Historical Events In November - 26

1907  Frances Dee, LA Calif, actress (Of Human Bondage) on November - 26.  

1908  Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate (Savoy) on this day in history.  

1909  Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men on November - 26.  

1909  Eugene Ionesco, playwright on November - 26.  

1910  2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7 on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor (Day of the Jackal)  

1911  On November - 26 raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs  

1912  Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on this day in history.  

1913  Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers on this day in history.  

1913  Foy Draper, US, relay runner (Olympic-gold-1936) on this day in history.  

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1914  Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die on November - 26.  

1915  On this day in history earl Wild, Pitts Pa, composer/pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942)  

1916  Greece declares war on Germany on November - 26.  

1916  On this day in history bob Elliot, baseball player  

1918  On this day in history the Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.  

1918  On this day in history patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990-94)  

1918  Charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies on this day in history.  

1919  Frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl) on this day in history.  

1920  Istvan Sarkozy, composer on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984  

1922  In Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Caernavon discover the tomb of Tutankhamun on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history kING TUT'S tomb entered  

1922  On this day in history the birth of Charles Schultz, American cartoonist  

1922  On this day in history english archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb  

1922  Adele Jergens, Brooklyn NY, actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man) on this day in history.  

1923  Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress (L Shaped Room) on November - 26.  

1923  On November - 26 alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60  

1924  On November - 26 mongolian People's Republic proclaimed  

1924  George Segal, New York, American painter and sculptor of lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver) on November - 26.  

1925  Neth & Germany sign trade agreement on this day in history.  

1925  Eugene Istomin, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943) on November - 26.  

1925  Johannes Haarklou, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1926  On November - 26 joyce McCartan, peace campaigner  

1926  John M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies on November - 26.  

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1288  On November - 26 birth of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)  

1436  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on November - 26.  

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

1640  Carl Rosier, composer was born on this day in history.  

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1657  On this day in history birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)  

1663  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on November - 26.  

0399  On this day in history siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies  

0666  On November - 26 death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)  

1126  On November - 26 death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

1240  On November - 26 edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies  

1252  Death of Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188) on this day in history.  

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1326  On November - 26 death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)  

1504  On this day in history death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)