Historical Events In November - 26

1907  Frances Dee, LA Calif, actress (Of Human Bondage) on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

1909  Eugene Ionesco, playwright on this day in history.  

1910  On November - 26 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7  

1910  On November - 26 cyril Cusack, Durban Natal South Africa, actor (Day of the Jackal)  

1911  Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs on this day in history.  

1912  Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) on November - 26.  

1913  On this day in history russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers  

1913  Foy Draper, US, relay runner (Olympic-gold-1936) on November - 26.  

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

1915  On November - 26 earl Wild, Pitts Pa, composer/pianist (Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942)  

1916  On November - 26 greece declares war on Germany  

1916  Bob Elliot, baseball player on November - 26.  

1918  The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia on November - 26.  

1918  Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990-94) on November - 26.  

1918  On this day in history charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies  

1919  On November - 26 frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl)  

1920  On November - 26 istvan Sarkozy, composer  

1921  On November - 26 francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984  

1922  On November - 26 in Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Caernavon discover the tomb of Tutankhamun  

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  English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history adele Jergens, Brooklyn NY, actress (Dark Past, Fuller Brush Man)  

1923  On this day in history patricia Phoenix, County Galway Ireland, actress (L Shaped Room)  

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

1924  Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed on November - 26.  

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

1925  On November - 26 neth & Germany sign trade agreement  

1925  On this day in history eugene Istomin, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943)  

1925  On November - 26 johannes Haarklou, composer, dies at 78  

1926  Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner on this day in history.  

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

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

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

1653  On November - 26 birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer  

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

1663  On this day in history birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)  

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

0666  Death of Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665) on this day in history.  

1126  On this day in history death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

1240  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on November - 26.  

1252  On November - 26 death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)  

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

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

1504  On November - 26 death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)