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Events from History on November 26

1527 : Pope Clemens VII signs treaty with emperor Karel I
1580 : French Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty
1598 : Jacob of Necks merchant fleet reaches Bantam West-Java
1648 : Pope Innocent X condemns Peace of Westfalen
1688 : Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg
1688 : French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands
1688 : King James II escapes back to London
1702 : Premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter"
1703 : -27] Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed
1703 : Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships
1716 : 1st lion exhibited in America (Boston)
1741 : French & Beiers army occupies Prague
1764 : France bans Jesuit enorde
1778 : Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands [now Hawaii])
1789 : 1st national Thanksgiving
1793 : Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
1825 : 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))
1832 : 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating (NYC) (12«› fare)
1835 : HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ
1841 : 1st date in James Clavell's novel Tai-Pan
1847 : Alfred de Mussets "Un Caprice," premieres in Paris
1861 : West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg
1863 : -Dec 2] Mine Run campaign, VA
1864 : Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
1864 : Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia
1865 : "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US
1867 : Refrigerated railroad car patented by JB Sutherland of Detroit
1868 : 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF, at 25th & Folsom
1885 : 1st meteor photograph
1894 : King Lafia "Absalamu" of Nikki signs accord with France
1895 : Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn forms
1896 : 1st large indoor football game, U of Chic beats U of Mich 7-6
1896 : A A Stagg of U Chicago creates football huddle
1898 : -27) Snow/ice storm over US; 455 die
1898 : SS Portland leaves for Cape Cod, 157 killed
1913 : Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
1914 : Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die
1916 : Greece declares war on Germany
1916 : K Gyllenberg discovers asteroid #846 Lipperta
1922 : English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb
1924 : Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed
1925 : Neth & Germany sign trade agreement
1928 : Paul Claudel's "Lepdrehumily," premieres in Dresden
1928 : Philip Barry's "Holiday," premieres in NYC
1933 : Camille Chautemps becomes French premier
1934 : German theologist Karl Barth surrenders to nazi
1934 : Turkish regiment decrees importing family names
1939 : 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border
1940 : Leidse students strike
1940 : Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
1941 : British North African commandant General Cunningham lay-offs
1941 : British troops conquer Belhamed, Sidi Rezegh & El Duda
1941 : Japanese carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor
1941 : Lebanon gains independence from France
1942 : "Casablanca" premieres at Hollywood Theatre, NYC
1942 : Anti fascist Council for National Liberation (AVNOJ) forms
1944 : 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor
1944 : Himmler orders destruction of Auschwitz & Birkenau crematoriums
1945 : During snow storm, school bus crashes, kills 15 (Washington)
1948 : Belgian govt of Spaak, resigns
1949 : India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1950 : China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1952 : 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood
1953 : KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 : WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 : Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
1955 : "Boy Friend" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 483 performances
1955 : Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus
1955 : Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
1956 : "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC
1956 : USSR single sculls winner Vyacheslav Ivanov wins Olympic gold medal
1956 : in his excitement he jumps for joy, & loses his medal, it sinks
1957 : WCVB TV channel 5 in Boston, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1960 : Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
1961 : For 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions
1961 : Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
1962 : 1st recording session under name "Beatles"
1962 : Caribbean Air Transport Me NV (CLTM Airlines) forms
1962 : Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles
1963 : 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB)
1963 : Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year
1963 : Explorer 18 launched
1965 : Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year
1965 : France launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix)
1966 : "Walking Happy" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 161 perfs
1966 : 1st major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France
1967 : Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return
1967 : Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450
1968 : 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O J Simpson, Southern Cal (RB)
1969 : 35th Heisman Trophy Award: Steve Owens, Oklahoma (RB)
1969 : Creams' final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
1969 : Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon
1972 : Pete Gogolak scores NY Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown
1973 : Nixon's personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she
1973 : accidentally caused part of 18«-minute gap in a key Watergate tape
1974 : Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)
1974 : Catfish Hunter & Charlie Finley meet in arbitration
1975 : Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroids #2260 Neoptolemus,
1975 : #2336 Xinjiang, #2617 Jiangxi & #3421
1975 : Fed jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1975 : France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1975 : Fred Lynn becomes the 1st rookie to win MVP
1975 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1976 : German DR deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship
1976 : Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single
1976 : Sex Pistols release their debut single "Anarchy In The UK"
1976 : Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International
1978 : 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY
1978 : 1st lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love"
1978 : Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3011 & #3297
1979 : Twins John Castino & Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year
1980 : Columbia mated to SRBs & external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building
1980 : Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP
1982 : Clyde King named Yankee manager
1982 : Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by
1982 : Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
1982 : Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1983 : Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
1984 : After 518 goals & 14 years with Mont Canadiens, Guy LaFleur retires
1984 : John W Mercom Jr announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million
1984 : US & Iraq regain diplomatic relations
1985 : 23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched
1985 : France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1985 : Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000
1986 : Osservatorio San Vittore discovers asteroid #4742 Caliumi
1987 : F Borngen discovers asteroid #4098 Thraen & #6293 Oberpfalz
1988 : Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev & Jean-Loup Chretien launch
1988 : Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km)
1989 : Comores coup under Bob Benard
1989 : Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes pres of Uruguay
1989 : Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras
1990 : 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins
1990 : Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion
1990 : Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait
1990 : Premier Mazowiecki of Poland, resigns
1990 : Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigned, ends his reign longest-serving PM
1991 : Condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students
1992 : K Suzuki & T Urata discover asteroid #7298
1992 : Spacewatch discovers asteroid #5923 Liedeke
1993 : Political campaigners James Carville (49) & Mary Matalin wed
1994 : Y Kushida & O Muramatsu discover asteroid #7068 Minowa
1995 : Ireland votes (50.3%) to end 58 year ban on divorce
1995 : New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs v India in Nagpur ODI
1996 : Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4
1996 : Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program discovers asteroid #8118
1997 : Wash Capitals final game at USAir Arena, retire Rod Langway's #5

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