1264 Comet said to predict the death of Pope Urban IV is last seen
1430 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1712 Warrant issued for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor, Highland Freebooter, by the Lord Advocate at the instigation of the Duke of Montrose.
1789 Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1862 Battle of Corinth, Miss
1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day
1873 The Grand Trunk Railway converts the gauge of its line between Stratford and Montreal, 421 miles together with 60 miles of sidings, from 5' 6" to the standard gauge of 4' 8 1/2". The track work was completed in 24 hours and occasioned but 16 hours interruption in the use of the main line.
1883 The Holyhead was a steamer owned by the London and North Western Railway which rammed the barque Alhambra amidships in the Irish Sea between Dublin and Holyhead in clear weather. The Holyhead's general cargo included 300 pigs, and 17 horses. The Alhambra was carrying coal as ballast and was almost cut in two and sank in a few minutes. The Holyhead sank shortly afterwards. The loss of life from the Holyhead totalled 13, including the Captain, C.W.Hicks, and his daughter. Loss of life on the Alhambra not known, but there was a crew of 25.
1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School
1913 Federal Income Tax signed into law (at 1%)
1918 Boris becomes king of Bulgaria
1922 First facsimile photo send over city telephone lines, Washington, DC
1928 French sub "Ondine" sinks returning to Toulon, drowning 42
1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
1940 Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government.
1942 Launch of the First A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
1945 World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member
1947 First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed
1951 Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts
1951 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla.
1952 First video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca
1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres
1955 "Captain Kangaroo" premieres
1955 Soviet battleship "Novorossiisk" strikes WW II mine in Baltic Sea
1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
