Page 4: Historical Events In November - 26

1907  Frances Dee, LA Calif, actress (Of Human Bondage)   

1908  Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate (Savoy)   

1909  Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men   

1909  Eugene Ionesco, playwright   

1910  2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7.   

1910  Cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor (Day of the Jackal).   

1911  Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs   

1912  Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster (CBS Weekend News).   

1913  Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers   

1913  Foy Draper, US, relay runner (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1914  Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die   

1915  Earl Wild, Pitts Pa, composer/pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942)   

1916  Greece declares war on Germany   

1916  Bob Elliot, baseball player   

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

1918  Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990-94).   

1918  Charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies.   

1919  Frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl).   

1920  Istvan Sarkozy, composer.   

1921  Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984.   

1922  In Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Caernavon discover the tomb of Tutankhamun.   

1922  KING TUT'S tomb entered   

1922  Charles Schultz, American cartoonist is born.   

1922  English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb.   

1922  Adele Jergens, Brooklyn NY, actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man).   

1923  Patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress (L Shaped Room)   

1923  Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60   

1924  Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed   

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

1925  Neth and Germany sign trade agreement.   

1925  Eugene Istomin, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943)   

1925  Johannes Haarklou, composer, dies at 78.   

1926  Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner   

1926  John M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on November - 26.   

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on November - 26.   

1607  On this day in history birth of john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ   

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  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

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

0399  On November - 26 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 this day in history edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies   

1252  Death of Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188) on November - 26.   

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on November - 26.   

1326  On this day in history death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)   

1504  Death of Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) on this day in history.