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Events on the 26th of November in history

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26 Nov 0399 St Siricius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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26 Nov 0579 Pelagius II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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26 Nov 0783 The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
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26 Nov 0944 Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht"
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26 Nov 1161 Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
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26 Nov 1476 Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
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26 Nov 1527 Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with Emperor Karel I
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26 Nov 1580 French Huguenots and Roman Catholics sign peace treaty
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26 Nov 1598 Jacob of Necks Merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java
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26 Nov 1648 Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen
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26 Nov 1688 Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg
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26 Nov 1688 French King Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands
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26 Nov 1688 King James II escapes back to London
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26 Nov 1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
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26 Nov 1716 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)
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26 Nov 1741 French and Beiers army occupies Prague
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26 Nov 1764 France bans Jesuit enorde
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26 Nov 1778 Captain Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
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26 Nov 1778 In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
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26 Nov 1784 The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
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26 Nov 1789 A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
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26 Nov 1789 1st national thanksgiving
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26 Nov 1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
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26 Nov 1805 Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
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26 Nov 1825 At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
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26 Nov 1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
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26 Nov 1832 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12
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26 Nov 1835 HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for New Zealand
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26 Nov 1841 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan
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26 Nov 1842 The University of Notre Dame is founded.
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26 Nov 1847 Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice, " premieres in Paris
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26 Nov 1861 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg
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26 Nov 1861 At Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia
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26 Nov 1863 United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
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26 Nov 1864 Confederate troops vacate Sandersville, Georgia
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26 Nov 1864 Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal / Waynesboro, Georgia
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26 Nov 1865 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US
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26 Nov 1865 Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
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26 Nov 1865 Alice in Wonderland published
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26 Nov 1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by JB Sutherland of Detroit
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26 Nov 1868 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in San Francisco, at 25th & Folsom
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26 Nov 1885 1st meteor photograph
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26 Nov 1894 King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France
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26 Nov 1895 Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association formed
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26 Nov 1896 1st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6
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26 Nov 1896 A A Stagg of University of Chicago creates football huddle
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26 Nov 1898 SS Portland leaves for Cape Cod, 157 killed
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26 Nov 1910 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7
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26 Nov 1913 Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
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26 Nov 1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
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26 Nov 1916 Greece declares war on Germany
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26 Nov 1917 The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
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26 Nov 1918 The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
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26 Nov 1922 Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
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26 Nov 1922 The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
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26 Nov 1924 Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed
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26 Nov 1925 Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement
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26 Nov 1927 15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6
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26 Nov 1933 Camille Chautemps becomes French Premier
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26 Nov 1934 German Theologist Karl Barth surrenders to Nazi
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26 Nov 1934 Turkish regiment decrees importing family names
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26 Nov 1939 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1940 Leidse students strike
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26 Nov 1940 Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
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26 Nov 1940 Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
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26 Nov 1941 British North African Commandant General Cunningham lay-offs
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26 Nov 1941 British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh and El Duda
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26 Nov 1941 Japanese carrier force left its base and moves east toward Pearl Harbor
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26 Nov 1941 Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
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26 Nov 1941 Lebanon gains independence from France
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26 Nov 1942 "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, New York City
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26 Nov 1942 Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1943 World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
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26 Nov 1944 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
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26 Nov 1944 Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz and Birkenau crematoriums
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26 Nov 1944 World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
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26 Nov 1944 World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
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26 Nov 1945 During snow storm, school bus crashes, killing 15 (Washington)
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26 Nov 1949 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15
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26 Nov 1949 The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
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26 Nov 1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1950 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
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26 Nov 1952 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil, " premieres in Hollywood
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26 Nov 1953 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Nov 1953 WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Nov 1953 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
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26 Nov 1955 "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances
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26 Nov 1955 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus
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26 Nov 1955 Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
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26 Nov 1956 "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
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26 Nov 1956 USSR single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal in his excitement he jumps for joy, and loses his medal, it sinks
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26 Nov 1957 WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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26 Nov 1960 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
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26 Nov 1960 Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
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26 Nov 1961 Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
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26 Nov 1962 1st recording session under name "Beatles"
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26 Nov 1962 Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms
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26 Nov 1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles
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26 Nov 1962 1st recording session under the name "Beatles"
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26 Nov 1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)
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26 Nov 1963 Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year
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26 Nov 1963 Explorer 18 launched
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26 Nov 1965 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year
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26 Nov 1965 In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
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26 Nov 1965 France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)
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26 Nov 1966 "Walking Happy" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 performances
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26 Nov 1966 54th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Ottawa, 29-14
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26 Nov 1966 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
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26 Nov 1967 Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450
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26 Nov 1968 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern California (RB)
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1969 35th Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Owens, Oklahoma (RB)
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26 Nov 1969 Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon
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26 Nov 1969 Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
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26 Nov 1970 In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
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26 Nov 1972 Pete Gogolak scores New York Giant record 8 points after a touchdown
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26 Nov 1973 Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape
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26 Nov 1974 Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration
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26 Nov 1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)
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26 Nov 1975 Fred Lynn becomes the 1st rookie to win MVP
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26 Nov 1975 Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
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26 Nov 1976 German DR deprives singer / Poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
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26 Nov 1976 Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
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26 Nov 1976 Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
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26 Nov 1976 Willy Burns elected Chairman of Social International
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26 Nov 1976 Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1978 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, New York
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26 Nov 1978 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love"
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26 Nov 1978 66th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 20-13
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26 Nov 1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years
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26 Nov 1979 Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
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26 Nov 1980 Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP
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26 Nov 1980 Columbia mated to SRBs & external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
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26 Nov 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
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26 Nov 1982 Clyde King named Yankee manager
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26 Nov 1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
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26 Nov 1984 After 518 goals and 14 years with Montreal Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
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26 Nov 1984 US and Iraq regain diplomatic relations
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26 Nov 1984 John W Mercom Jr announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million
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26 Nov 1985 Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000
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26 Nov 1985 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched
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26 Nov 1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
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26 Nov 1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch
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26 Nov 1988 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km)
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26 Nov 1989 77th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 43-40
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26 Nov 1989 Comores coup under Bob Benard
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26 Nov 1989 Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes President of Uruguay
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26 Nov 1989 Rafael Callejas installed as President of Honduras
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26 Nov 1990 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
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26 Nov 1990 Premier Mazowiecki of Poland, resigns
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26 Nov 1990 The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
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26 Nov 1990 Buffalo Bills become 6th 1st place NFL team to lose on same weekend
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26 Nov 1990 Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion
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26 Nov 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
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26 Nov 1991 Condoms are handed out to thousands of New York High School students
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26 Nov 1991 National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
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26 Nov 1993 Political campaigners James Carville (49) and Mary Matalin wed
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26 Nov 1995 33rd Tennis Federation Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
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26 Nov 1995 Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass
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26 Nov 1995 Ireland votes (50.3%) to end 58 year ban on divorce
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26 Nov 1995 New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs vs. India in Nagpur ODI
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26 Nov 1996 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
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26 Nov 1998 Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
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26 Nov 2000 George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
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26 Nov 2003 Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
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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.
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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.
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26 Nov 2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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26 Nov 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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26 Nov 2011 The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
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26 Nov 2012 Aam Aadmi Party Indian political party formally started.
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