Historical Events In November - 26

1927  On this day in history 15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6  

1927  John Carter, Center Ridge Ark, actor (Max-Falcon Crest) on this day in history.  

1927  Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch performer (governess), assassinated at 47 on November - 26.  

1928  Paul Claudel's "Lepdrehumily," premieres in Dresden on this day in history.  

1928  Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1929  On November - 26 betta St John, Hawthorne Calif, actress (Corridors of Blood)  

1929  On November - 26 michele Esposito, composer, dies at 74  

1930  On this day in history berthold Leibinger, German Entrepreneur and Philanthropist  

1931  Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, (1980 Nobel Peace Prize) on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings  

1932  On November - 26 alan Stout, composer  

1933  On this day in history the birth of Robert Goulet, American actor  

1933  Camille Chautemps becomes French premier on this day in history.  

1933  Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, US singer (Enchanters-Cry Baby) on this day in history.  

1933  Edward Julius Biedermann, composer, dies at 84 on November - 26.  

1934  German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi on this day in history.  

1934  On this day in history mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b.1866)  

1938  The birth of Tina Turner, American singer and actress on November - 26.  

1938  On this day in history tina Turner born  

1938  On November - 26 henry Schultz, US farm commune, dies  

1939  On this day in history 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border  

1939  On this day in history james Naismith, Basketball inventor, dies  

1940  Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto on November - 26.  

1940  On November - 26 leidse students strike  

1941  Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro on November - 26.  

1941  On this day in history lebanon gains independence from France  

1941  On November - 26 thanksgiving Holiday delcared by FDR  

1942  "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, NYC on this day in history.  

1943  On November - 26 edward H "Butch" O'hare, US pilot/lt-comdr, dies in battle  

1944  On this day in history 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor  

1945  On this day in history during snow storm, school bus crashes, killing 15 (Washington)  

1945  During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington) on November - 26.  

1948  On this day in history belgian govt of Spaak, resigns  

1949  On this day in history india adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic  

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

1436  On November - 26 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  On November - 26 birth of carl Rosier, composer  

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 this day in history.  

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on November - 26.  

0666  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)  

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

1326  Death of Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286) on November - 26.  

1504  Death of Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) on November - 26.