Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 26
November 26, 2024 is the 331st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 26
- 43 BC –The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (“Octavian”, later “Caesar Augustus”), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1917 –The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1950 –Korean War: Troops from the People’s Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
- 1998 –Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
Who were born on November 26?
- 1657 –William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
- 1792 –Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
- 1878 –Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
- 1909 –Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1923 –Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1948 –Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
- 1951 –Cicciolina, Italian pornographic actress and politician
- 1956 –Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
- 1965 –Scott Adsit, American actor
- 1988 –Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese fashion model
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