Monday, November 26, 2012

November 26th in History



1476 - Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.

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).


1918 - The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

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.


1949 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

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.

1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Parliament Republic of Ireland.

2003 - Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.

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

Famous Birthdays:

1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon.

1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, geophysicist

1858 - St. Katharine Drexel, Catholic Saint

1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway

1895 - William Griffith "Bill" Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous


1918 - Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile

1949 - Martin Lee, singer

1973 - Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress

1983 - Chris Hughes, businessman, co-founder of Facebook

1990 - Rita Ora, singer

1992 - Louis Ducruet, son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, 7th in the line to the Monegasque throne












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