Date | Text | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
100 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 1924 | Michael Holliday, English singer (d. 1963) | |||
26 Nov 1924 | George Segal, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000) | |||
26 Nov 1924 | WW2 | The keel of Nachi was laid down at the Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. | ||
26 Nov 1924 | George Segal NY, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver) | |||
26 Nov 1924 | Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 1949 | Maggie Donnelly: Bag lady | |||
26 Nov 1949 | 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 | |||
26 Nov 1949 | India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic | |||
26 Nov 1949 | Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor | |||
26 Nov 1949 | Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist | |||
26 Nov 1949 | Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995) | |||
26 Nov 1949 | Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brotherhood of Man) | |||
26 Nov 1949 | Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic | |||
26 Nov 1949 | The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. | |||
26 Nov 1949 | birth Martin Lee, Brotherhood Of Man, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Save Your Kisses For Me'). | |||
26 Nov 1949 | India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 1974 | David Barnard: WLAF defensive tackle (Scotland Claymores) | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Jamie Jones: Singer (All 4 One) | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Richard Ikeda: Kamloops, British Columbia -- Gymnist (1996 Olympics) | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903) | |||
26 Nov 1974 | Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 1999 |
death Ashley Montagu Died 26 Nov 1999 at age 94 (born 28 Jun 1905). British anthropologist who is noted for his works popularizing anthropology and science. By working out the embryology of the upper jaw, Montagu enabled surgeons to repair cleft palates. Montagu made contributions in a wide variety of fields, of which his analysis of the concept of race will remain his his most important legacy. The subject interested him from the 1930s and by 1942 he published Man's Most Dangerous Myth; The Fallacy of Race. In 1950, he was asked by UNESCO to frame their statement on race. His fifty books include The Elephant Man, which formed the basis of the play and movie of the same name. Other topics included social factors in crime, home birth and prenatal care, birth order, privacy, smaking and natural foods. |
|||
20 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 2004 | Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933) | |||
26 Nov 2004 | Cyril Walter Hodges, English artist and writer (b. 1909) | |||
26 Nov 2004 | Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China. | |||
26 Nov 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. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
26 Nov 2014 | Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (b. 1927) | |||
26 Nov 2014 | Frankie Fraser, English gangster (b. 1923) | |||
26 Nov 2014 | Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925) | |||
26 Nov 2014 | Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938) | |||
26 Nov 2014 | Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1923) |