Unforgettable Events on November 26 in the Past

In this video, we'll take a look at some of the most memorable and Unforgettable moments in November 26 history. This video is a great way to learn about some of the important historical events that have taken place on this special day!

43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony 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 1st national Thanksgiving in America

1791 1st US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.

1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, NY))

1832 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating in New York City with 12 cent fare

1842 The University of Notre Dame is founded

1861 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virginia

1865 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published in America

1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by JB Sutherland of Detroit

1916 Addressing the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati, US President Woodrow Wilson declares that 'The business of neutrality is over. The nature of modern war leaves no state untouched’

1922 1st successful Technicolor movie (The Toll of the Sea), premieres at the Rialto Theatre in NYC

1922 English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt

1941 Japanese naval carrier force left its base & moves east toward Pearl Harbor

1942 "Casablanca" directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premieres at Hollywood Theater, NYC (Academy Awards Best Picture 1943)

1948 1st polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera model 95 becomes prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras for next 15 years

1956 TV game show "The Price Is Right", hosted by Bill Cullen, debuts on NBC

1963 Explorer 18 spacecraft launched by NASA

1968 34th Heisman Trophy is awarded toO.J. Simpson, Southern Cal

1969 Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon

1973 Nixon's personal secretary Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18½ minute gap in a key Watergate tape

1975 US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination

1982 Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch

1984 US & Iraq re-establish diplomatic relations

1985 Random House buys former US President Richard Nixon's memoirs for $3,000,000

1990 1st Billboard Music Awards: M.C. Hammer & Janet Jackson win

1998 Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.

2003 Supersonic airplane the Concorde makes its last ever flight, returning to Bristol, England.

2013 Due to a street tirade captured on video, Alec Baldwin's show "Up Late with Alec Baldwin" is cancelled after only five episodes

2018 General Motors announces it will close five factories in North America, cutting 14,000 jobs

2018 NASA's InSight mission lands on Mars after a 7 month voyage