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This Date in History - November 26th
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* 43 BC – The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
* 1476 – Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
* 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
* 1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
* 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
* 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
* 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
* 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
* 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November (since 1941, on the fourth Thursday).
* 1865 – Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
* 1909 – Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
* 1913 – Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
* 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
* 1918 – The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
* 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
* 1922 – Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between is the first film to do so but it is not widely distributed).
* 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
* 1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
* 1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of B
This Date in History - November 26th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 43 BC – The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
* 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
* 1476 – Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
* 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
* 1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
* 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
* 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
* 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
* 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
* 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November (since 1941, on the fourth Thursday).
* 1865 – Battle of Papudo: The Spanish navy engages a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet north of Valparaiso, Chile.
* 1909 – Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
* 1913 – Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
* 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
* 1918 – The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
* 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
* 1922 – Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between is the first film to do so but it is not widely distributed).
* 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
* 1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
* 1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of B
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