]] – The [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturian]] queen [[Adosinda]] is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from [[Mauregatus of Asturias|Mauregatus]]. *[[1161]] – [[Battle of Caishi]]: A [[Song dynasty]] fleet fights a naval engagement with [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] ships on the [[Yangtze]] river during the [[Jin–Song Wars]]. *[[1476]] – [[Vlad the Impaler]] defeats [[Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân|Basarab Laiota]] with the help of [[Stephen the Great]] and [[Stephen V Báthory]] and becomes the ruler of [[Wallachia]] for the third time. ===1601–1900=== *[[1778]] – In the [[Hawaiian Islands]], Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to visit [[Maui]]. *[[1789]] – A national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President [[George Washington]] at the request of [[United States Congress|Congress]]. *[[1805]] – Official opening of [[Thomas Telford]]'s [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]]. *[[1812]] – The [[Battle of Berezina]] begins during [[Napoleon]]'s retreat from [[Russia]]. *[[1852]] – An earthquake as high as [[1852 Banda Sea earthquake|magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea]], triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref name="Ringer">{{cite journal |last1=H. Ringer, J. P. Whitehead, J. Krometis, R. A. Harris, N. Glatt-Holtz, S. Giddens, C. Ashcraft, G. Carver, A. Robertson, M. Harward, J. Fullwood, K. Lightheart, R. Hilton, A. Avery, C. Kesler, M. Morrise, M. H. Klein |title=Methodological Reconstruction of Historical Seismic Events From Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |date=2021 |volume=126 |issue=4 |doi=10.1029/2020JB021107 |url=http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |access-date=19 June 2021 |arxiv=2009.14272 |bibcode=2021JGRB..12621107R |s2cid=222066748 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1863]] – United States President [[Abraham Lincoln]] proclaims November 26 as a national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|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. *[[1865]] – [[Battle of Papudo]]: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of [[Valparaíso]], Chile. ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[HMS Bulwark (1899)|HMS ''Bulwark'']] is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men while at anchor near [[Sheerness]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Heaver|first=Stuart|title=The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War|location=Cheltenham|publisher=The History Press|date=2022|isbn=9780750999601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uldEAAAQBAJ|page=89}}</ref> *[[1917]] – ''[[The Guardian|The Manchester Guardian]]'' publishes the 1916 secret [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]] between the United Kingdom and France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Regan|first=Bernard|title=The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine|location=London|publisher=Verso|date=2017|isbn=9781786632470|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K595DwAAQBAJ|page=69}}</ref> * 1917 – The [[National Hockey League]] is formed, with the [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Montreal Wanderers]], [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Quebec Bulldogs]], and [[Toronto Arenas]] as its first teams. *[[1918]] – The Montenegrin [[Podgorica Assembly]] votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. *[[1920]] – [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Red Army]] launches a [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict#Surprise attack|surprise attack]] against the [[Makhnovshchina]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Malet|title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War|year=1982|isbn=0-333-25969-6|oclc=1194667963|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|location=[[London]]|pages=67–72}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the [[Tomb of Tutankhamun|tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun]] in over 3,000 years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carter|first1=Howard|last2=Mace|first2=Arthur Cruttenden|title=The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen|location=New York|publisher=Dover Publications|date=1977|isbn=9780486235004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25Y2fiAWpWkC|page=94}}</ref> * 1922 – ''[[The Toll of the Sea]]'' debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone [[Technicolor]]. (''[[The Gulf Between (1917 film)|The Gulf Between]]'' was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.) *[[1924]] – The [[Mongolian People's Republic]] is officially established after a new [[Constitutions of the Mongolian People's Republic|constitution]], passed by the first [[State Great Khural]], abolishes the [[Bogd Khanate of Mongolia|monarchy]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=A. P. Samest Blaustein|author2=Jay Adrian Sigler|author3=Benjamin R. Beede|title=Independence documents of the world. 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FzT7IFsSKoC&q=bogda+khan&pg=PA482|year=1977|publisher=Brill Archive|isbn=978-0-379-00795-4|pages=482–}}</ref> *[[1939]] – [[Shelling of Mainila]]: The [[Soviet Army]] orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the [[Winter War]] with Finland four days later. *[[1941]] – [[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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Crowley|first=James B.|chapter=A New Deal for Japan and Asia: One Road to Pearl Harbor|title=Japan and North America. Volume 1: First Contacts to the Pacific War|editor-last1=Krauss|editor-first1=Ellis S.|editor-last2=Nyblade|editor-first2=Benjamin|location=New York|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|date=2004|isbn=9780415275156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=io6auqu0n9IC|page=225}}</ref> On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs [[Kasatka Bay|Hitokappu Bay]] for Hawaii.<ref>{{cite news|last=Twomey|first=Steve|title=Countdown to Pearl Harbor|work=Prologue|date=Winter 2016|page=29|accessdate=November 26, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDQpzHsqWwIC&dq=1st+Air+Fleet+departs+Hitokappu+Bay+%22November+26%22&pg=RA3-PA29}}</ref> *[[1942]] – World War II: [[Yugoslav Partisans]] convene the first meeting of the [[Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] at [[Bihać]] in northwestern [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]]. * 1942 – ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|title=Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of 'Casablanca': Bogart, Bergman, and World War II|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion Books|date=1992|isbn=9781562829414|page=284}}</ref> *[[1943]] – World War II: [[HMT Rohna|HMT ''Rohna'']] is sunk by the [[Luftwaffe]] in an air attack in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] north of [[Béjaïa]], [[Algeria]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: A German [[V-2 rocket]] hits a Woolworth's shop in [[New Cross]], London, killing 168 people. * 1944 – World War II: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] begins [[V-1 flying bomb|V-1]] and [[V-2 rocket|V-2]] attacks on [[Antwerp]], Belgium. *[[1949]] – The [[Constituent Assembly of India]] adopts the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] presented by Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. *[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: Communist Chinese troops launch a massive counterattack ([[Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River]] and [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]]) against United Nations and South Korean forces. *[[1965]] – France launches ''[[Astérix (satellite)|Astérix]]'', becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster. *[[1968]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Air Force]] helicopter pilot [[James P. Fleming]] rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by [[Viet Cong]] fire. He is later awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]. *[[1970]] – In [[Basse-Terre]], [[Guadeloupe]], {{convert|1.5|in|mm|order=flip}} of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. *[[1977]] – 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. *[[1979]] – [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740]] crashes near [[Taif]] in [[Mecca Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing all 156 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-340C AP-AWZ Taif|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791126-0|access-date=2021-11-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> *[[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 affair]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] announces the members of what will become known as the [[Tower Commission]]. * 1986 – The trial of [[John Demjanjuk]], accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi [[Treblinka extermination camp]], starts in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Anti-Semitism%20and%20the%20Holocaust/Documents%20and%20communiques/THE%20DEMJANJUK%20CASE-%20FACTUAL%20AND%20LEGAL%20DETAILS%20-%2028 |title=The Demjanjuk case: John was in trial for accessory to murder charges |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=28 July 1993 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[National Assembly of Azerbaijan]] [[Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast|abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]] of [[Azerbaijan]] and renames several cities with Azeri names. *[[1998]] – [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to address the [[Oireachtas]], the parliament of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. * 1998 – The [[Khanna rail disaster]] takes 212 lives in [[Khanna, Ludhiana]], [[India]]. *[[1999]] – The 7.5 {{M|w}} [[1999 Ambrym earthquake|Ambrym earthquake]] shakes [[Vanuatu]] and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured. *[[2000]] – [[George W. Bush]] is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by [[Katherine Harris]], going on to win the [[2000 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]], despite losing in the national popular vote. *[[2003]] – The [[Concorde]] makes its final flight, over [[Bristol]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3238674.stm |title=BBC News: Last Concorde lands |work=BBC News |date=27 November 2003 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Ruzhou School massacre]]: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in [[Ruzhou]], China. * 2004 – The last [[Poʻouli]] (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of [[avian malaria]] in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct. *[[2008]] – [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai attacks]], a series of [[Terrorism|terrorist attacks]] killing approximately 175 citizens by 10 members of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], a [[Pakistan]] based extremist [[Islamist]] terrorist organisation. * 2008 – The ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'', now out of service, docks in Dubai. *[[2011]] – [[NATO attack in Pakistan]]: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others. * 2011 – The [[Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] Rover.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39642506/the_daily_sentinel/|title=NASA Launches Super-Size Rover to Mars|last1=Dunn|first1=Marcia|newspaper=The Daily Sentinel |agency=Associated Press|date=27 November 2011|page=5C|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> *[[2018]] – The [[Robotic spacecraft|robotic probe]] [[InSight|Insight]] lands on [[Elysium Planitia]], [[Mars]]. *[[2019]] – A [[2019 Albania earthquake|magnitude 6.4 earthquake]] strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/albania-biggest-earthquake-in-decades-takes-deadly-toll/a-51414371 |title=Albania: Biggest earthquake in decades takes deadly toll |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=26 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The [[World Health Organization]] identifies the [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2022-01-05|title=CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us}}</ref> ==Births== <!--Please do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[907]] – [[Rudesind]], Galician bishop (d. 977) *[[1288]] – [[Emperor Go-Daigo|Go-Daigo]], Japanese emperor (d. 1339) *[[1401]] – [[Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset]] (d. 1418) *[[1436]] – [[Catherine of Portugal (nun)|Catherine of Portugal]] (d. 1463) *[[1466]] – [[Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings]], English noble (d. 1506) *[[1518]] – [[Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1564) *[[1534]] – [[Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley]] (d. 1613) *[[1552]] – [[Seonjo of Joseon]], King of Joseon (d. 1608) *[[1594]] – [[James Ware (historian)|James Ware]], Irish genealogist (d. 1666) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] – [[Johannes Bach]], German organist and composer (d. 1673) *[[1607]] – [[John Harvard (clergyman)|John Harvard]], English minister and philanthropist (d. 1638) *[[1609]] – [[Henry Dunster]], English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659) *[[1657]] – [[William Derham]], English minister and philosopher (d. 1735) *[[1678]] – [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]], French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771) *[[1679]] – [[Isidro de Espinosa]], Franciscan missionary from Spanish Texas (d. 1755)<ref name="HTIE">{{Cite news |last=Donald E. Chipman |title=Isidro de Espinosa |publisher=Handbook of Texas Online |url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fes04 |access-date=May 8, 2010}}</ref> *[[1703]] – [[Theophilus Cibber]], English actor and playwright (d. 1758) *[[1727]] – [[Artemas Ward]], American general and politician (d. 1800) *[[1731]] – [[William Cowper]], English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800) *[[1792]] – [[Sarah Moore Grimké]], American author and activist (d. 1873) *[[1811]] – [[Zeng Guofan]], Chinese general and politician, [[Viceroy of Liangjiang]] (d. 1872)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zeng-Guofan|title=Zeng Guofan|author=Shan-yüan Hsieh|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref> *[[1817]] – [[Charles Adolphe Wurtz]], Alsatian-French chemist (d. 1884) *[[1827]] – [[Ellen G. White]], American religious leader and author, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (d. 1915) *[[1828]] – [[Robert Battey]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1895) * 1828 – [[René Goblet]], French journalist and politician, 52nd [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1905) *[[1832]] – [[Rudolph Koenig]], German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901) * 1832 – [[Mary Edwards Walker]], American surgeon and activist, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1919) *[[1837]] – [[Thomas Playford II]], English-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1915) *[[1853]] – [[Bat Masterson]], American police officer and journalist (d. 1921) *[[1857]] – [[Ferdinand de Saussure]], Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913) *[[1858]] – [[Katharine Drexel]], American nun and saint (d. 1955) *[[1864]] – [[Edward Higgins]], English 3rd [[General of the Salvation Army]] (d. 1947) *[[1869]] – [[Maud of Wales]] (d. 1938) *[[1870]] – [[Hari Singh Gour|Sir Hari Singh Gour]], founder and Vice-Chancellor of [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University|the University of Sagar]] (d. 1949) *[[1873]] – [[Fred Herd]], Scottish golfer (d. 1954) *[[1876]] – [[Willis Carrier]], American engineer, invented [[air conditioning]] (d. 1950) *[[1878]] – [[Major Taylor]], American cyclist (d. 1932) *[[1885]] – [[Heinrich Brüning]], German lieutenant, economist, and politician, [[List of Chancellors of Germany|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1970) *[[1888]] – [[Ford Beebe]], American director and screenwriter (d. 1978) *[[1889]] – [[Albert Dieudonné]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976) *[[1891]] – [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977) *[[1894]] – [[James Charles McGuigan]], Canadian cardinal (d. 1974) * 1894 – [[Norbert Wiener]], American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964) *[[1895]] – [[Bill W.]], American activist, co-founded [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (d. 1971) *[[1898]] – [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973) *[[1899]] – [[Richard Hauptmann]], German-American murderer (d. 1936) *[[1900]] – [[Anna Maurizio]], Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[William Sterling Parsons]], American admiral (d. 1953) *[[1902]] – [[Maurice McDonald]], American businessman, co-founded [[McDonald's]] (d. 1971) *[[1903]] – [[Alice Herz-Sommer]], Czech-English pianist and educator (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Alice Herz-Sommer ... |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/world/europe/alice-herz-sommer-pianist-who-survived-holocaust-dies-at-110.html |access-date=26 Nov 2024 |work=NY Times}}</ref> *[[1904]] – [[Armand Frappier]], Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991) * 1904 – [[K. D. Sethna]], Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011) *[[1905]] – [[Bob Johnson (outfielder)|Bob Johnson]], American baseball player (d. 1982) *[[1907]] – [[Ruth Patrick]], American botanist (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite news |title=In Memorium: Ruth Patrick |url=https://amnat.org/announcements/MemoriamRP.html |access-date=26 Nov 2024 |work=American Society of Natulists}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Charles Forte, Baron Forte]], Italian-Scottish businessman, founded [[Forte Group]] (d. 2007) * 1908 – [[Lefty Gomez]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 26: Natasha Bedingfield, Peter Facinelli |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/26/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-26-Natasha-Bedingfield-Peter-Facinelli/2871669248865/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Nov.,%2C%20Peter%20Facinelli%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=26 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Fritz Buchloh]], German footballer and manager (d. 1998) * 1909 – [[Frances Dee]], American actress and singer (d. 2004) * 1909 – [[Eugène Ionesco]], Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1910]] – [[Cyril Cusack]], South African-born Irish actor (d. 1993) *[[1911]] – [[Samuel Reshevsky]], Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992) *[[1912]] – [[Eric Sevareid]], American journalist (d. 1992)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1915]] – [[Inge King]], German-born Australian sculptor (d. 2016) * 1915 – [[Earl Wild]], American pianist and composer (d. 2010) *[[1917]] – [[Nesuhi Ertegun]], Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989) *[[1918]] – [[Patricio Aylwin]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st [[President of Chile]] (d. 2016) *[[1919]] – [[Ryszard Kaczorowski]], Polish soldier and politician, 6th [[List of heads of state of Poland|President of the Republic of Poland]] (d. 2010) * 1919 – [[Frederik Pohl]], American journalist and author (d. 2013) * 1919 – [[Ram Sharan Sharma]], Indian historian and academic (d. 2011) *[[1920]] – [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-American director and producer (d. 2004) *[[1921]] – [[Verghese Kurien]], Indian engineer and businessman, founded [[Amul]] (d. 2012) *[[1922]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Peanuts]]'' (d. 2000)<ref name="UPI"></ref> *[[1923]] – [[Tom Hughes (Australian politician)|Tom Hughes]], Australian politician and barrister (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ripley |first=Amy |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Renowned barrister Tom Hughes was admired and feared in equal measure |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/renowned-barrister-tom-hughes-was-admired-and-feared-in-equal-measure-20211208-p59frm.html |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> *1923 – [[V. K. Murthy]], Indian cinematographer (d. 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Jasu Patel]], Indian cricketer (d. 1992) * 1924 – [[George Segal (artist)|George Segal]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) *[[1925]] – [[Gregorio Conrado Álvarez]], Uruguayan dictator (d. 2016) * 1925 – [[Eugene Istomin]], American pianist (d. 2003) *[[1926]] – [[Arturo Luz]], Filipino visual artist (d. 2021)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/05/29/ust-mourns-death-of-national-artist-arturo-luz|title=UST mourns death of National Artist Arturo Luz|last=Baron|first=Gabriela|newspaper=Manila Bulletin|date=May 29, 2021|access-date=November 22, 2022}}</ref> * 1926 – [[Rabi Ray]], Indian activist and politician, 10th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (d. 2017) *[[1927]] – [[Ernie Coombs]], American-Canadian television host (d. 2001) *[[1928]] – [[Nishida Tatsuo]], Japanese linguist and academic (d. 2012) *[[1929]] – [[Slavko Avsenik]], Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2015) * 1929 – [[Betta St. John]], American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2023) *[[1930]] – [[Berthold Leibinger]], German engineer and philanthropist, founded [[Berthold Leibinger Stiftung]] (d. 2018) *[[1931]] – [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]], Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1931 – [[Adrianus Johannes Simonis]], Dutch cardinal (d. 2020) *[[1933]] – [[Robert Goulet]], American-Canadian singer and actor (d. 2007) * 1933 – [[Richard Holloway]], Scottish bishop and radio host * 1933 – [[Stanley Long]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012) * 1933 – [[Jamshid Mashayekhi]], Iranian actor (d. 2019) * 1933 – [[Tony Verna]], American director and producer, invented [[instant replay]] (d. 2015) *[[1934]] – [[Cengiz Bektaş]], Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist (d. 2020) * 1934 – [[Jerry Jameson]], American director and producer *[[1935]] – [[Marian Mercer]], American actress and singer (d. 2011) *[[1936]] – [[Margaret Boden]], English computer scientist and psychologist *[[1937]] – [[Bob Babbitt]], American bass player (d. 2012) * 1937 – [[John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh]], English businessman and politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]] (d. 2019) * 1937 – [[Boris Yegorov]], Russian physician and astronaut (d. 1994) *[[1938]] – [[Elizabeth Bailey]], American economist (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/us/elizabeth-bailey-dead.html|title=Elizabeth Bailey, Who Helped Deregulate Airlines, Dies at 83|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Porter Goss]], American soldier and politician, 19th [[Director of the CIA]] * 1938 – [[Rodney Jory]], Australian physicist and academic (d. 2021) * 1938 – [[Rich Little]], Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1939]] – [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]], Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2025 |title=Former Malaysian leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who extended political freedoms, dies at 85 |url=https://apnews.com/article/abdullah-ahmad-badawi-malaysia-death-pak-lah-f5913c60f4c61c904df225e61f262039 |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref> * 1939 – [[Wayland Flowers]], American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988) * 1939 – [[John Gummer]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Environment]] * 1939 – [[Mark Margolis]], American actor (d. 2023)<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=August 4, 2023 |title=Mark Margolis, Actor on 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mark-margolis-dead-breaking-bad-better-call-saul-1235551107/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804155309/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/mark-margolis-dead-breaking-bad-better-call-saul-1235551107/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1939 – [[Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie]], Irish-Scottish politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] (d. 2021) * 1939 – [[Art Themen]], English saxophonist and surgeon * 1939 – [[Tina Turner]], American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock n Roll', dies aged 83 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593 |access-date=May 24, 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Enrico Bombieri]], Italian mathematician and academic * 1940 – [[Davey Graham]], English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008) * 1940 – [[Kotozakura Masakatsu I|Kotozakura Masakatsu]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 2007) * 1940 – [[Quentin Skinner]], English historian, author, and academic *[[1941]] – [[Susanne Marsee]], American mezzo-soprano *1941 – [[Jeff Torborg]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenwald |first=Michael S. |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jeff Torborg, Catcher of Three No-Hitters and a Manager, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/sports/baseball/jeff-torborg-dead.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Maki Carrousel]], Japanese actor * 1942 – [[Olivia Cole]], American actress (d. 2018) * 1942 – [[Jan Stenerud]], Norwegian-American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Stenerud |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jan-stenerud/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Đặng Thùy Trâm]], Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970) *[[1943]] – [[Paul Burnett]], English radio host * 1943 – [[Bruce Paltrow]], American director and producer (d. 2002) * 1943 – [[Marilynne Robinson]], American novelist and essayist * 1943 – [[Dale Sommers]], American radio host (d. 2012) *[[1944]] – [[Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin]], English academic and politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]] * 1944 – [[Jean Terrell]], American singer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1945]] – [[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]], American actor * 1945 – [[John McVie]], English-American bass player<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 26, 2022 includes celebrities DJ Khaled, Rita Ora |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-26-2022-includes-celebrities-dj-khaled-rita-ora.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=26 November 2022}}</ref> * 1945 – [[Jim Mullen]], Scottish guitarist * 1945 – [[Michael Omartian]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer * 1945 – [[Björn von Sydow]], Swedish academic and politician, 27th [[Minister for Defence (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Defence]] *[[1946]] – [[Raymond Louis Kennedy]], American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2014) * 1946 – [[Art Shell]], American football player and coach<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1946 – [[Itamar Singer]], Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012) *[[1947]] – [[Roger Wehrli]], American football player *[[1948]] – [[Elizabeth Blackburn]], Australian-American biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1948 – [[Claes Elfsberg]], Swedish journalist * 1948 – [[Marianne Muellerleile]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1948 – [[Galina Prozumenshchikova]], Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (d. 2015) * 1948 – [[Peter Wheeler (rugby union)|Peter Wheeler]], English rugby player *[[1949]] – [[Mari Alkatiri]], East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of East Timor]] * 1949 – [[Shlomo Artzi]], Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1949 – [[Martin Lee (singer)|Martin Lee]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1949 – [[Vincent A. Mahler]], American political scientist and academic * 1949 – [[Ivan Patzaichin]], Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (d. 2021) *[[1951]] – [[Ilona Staller]], Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician * 1951 – [[Sulejman Tihić]], Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2014) *[[1952]] – [[Elsa Salazar Cade]], Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist * 1952 – [[Wendy Turnbull]], Australian tennis player *[[1953]] – [[Hilary Benn]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for International Development]] * 1953 – [[Shelley Moore Capito]], American politician * 1953 – [[Harry Carson]], American football player * 1953 – [[Jacki MacDonald]], Australian television host and actress * 1953 – [[Julien Temple]], English director, producer, and screenwriter * 1953 – [[Desiré Wilson]], South African race car driver *[[1954]] – [[Roz Chast]], American cartoonist * 1954 – [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (d. 2009) *[[1955]] – [[Jelko Kacin]], Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament * 1955 – [[Gisela Stuart]], German-English academic and politician *[[1956]] – [[Dale Jarrett]], American race car driver and sportscaster * 1956 – [[Don Lake]], Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1956 – [[Keith Vaz]], Indian-English lawyer and politician, [[Minister of State for Europe]] *[[1957]] – [[Félix González-Torres]], Cuban-American sculptor (d. 1996) *[[1958]] – [[Michael Skinner (rugby union)|Michael Skinner]], English rugby player *[[1959]] – [[Dai Davies (politician)|Dai Davies]] Welsh politician and independent [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP)<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=K7pDAQAAIAAJ| title = Dod's Parliamentary Companion - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->| year = 2009| publisher = Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited| isbn = 9780905702896}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs]], American author and academic * 1959 – [[Jamie Rose]], American actress, singer, and dancer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1959 – [[Jerry Schemmel]], American sportscaster * 1959 – [[Sergey Golovkin]], Russian serial killer, rapist, torturer, and necrophile (d. 1996)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Головкин, Сергей Александрович |url=http://www.serial-killers.ru/karts/golovkin.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607152852/http://www.serial-killers.ru/karts/golovkin.htm |archive-date=7 June 2023 |website=serial-killers.ru |language=ru}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Chuck Eddy]], American journalist * 1960 – [[Harold Reynolds]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1961]] – [[Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria]], Indian-English businessman, co-founded [[Cobra Beer]] * 1961 – [[Tom Carroll (surfer)|Tom Carroll]], Australian surfer * 1961 – [[Ivory (wrestler)|Ivory]], American wrestler and trainer *[[1962]] – [[Fernando Bandeirinha]], Portuguese footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Chuck Finley]], American baseball player *[[1963]] – [[Mario Elie]], American basketball player and coach * 1963 – [[Matt Frei]], German-English journalist and author * 1963 – [[Joe Lydon (rugby)|Joe Lydon]], English rugby player and coach *[[1964]] – [[Vreni Schneider]], Swiss skier *[[1965]] – [[Scott Adsit]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1965 – [[Des Walker]], English footballer *[[1966]] – [[Kristin Bauer van Straten]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1966 – [[Garcelle Beauvais]], Haitian-American actress and singer * 1966 – [[Fahed Dermech]], Tunisian footballer * 1966 – [[Sue Wicks]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Sue Wicks |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/gamelog/_/id/22/sue-wicks |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Ridley Jacobs]], Antiguan cricketer *[[1968]] – [[Edna Campbell]], American basketball player * 1968 – [[Haluk Levent]], Turkish singer *[[1969]] – [[Shawn Kemp]], American basketball player * 1969 – [[Kara Walker]], American painter and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |title=Kara Walker |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/kara-walker |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[John Amaechi]], American-English basketball player and sportscaster * 1970 – [[Dave Hughes]], Australian comedian and radio host *[[1971]] – [[Vicki Pettersson]], American author * 1971 – [[Winky Wright]], American boxer and actor *[[1972]] – [[James Dashner]], American author<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1972 – [[Chris Osgood]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1972 – [[Arjun Rampal]], Indian actor and producer *[[1973]] – [[Peter Facinelli]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> *[[1974]] – [[Line Horntveth]], Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer * 1974 – [[Tammy Lynn Michaels]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1974 – [[Roman Šebrle]], Czech decathlete and high jumper *[[1975]] – [[DJ Khaled]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1975 – [[Patrice Lauzon]], Canadian figure skater *[[1976]] – [[Andreas Augustsson]], Swedish footballer * 1976 – [[Maia Campbell]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1976 – [[Maven (wrestler)|Maven]], American wrestler * 1976 – [[Brian Schneider]], American baseball player and manager *[[1977]] – [[Ivan Basso]], Italian cyclist * 1977 – [[Paris Lenon]], American football player * 1977 – [[Campbell Walsh]], Scottish canoe racer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kessel |first1=Anna |title=Campbell Walsh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/apr/28/100-hopefuls-olympics-campbell-walsh |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 May 2023 |date=28 April 2011}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Jun Fukuyama]], Japanese voice actor and singer *[[1980]] – [[Jessica Bowman]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1980 – [[Satoshi Ohno]], Japanese singer * 1980 – [[Jackie Trail]], American tennis player *[[1981]] – [[Stephan Andersen]], Danish footballer * 1981 – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], English singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1981 – [[Natalie Gauci]], Australian singer and pianist * 1981 – [[Gina Kingsbury]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1981 – [[Jon Ryan]], Canadian football player *[[1982]] – [[Keith Ballard]], American ice hockey player * 1982 – [[Luther Head]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Luther Head |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101129/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Matt Garza]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Garza |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-garza-490063 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Chris Hughes]], American publisher and businessman, co-founded [[Facebook]] * 1983 – [[Emiri Katō]], Japanese voice actress and singer *[[1984]] – [[Antonio Puerta]], Spanish footballer (d. 2007) *[[1985]] – [[Matt Carpenter (baseball)|Matt Carpenter]], American baseball player *[[1986]] – [[Konstadinos Filippidis]], Greek pole vaulter * 1986 – [[Bauke Mollema]], Dutch cyclist * 1986 – [[Alberto Sgarbi]], Italian rugby player *[[1987]] – [[Kat DeLuna]], American singer, songwriter and dancer<ref>{{cite web|title=Twitter: KatDeLuna|url=https://twitter.com/KatDeLuna/status/5780076139 |date=November 16, 2009|quote="Who else's bday is on the 26th of Nov. like me!"}}</ref><ref>Johnson, Gregory. "Vixen: Sweet Thing" [[Vibe (magazine)|VIBE]], October 2007</ref> * 1987 – [[Georgios Tzavellas]], Greek footballer *[[1988]] – [[Blake Harnage]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1988 – [[Yumi Kobayashi]], Japanese model and actress *[[1989]] – [[Angeline Quinto]], Filipina singer and actress * 1989 – [[Junior Stanislas]], English footballer *[[1990]] – [[Avery Bradley]], American basketball player * 1990 – [[Chip (rapper)|Chip]], English rapper * 1990 – [[Gabriel Paulista]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabriel Paulista|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10423/Gabriel-Paulista/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Rita Ora]], Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"></ref> * 1990 – [[Danny Welbeck]], English footballer *[[1991]] – [[Manolo Gabbiadini]], Italian footballer * 1991 – [[Corey Knebel]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Corey Knebel |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/corey-knebel-608349 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Anuel AA]], Puerto Rican rapper and singer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anuel AA|url=https://nationaltoday.com/birthday/anuel-aa/|website=National Today|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[James Guy (swimmer)| James Guy]], English swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=James Guy|url=https://www.olympic.org/james-guy|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Malik Beasley]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Malik Beasley |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627736/malik-beasley |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Brandon Carlo]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Carlo Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/brandon-carlo-8478443 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Louane (singer)|Louane]], French singer and actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/dz/artist/louane/603535478|title=Louane on Apple Music}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Marc Roca]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marc Roca|url=https://www.laliga.com/en-ES/player/marc-roca|website=[[La Liga]]|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Aubrey Joseph]], American actor<ref name="UPI"></ref> * 1997 – [[Jennie Wåhlin]], Swedish curler<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennie Wåhlin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1800081 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=27 March 2024 }}</ref> * 1997 – [[Aaron Wan-Bissaka]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14164/Aaron-Wan-Bissaka/overview|title=Aaron Wan-Bissaka|website=Premier League|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Shivam Mavi]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kkr.in/players/shivam-mavi-profile-66984 |title= Shivam Mavi's profile on the KKR website |date= 8 March 2020 |accessdate= 12 November 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Jaycee Horn]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaycee Horn |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362847/jaycee-horn |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Olivia O'Brien]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web| url = https://thevogue.com/artists/olivia-obrien/| title = Olivia O'Brien biography}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Jacob Shaffelburg]], Canadian soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |last=torontofc |title=Jacob Shaffelburg {{!}} Toronto FC |url=https://www.torontofc.ca/players/jacob-shaffelburg/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=torontofc |language=en}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Lamecha Girma]], Ethiopian athlete<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/lamecha-girma-423358 |title=Lamecha Girma Athlete Profile |website=iaaf.org |accessdate=12 November 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Pau Víctor]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pau Víctor|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/barca-b/players/3638530/pau-victor|website=[[FC Barcelona]]|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref> <!--Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[399]] – [[Pope Siricius|Siricius]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Siricius {{!}} Roman Catholic, Bishop, Defender {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Siricius |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=4 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref> * [[946]] – [[Li Congyan]], Chinese general (b. 898) * [[975]] – [[Conrad of Constance]], German bishop and saint (b.c. 900) *[[1014]] – [[Swanehilde of Saxony]], margravine of [[Margravate of Meissen|Meissen]] *[[1236]] – [[Al-Aziz Muhammad|Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi]], Ayyubid emir of [[Aleppo]] (b. 1216) *[[1267]] – [[Sylvester Gozzolini]], Italian founder of the [[Sylvestrines]] (b. 1177) *[[1473]] – [[Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma]] *[[1504]] – [[Isabella I of Castile|Isabella I]], queen of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] and [[Kingdom of León|León]] (b. 1451) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Ralph Agas]], English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540) *[[1639]] – [[John Spottiswoode]], Scottish archbishop and historian (b. 1565)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Spottiswoode (1565-1639) |url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/spottiswoode-john |website=National Records of Scotland |access-date=24 May 2023 |language=English |date=31 May 2013}}</ref> *[[1651]] – [[Henry Ireton]], English-Irish general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1611) *[[1661]] – [[Luis Méndez de Haro]], Spanish general and politician (b. 1598) *[[1688]] – [[Philippe Quinault]], French playwright and composer (b. 1635) *[[1689]] – [[Marquard Gude]], German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635) *[[1717]] – [[Daniel Purcell]], English organist and composer (b. 1664) *[[1719]] – [[John Hudson (classicist)|John Hudson]], English librarian and scholar (b. 1662) *[[1780]] – [[James Steuart (economist)|James Steuart]], Scottish economist (b. 1712)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir James Steuart Denham, 4th Baronet {{!}} Scottish economist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-James-Steuart-Denham-4th-Baronet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1829]] – [[Thomas Buck Reed]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1787) *[[1836]] – [[John Loudon McAdam]], Scottish engineer (b. 1756) *[[1851]] – [[Jean-de-Dieu Soult]], French general and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1769) *[[1855]] – [[Adam Mickiewicz]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798) *[[1857]] – [[Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff]], German poet and author (b. 1788) *[[1860]] – [[Benjamin Greene (brewer)|Benjamin Greene]], English brewer, founded [[Greene King]] (b. 1780) *[[1872]] – [[Pavel Kiselyov]], Russian general and politician (b. 1788) *[[1882]] – [[Otto Theodor von Manteuffel]], Prussian lawyer and politician, [[Minister President of Prussia]] (b. 1805) *[[1883]] – [[Sojourner Truth]], American activist (b. 1797) *[[1885]] – [[Thomas Andrews (scientist)|Thomas Andrews]], Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813) *[[1892]] – [[Charles Lavigerie]], French cardinal and academic (b. 1825) *[[1895]] – [[George Edward Dobson]], Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848) *[[1896]] – [[Coventry Patmore]], English poet and critic (b. 1823) ===1901–present=== *[[1912]] – [[Joachim III of Constantinople]] (b. 1834) *[[1917]] – [[Elsie Inglis]], Scottish surgeon and suffragette (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elsie Inglis: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/i/elsieinglis.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Felipe Ángeles]], Mexican general (b. 1868) *[[1920]] – [[Semen Karetnyk]], Ukrainian anarchist military commander (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Pluto Press]]|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|pages=117–118}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Ernest Belfort Bax]], English barrister, journalist, philosopher, men's rights advocate, socialist and historian (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Belfort Bax – Philosopher and Socialist |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21067587 |access-date=18 February 2023 |page=15 |date=29 November 1926 |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |via=[[Trove]]}}</ref> * 1926 – [[John Browning]], American weapons designer, founded the [[Browning Arms Company]] (b. 1855) *[[1928]] – [[Reinhard Scheer]], German admiral (b. 1863) *[[1929]] – [[John Cockburn (Australian politician)|John Cockburn]], Scottish-Australian politician, 18th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1850) *[[1934]] – [[Mykhailo Hrushevsky]], Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866) *[[1936]] – [[Şükrü Naili Gökberk]], Turkish general (b. 1876) *[[1937]] – [[Silvestras Žukauskas]], Lithuanian general (b. 1860) *[[1941]] – [[Ernest Lapointe]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1876) *[[1943]] – [[Edward O'Hare]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914) * 1943 – [[Helen Maud Merrill]], American litterateur and poet (b. 1865) *[[1950]] – [[Hedwig Courths-Mahler]], German writer (b. 1867) *[[1952]] – [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865) *[[1954]] – [[Bill Doak]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1891) *[[1956]] – [[Tommy Dorsey]], American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905) *[[1959]] – [[Albert Ketèlbey]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875) *[[1962]] – [[Albert Sarraut]], French lawyer and politician, 106th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1872) *[[1963]] – [[Amelita Galli-Curci]], Italian soprano (b. 1882) *[[1971]] – [[Giacomo Alberione]], Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884) *[[1973]] – [[John Rostill]], English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942) *[[1974]] – [[Cyril Connolly]], English author and critic (b. 1903) *[[1977]] – [[Yoshibayama Junnosuke]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1920) *[[1978]] – [[Ford Beebe]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1888) * 1978 – [[Frank Rosolino]], American trombonist (b. 1926) *[[1981]] – [[Pete DePaolo]], American race car driver (b. 1898) * 1981 – [[Max Euwe]], Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901) *[[1982]] – [[Juhan Aavik]], Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884) *[[1985]] – [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (b. 1910) *[[1986]] – [[Betico Croes]], Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938) *[[1987]] – [[Thomas George Lanphier, Jr.]], American colonel and pilot (b. 1915) * 1987 – [[J. P. Guilford]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1897) * 1987 – [[Peter Hujar]], American photographer (b. 1934) *[[1989]] – [[Ahmed Abdallah]], Comorian politician, [[List of heads of state of the Comoros|President of Comoros]] (b. 1919) *[[1991]] – [[Ed Heinemann]], American engineer (b. 1908) * 1991 – [[Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931)|Bob Johnson]], American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931) *[[1993]] – [[César Guerra-Peixe]], Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914) *[[1994]] – [[David Bache]], English car designer (b. 1925) * 1994 – [[Arturo Rivera y Damas]], Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923) *[[1996]] – [[Michael Bentine]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 1996 – [[Paul Rand]], American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914) *[[1997]] – [[Marguerite Henry]], American author (b. 1902) *[[1998]] – [[Jonathan Kwitny]], American journalist and author (b. 1941) *[[2001]] – [[Nils-Aslak Valkeapää]], Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943) *[[2002]] – [[Polo Montañez]], Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955) * 2002 – [[Verne Winchell]], American businessman, founded [[Winchell's Donuts]] (b. 1915) *[[2003]] – [[Soulja Slim]], American rapper (b. 1977) * 2003 – [[Stefan Wul]], French surgeon and author (b. 1922) *[[2004]] – [[Philippe de Broca]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933) * 2004 – [[C. Walter Hodges]], English author and illustrator (b. 1909) *[[2005]] – [[Takanori Arisawa]], Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951) * 2005 – [[Stan and Jan Berenstain|Stan Berenstain]], American author and illustrator, co-created the ''[[Berenstain Bears]]'' (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Mark Craney]], American drummer (b. 1952) *[[2006]] – [[Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos]], Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923) * 2006 – [[Dave Cockrum]], American author and illustrator (b. 1943) * 2006 – [[Isaac Gálvez]], Spanish cyclist (b. 1975) * 2006 – [[Raúl Velasco]], Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933) *[[2007]] – [[Silvestre S. Herrera]], Mexican-American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1917) * 2007 – [[Mel Tolkin]], Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913) * 2007 – [[Herb McKenley]], Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Leroy Drumm]], American songwriter (b. 1936) *[[2011]] – [[Manon Cleary]], American painter and academic (b. 1942) *[[2012]] – [[Celso Advento Castillo]], Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943) * 2012 – [[Peter Marsh (athlete)|Peter Marsh]], Australian table tennis player (b. 1948) * 2012 – [[Joseph Murray]], American surgeon and soldier, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[M. C. Nambudiripad]], Indian author and translator (b. 1919) *[[2013]] – [[Arik Einstein]], Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939) * 2013 – [[Jane Kean]], American actress and singer (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Saul Leiter]], American photographer and painter (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Tony Musante]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936) *[[2014]] – [[Mary Hinkson]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kisselgoff |first1=Anna |title=Mary Hinkson, a star for Martha Graham, dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/arts/dance/-mary-hinkson-a-star-for-martha-graham-dies-at-89.html |access-date=11 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 November 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Gilles Tremblay (ice hockey)|Gilles Tremblay]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)|Peter Underwood]], English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Amir Aczel]], Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[Guy Lewis]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1922) *[[2016]] – [[Fritz Weaver]], American actor (b. 1926) *[[2018]] – [[Stephen Hillenburg]], American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (b. 1961) *[[2021]] – [[Stephen Sondheim]], American composer and lyricist (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html |access-date=26 November 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 26, 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Vikram Gokhale]], Indian actor and director (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Remembering VIKRAM GOKHALE |magazine=Filmfare |date=December 2022 |pages=112–113 |volume=71 |issn=0971-7277 |url=https://www.magzter.com/stories/celebrity/Filmfare/REMEMBERING-VIKRAM-GOKHALE |access-date=6 January 2023 |via=Magzter}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jim Abrahams]], American film director and writer (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moreau |first=Jordan |date=November 26, 2024 |title=Jim Abrahams, Slapstick Icon Behind ‘Airplane!,’ ‘Naked Gun’ and More, Dies at 80 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/jim-abrahams-dead-airplane-naked-gun-hot-shots-1236223683/ |access-date=November 27, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast days]]: ** [[Alypius the Stylite]] ** [[Basolus|Basolus (Basle)]] ** [[Bellinus of Padua]] ** [[Conrad of Constance]] ** [[Æthelwine of Athelney|Ethelwine of Athelney]] ** [[John Berchmans]] ** [[Pope Siricius]] ** [[Stylianos of Paphlagonia]] ([[Eastern Orthodoxy]]) ** [[Sylvester Gozzolini]] ** [[Isaac Watts]] ([[Episcopal Church (USA)]]) ** [[November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] * [[Public holidays in Abkhazia|Constitution Day]] ([[Abkhazia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) * [[Constitution Day (India)]] * [[Public holidays in Mongolia|Republic Day]] ([[Mongolia]]) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/26 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=26}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/26 |title=Historical Events on November 26 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:November 26}} [[Category:Days of November]]
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