Historical Events In November - 26

1907  On this day in history frances Dee, LA Calif, actress (Of Human Bondage)  

1908  Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate (Savoy) on November - 26.  

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

1909  Eugene Ionesco, playwright on this day in history.  

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

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

1911  On this day in history raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs  

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

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

1913  On November - 26 foy Draper, US, relay runner (Olympic-gold-1936)  

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

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

1916  On this day in history greece declares war on Germany  

1916  On this day in history bob Elliot, baseball player  

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 this day in history.  

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

1919  On this day in history frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl)  

1920  Istvan Sarkozy, composer on this day in history.  

1921  Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 on November - 26.  

1922  In Egypt, Howard Carter and Lord Caernavon discover the tomb of Tutankhamun on November - 26.  

1922  KING TUT'S tomb entered on this day in history.  

1922  The birth of Charles Schultz, American cartoonist on this day in history.  

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

1922  On November - 26 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history neth & Germany sign trade agreement  

1925  On November - 26 eugene Istomin, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943)  

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

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

1926  John M Brown, US weapons constructer, dies on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on this day in history.  

1609  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0399  On November - 26 siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies  

0666  On this day in history death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)  

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on November - 26.  

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 November - 26.  

1267  On this day in history gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies  

1326  On November - 26 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.