Editing November 26 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[783]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Asturias|Asturian]] queen [[Adosinda]] is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from [[Mauregatus of Asturias|Mauregatus]].
*[[1161]] &ndash; [[Battle of Caishi]]: A [[Song dynasty]] fleet fights a naval engagement with [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] ships on the [[Yangtze]] river during the [[Jin–Song Wars]].
*[[1476]] &ndash; [[Vlad the Impaler]] defeats [[Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân|Basarab Laiota]] with the help of [[Stephen the Great]] and [[Stephen V Báthory]] and becomes the ruler of [[Wallachia]] for the third time.

===1601–1900===
*[[1778]] &ndash; In the [[Hawaiian Islands]], Captain [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to visit [[Maui]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; A national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President [[George Washington]] at the request of [[United States Congress|Congress]].
*[[1805]] &ndash; Official opening of [[Thomas Telford]]'s [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Berezina]] begins during [[Napoleon]]'s retreat from [[Russia]].
*[[1852]] &ndash; An earthquake as high as [[1852 Banda Sea earthquake|magnitude 8.8 rocks the Banda Sea]], triggering a tsunami and killing at least 60 in the [[Dutch East Indies]].<ref name="Ringer">{{cite journal |last1=H. Ringer, J. P. Whitehead, J. Krometis, R. A. Harris, N. Glatt-Holtz, S. Giddens, C. Ashcraft, G. Carver, A. Robertson, M. Harward, J. Fullwood, K. Lightheart, R. Hilton, A. Avery, C. Kesler, M. Morrise, M. H. Klein |title=Methodological Reconstruction of Historical Seismic Events From Anecdotal Accounts of Destructive Tsunamis: A Case Study for the Great 1852 Banda Arc Mega-Thrust Earthquake and Tsunami |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth |date=2021 |volume=126 |issue=4 |doi=10.1029/2020JB021107 |url=http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |access-date=19 June 2021 |arxiv=2009.14272 |bibcode=2021JGRB..12621107R |s2cid=222066748 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.geology.byu.edu/Home/sites/default/files/2021_jgr_banda_1852_reconstruciton.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; United States President [[Abraham Lincoln]] proclaims November 26 as a national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]], to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.  Following the [[Franksgiving]] controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Battle of Papudo]]: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of [[Valparaíso]], Chile.

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[HMS Bulwark (1899)|HMS ''Bulwark'']] is destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men while at anchor near [[Sheerness]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Heaver|first=Stuart|title=The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War|location=Cheltenham|publisher=The History Press|date=2022|isbn=9780750999601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7uldEAAAQBAJ|page=89}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; ''[[The Guardian|The Manchester Guardian]]'' publishes the 1916 secret [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]] between the United Kingdom and France.<ref>{{cite book|last=Regan|first=Bernard|title=The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine|location=London|publisher=Verso|date=2017|isbn=9781786632470|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K595DwAAQBAJ|page=69}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; The [[National Hockey League]] is formed, with the [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Montreal Wanderers]], [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]], [[Quebec Bulldogs]], and [[Toronto Arenas]] as its first teams.
*[[1918]] &ndash; The Montenegrin [[Podgorica Assembly]] votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the [[Kingdom of Serbia]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Red Army]] launches a [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict#Surprise attack|surprise attack]] against the [[Makhnovshchina]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Malet|title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War|year=1982|isbn=0-333-25969-6|oclc=1194667963|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|location=[[London]]|pages=67–72}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Howard Carter]] and [[George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon|Lord Carnarvon]] become the first people to enter the [[Tomb of Tutankhamun|tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun]] in over 3,000 years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carter|first1=Howard|last2=Mace|first2=Arthur Cruttenden|title=The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen|location=New York|publisher=Dover Publications|date=1977|isbn=9780486235004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25Y2fiAWpWkC|page=94}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; ''[[The Toll of the Sea]]'' debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone [[Technicolor]]. (''[[The Gulf Between (1917 film)|The Gulf Between]]'' was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
*[[1924]] &ndash; The [[Mongolian People's Republic]] is officially established after a new [[Constitutions of the Mongolian People's Republic|constitution]], passed by the first [[State Great Khural]], abolishes the [[Bogd Khanate of Mongolia|monarchy]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=A. P. Samest Blaustein|author2=Jay Adrian Sigler|author3=Benjamin R. Beede|title=Independence documents of the world. 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FzT7IFsSKoC&q=bogda+khan&pg=PA482|year=1977|publisher=Brill Archive|isbn=978-0-379-00795-4|pages=482–}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Shelling of Mainila]]: The [[Soviet Army]] orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the [[Winter War]] with Finland four days later.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Hull note]] is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and [[French Indochina]], in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Crowley|first=James B.|chapter=A New Deal for Japan and Asia: One Road to Pearl Harbor|title=Japan and North America. Volume 1: First Contacts to the Pacific War|editor-last1=Krauss|editor-first1=Ellis S.|editor-last2=Nyblade|editor-first2=Benjamin|location=New York|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|date=2004|isbn=9780415275156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=io6auqu0n9IC|page=225}}</ref> On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs [[Kasatka Bay|Hitokappu Bay]] for Hawaii.<ref>{{cite news|last=Twomey|first=Steve|title=Countdown to Pearl Harbor|work=Prologue|date=Winter 2016|page=29|accessdate=November 26, 2023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDQpzHsqWwIC&dq=1st+Air+Fleet+departs+Hitokappu+Bay+%22November+26%22&pg=RA3-PA29}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Yugoslav Partisans]] convene the first meeting of the [[Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia]] at [[Bihać]] in northwestern [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]].
*  1942   &ndash; ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]'', the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.<ref>{{cite book|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|title=Round Up the Usual Suspects: The Making of 'Casablanca': Bogart, Bergman, and World War II|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion Books|date=1992|isbn=9781562829414|page=284}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[HMT Rohna|HMT ''Rohna'']] is sunk by the [[Luftwaffe]] in an air attack in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] north of [[Béjaïa]], [[Algeria]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: A German [[V-2 rocket]] hits a Woolworth's shop in [[New Cross]], London, killing 168 people.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] begins [[V-1 flying bomb|V-1]] and [[V-2 rocket|V-2]] attacks on [[Antwerp]], Belgium.
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Constituent Assembly of India]] adopts the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] presented by Dr. [[B. R. Ambedkar]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: Communist Chinese troops launch a massive counterattack ([[Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River]] and [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]]) against United Nations and South Korean forces.
*[[1965]] &ndash; France launches ''[[Astérix (satellite)|Astérix]]'', becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[United States Air Force]] helicopter pilot [[James P. Fleming]] rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by [[Viet Cong]] fire. He is later awarded the [[Medal of Honor]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; In [[Basse-Terre]], [[Guadeloupe]], {{convert|1.5|in|mm|order=flip}} of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
*[[1977]] &ndash; An unidentified hijacker named [[Vrillon]], claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's [[Southern Television]] for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740]] crashes near [[Taif]] in [[Mecca Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]], killing all 156 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-340C AP-AWZ Taif|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791126-0|access-date=2021-11-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Brink's-Mat robbery]]: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26&nbsp;million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at [[Heathrow Airport]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Iran–Contra affair]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] announces the members of what will become known as the [[Tower Commission]].
*  1986   &ndash; The trial of [[John Demjanjuk]], accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi [[Treblinka extermination camp]], starts in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Anti-Semitism%20and%20the%20Holocaust/Documents%20and%20communiques/THE%20DEMJANJUK%20CASE-%20FACTUAL%20AND%20LEGAL%20DETAILS%20-%2028 |title=The Demjanjuk case: John was in trial for accessory to murder charges |publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=28 July 1993 |access-date=14 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[National Assembly of Azerbaijan]] [[Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast|abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]] of [[Azerbaijan]] and renames several cities with Azeri names.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Tony Blair]] becomes the first [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] to address the [[Oireachtas]], the parliament of the [[Republic of Ireland]].
*  1998   &ndash; The [[Khanna rail disaster]] takes 212 lives in [[Khanna, Ludhiana]], [[India]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The 7.5 {{M|w}} [[1999 Ambrym earthquake|Ambrym earthquake]] shakes [[Vanuatu]] and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[George W. Bush]] is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by [[Katherine Harris]], going on to win the [[2000 United States presidential election|United States presidential election]], despite losing in the national popular vote.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Concorde]] makes its final flight, over [[Bristol]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3238674.stm |title=BBC News: Last Concorde lands |work=BBC News |date=27 November 2003 |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ruzhou School massacre]]: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in [[Ruzhou]], China.
*  2004   &ndash; The last [[Poʻouli]] (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of [[avian malaria]] in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai attacks]], a series of [[Terrorism|terrorist attacks]] killing approximately 175 citizens by 10 members of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], a [[Pakistan]] based extremist [[Islamist]] terrorist organisation.
*  2008   &ndash; The ocean liner ''[[Queen Elizabeth 2]]'', now out of service, docks in Dubai. 
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[NATO attack in Pakistan]]: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
*  2011   &ndash; The [[Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the [[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]] Rover.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39642506/the_daily_sentinel/|title=NASA Launches Super-Size Rover to Mars|last1=Dunn|first1=Marcia|newspaper=The Daily Sentinel |agency=Associated Press|date=27 November 2011|page=5C|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; The [[Robotic spacecraft|robotic probe]] [[InSight|Insight]] lands on [[Elysium Planitia]], [[Mars]].
*[[2019]] &ndash; A [[2019 Albania earthquake|magnitude 6.4 earthquake]] strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/albania-biggest-earthquake-in-decades-takes-deadly-toll/a-51414371 |title=Albania: Biggest earthquake in decades takes deadly toll |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=26 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The [[World Health Organization]] identifies the [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2022-01-05|title=CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us}}</ref>