Year 1863
US President Abraham Lincoln declared November 26 as Thanksgiving Day.
NOVEMBER 26
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26 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 26 November.
Year 1885
Meteorite photographed for the first time.
Year 1932
The great cricketer Don Bradman completed ten thousand runs in first-class cricket.
Year 1941
Lebanon became independent.
Year 1949
The Indian constitution presented by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was approved.
Year 1960
STD service started between Kanpur and Lucknow for the first time in India.
Year 1965
Asterix (A-1), France’s first satellite, was launched into space from Algeria.
Year 1982
The 9th Asian Games held in Delhi.
Year 1997
An Indian scientist, Technician Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honor.
Year 2008
Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-sponsored militant group, launched a terrorist attack in Mumbai. This incident is known as 26/11.
Born 1885
Debendra Mohan Bose, an Indian physicist.
Born 1890
Suniti Kumar Chatterji, an Indian linguist, educationist, and litterateur.
Born 1890
Tukojirao Holakar III, the Maharaja of Indore.
Born 1898
Karl Ziegler, a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Born 1902
Maurice McDonald, co-founder of McDonald’s.
Born 1904
K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011)
Born 1919
R. S. Sharma, an eminent historian.
Born 1921
Verghese Kurien, the founder of Amul, was known as the “Father of the White Revolution” in India.
Born 1922
Charles Schulz, an American cartoonist.
Born 1923
V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
Born 1924
Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (d. 1992)
Born 1926
Yash Pal, an Indian scientist, educator, and educationist.
Born 1926
Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2017)
Born 1952
Munawwar Rana, an Indian modern Urdu poet.
Born 1954
Velupillai Prabhakaran, a Tamil guerrilla freedom fighter.
Born 1956
Keith Vaz, Indian-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
Born 1961
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
Born 1972
Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
Born 1983
Chris Hughes, an American entrepreneur, and co-founder of Facebook
Died 1883
Sojourner Truth, an American abolitionist, and women’s rights activist.
Died 1926
John Moses Browning, an American firearms designer.
Died 1938
Maulana Shaukat Ali, an Indian Muslim leader of the Khilafat Movement.
Died 2008
Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar, Ashok Kamate, and 17 other police personnel were killed in a terrorist attack in Mumbai.
Died 2012
M.C Nambudipadi, an Indian writer, and translator.
Died 2012
Joseph Edward Murray, an American plastic surgeon who performed the first successful human kidney transplant.
Died 2016
Ivan Mikoyan, co-designer and designer of the Russian MiG-29 aircraft.
Died 2018
Stephen Hillenburg, an American animator, and marine science educator.