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“I know nothing of man's rights, or woman's rights; human rights are all that I recognise.”
~ Sarah Grimké
Wikiquote (Sarah Grimké (November 26, 1792 – December 23, 1873) an American abolitionist, writer, and suffragist.)
November 26th, 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.
Wikipedia Photo: UNESCO list of heritage sites Romania; ● Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania ● Bran Castle - "Dracula's Castle", in the Transylvanian Alps, credit National Geographic ● Bucharest, capital of Romania called " the Paris of the Balkans" coping Parisian street systems and buildings in the 1920's, constructing Romanian Arch of Triumph.
November 26th, 1778
In the Hawaiian Islands British Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
Wikipedia Painting: James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; British explorer James Cook's ship was named the HMS Endeavour; Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John Hawkesworth, credit National Library of Australia (NLA) digital collections; Captain James Cook (1728-1779) is shown meeting Nootka leader Muquinna (died 1798) at Nootka Sound on what is now Vancouver Island, in 1778, during his explorations of Canada’s northwest coast, credit Canadian Military History.
November 26th, 1789
A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
Wikipedia Image: The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth by Jennie A. Brownscombe. (1914) Plymouth settlers held a harvest feast after a successful growing season; The First Thanksgiving 1621, oil on canvas by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930). The painting shows common misconceptions about the event that persist to modern times: Pilgrims did not wear such outfits, and the Wampanoag are dressed in the style of Plains Indians;
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, an annual parade presented by Macy's, and tradition started in 1924.
November 26th, 1842
The University of Notre Dame is founded.
Wikipedia Photo: The University of Notre Dame.
November 26th, 1863
Thanksgiving Day:
1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
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).
Wikipedia Painting: George Washington, 1st President of the United States (recommended a national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States and approved by Congress in 1789); Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (proclaimed November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day).
November 26th, 1917
The National Hockey League (NHL) is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Wikipedia Photo: National Hockey League Logos; Montreal Canadiens.
November 26th, 1922
Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
Wikipedia Photo: Tutankhamun Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy, the popular icon for ancient Egypt at The Egyptian Museum; The mummy of King Tut, shown here, gets credit for popularizing the pharaoh's curse, but the myth's origin has been traced to a London stage act performed a hundred years before the boy king's tomb was excavated in 1922; A painted box from Tutankhamun's tomb depicts the Pharaoh on a chariot chasing Nubians, Kenneth Garrett, National Geographics / Getty Images; Carter and Carnarvon; On Nov. 4, 1922, Carter found the first signs of what proved to be Tutankhamen's tomb. But it was not until Nov. 26, after days spent clearing a passage down a long, steep stairway, that he and Lord Carnarvon reached a second sealed doorway, behind which were hidden treasures of the boy king’s last resting place. Archaeologist Howard Carter is shown examining King Tut’s sarcophagus. Associated Press.
November 26th, 1922
Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between - 1917, is the first film to do so but it is not widely distributed).
Wikipedia Photo: The Toll of the Sea (1922) is an American drama film, directed by Chester M. Franklin, produced by the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation, released by Metro Pictures, and featuring Anna May Wong in her first leading role.
November 26th, 1939
World War II:
1939 - Winter War; 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 - Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia in northwestern Bosnia.
1943 - HMT Rohna sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean Sea north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
1944 - A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street in London, killing 168 shoppers.
1944 - Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
Wikipedia Photo: Bombing of Dresden in World War II; August Schreitmüller's sculpture 'Goodness' surveys Dresden after a firestorm started by Allied bombers in 1945.
USS Bunker Hill was hit by kamikazes piloted by Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa and another airman on 11 May 1945. 389 personnel were killed or missing from a crew of 2,600; Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, who flew his aircraft into the USS Bunker Hill during a Kamikaze mission on 11 May 1945; Kamikaze Missions - Lt Yoshinori Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3 (Type 33 Suisei) "Judy" in a suicide dive against USS Essex. The dive brakes are extended and the non-self-sealing port wing tank is trailing fuel vapor and/or smoke 25 November 1944.
German V1 flying-bomb and V2 Rockets - Preparations for a Salvo Launch of V-2 Rockets in the Heidelager near Blizna (Poland) (1944), credit German History in Documents and Images GHDI.
November 26th, 1950
Korean War:
1950 - Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir: troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korea and United Nations forces, ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
Wikipedia Photo: Korean War Collage credit, The Big Picture, Boston Globe - (Associated Press; U.S. Department of Defense / SGT. F.C. Kerr; AP Photo; U.S. Department of Defense / TSGT. Charles B. Tyler; U.S. Department of Defense / TSGT. Charles B. Tyler; U.S. Department of Defense / TSGT. Robert H. Mosier; AP Photo / Max Desfor; U.S. Department of Defense / CPL. P. McDonald; AP Photo / Max Desfor; AP Photo/George Sweers; U.S. Navy / Maj. R.V. Spencer, UAF; AP Photo / Max Desfor).
November 26th, 1968
Vietnam War:
1968 - United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
Wikipedia Photo: Vietnam War: Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into a tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border, in Vietnam on March 1965. (AP Photo / Horst Faas) / Boston Globe
November 26th, 1986
Iran-Contra Affair:
1986 - United States President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
Wikipedia Photo: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, December 22, 1986; Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings in Washington, D.C., 1987. credit Associated Press.
November 26th, 1991
Dissolution of the Soviet Union:
1991 - National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
Wikipedia Image: Russia Satellite Map.
November 26th, 2003
Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
Wikipedia Photo: Concorde, one of the wonders of the modern technical world, the first commercially successful airliner capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) credit Heritage Concorde
November 26th, 2004
Modern conflicts in the Middle East and terrorist attacks:
2004 - Ruzhou School massacre a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
2008 - Mumbai attacks (2008); by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Wikipedia Photo: Middle East satellite image, NASA. ● Camels are seen early morning on a beach in the Marina area of Dubai October 16, 2008. (Steve Crisp, Reuters) ● A portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad burns during clashes between rebels and Syrian troops in Selehattin, near Aleppo, on July 23, 2012. (Bulent Kilic, AFP / GettyImages) ● Egyptians gather in their thousands in Tahrir Square to mark the one year anniversary of the revolution on Jan. 25, 2012 in Cairo Egypt. Tens of thousands have gathered in the square on the first anniversary of the Arab uprising which toppled President Hosni Mubarak. (Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images) ● Black smoke rises above the Tehran skyline as supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi burn tires and other material in the streets as they fight running battles with police to protest the declared results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. (Ben Curtis, AP) ● The Iron Dome defense system fires to interecpt incoming missiles from Gaza in the port town of Ashdod, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (Tsafrir Abayov, AP)
November 26th, 2011
War in Afghanistan:
2011 - NATO attack in Pakistan (2011); NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
Wikipedia Photo: Afghanistan, Boston Globe, The Big Picture.