today.nukz.net: Almanac November 26

Anna Mae Bullock (born November 26, 1939), better known by her stage name Tina Turner, is an American singer whose career has spanned more than half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards. One of the world's most popular entertainers, Turner has been called the most successful female rock artist, and was named "one of the greatest singers of all time" by Rolling Stone. Her combined album and single sales total approximately 180 million copies worldwide. She is known for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals, career longevity, and widespread appeal. In 2008, Turner left semi-retirement to embark on her Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour. Turner's tour became one of the highest selling ticketed shows of 2008–2009. Rolling Stone ranked her at 63 on their 100 greatest artists of all time and considers her the "Queen of Rock and Roll".

Events

783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is put up in a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
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.
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1784 – The Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the United States established.
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.
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November (since 1941, on the fourth Thursday).
1865 – Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy Schooner is defeated by a Chilean Corvette north of Valparaiso, Chile.
1909 – Sigma Alpha Mu is founded in the City College of New York by 8 Jewish young men.
1913 – Phi Sigma Sigma is founded at Hunter College in New York City.
1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1918 – The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
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).
1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates the incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihac in northwestern Bosnia.
1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.
1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
1949 – The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
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.
1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1 on board, becoming the third country to enter outer space.
1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
1977 – 'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5:12 pm.
1983 – Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
1986 – Iran-Contra scandal: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
2004 – The last Po'ouli (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 – 2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba
2011 – 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.

Births

1436 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
1604 – Johannes Bach, German composer and musician (d. 1673)
1607 – John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
1609 – Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
1657 – William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
1678 – Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
1731 – William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
1792 – Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
1827 – Ellen G. White, American leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
1828 – Robert Battey, American surgeon (d. 1895)
1828 – René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
1832 – Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
1847 – Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
1853 – Bat Masterson, American Old West figure (d. 1921)
1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
1858 – Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
1864 – Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
1869 – Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1878 – Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
1894 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. 1974)
1895 – William Griffith "Bill" Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
1897 – Wim Hesterman, Dutch boxer (d. 1971)
1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1899 – Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
1902 – Maurice McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1971)
1904 – Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist
1908 – Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier (d. 2007)
1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German football player and coach (d. 1998)
1909 – Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (d. 1994)
1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
1914 – Charles Breijer, Dutch photographer (d. 2011)
1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist (d. 2010)
1918 – Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile
1919 – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 2012)
1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1923 – Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
1924 – George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
1924 – Michael Holiday, British singer (d. 1963)
1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
1927 – Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
1928 – Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese academic (d. 2012)
1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur and philanthropist
1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
1933 – Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
1933 – Stanley Long, English director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
1937 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
1938 – Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agency director
1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
1938 – Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
1939 – Tina Turner, American singer and actress
1939 – Wayland Flowers, American Puppeteer (d. 1988)
1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician
1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
1941 – Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress
1942 – Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese civilian doctor (d. 1970)
1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American writer
1943 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (d. 2012)
1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
1945 – John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1945 – Michael Omartian, Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer
1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician
1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
1946 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
1947 – Susanne Zenor, American actress
1948 – Krešimir Cosic, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
1949 – Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
1949 – Martin Lee, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
1951 – Cicciolina, Italian pornographic actress and politician
1953 – Hilary Benn, British politician
1953 – Harry Carson, American football player
1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist
1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ceylon (d. 2009)
1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
1956 – Don Lake, Canadian television writer
1956 – Keith Vaz, British politician
1959 – Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster
1960 – Chuck Eddy, American music journalist
1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
1961 – Lisa Moretti, American professional wrestler
1961 – Marcy Walker, American actress
1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball player
1963 – Adam Gaynor, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player
1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor
1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and model
1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
1967 – Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player
1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
1969 – Kara Walker, American artist
1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
1970 – John Amaechi, American-born British basketball player
1971 – Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
1971 – Ryan Robbins, Canadian actor
1971 – Vicki Pettersson, American author
1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian hockey player
1973 – Kristin Bauer van Straten, American actress
1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
1975 – Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
1975 – DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop/rap artist, DJ and producer
1976 – Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player
1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer
1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player
1977 – John Parrish, American baseball player
1978 – Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 – B.J. Averell, American reality television contestant
1980 – Jason Anthony Griffith, American video game voice actor
1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer
1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer
1981 – OJ Da Juiceman, American rapper
1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
1982 – Keith Ballard, American hockey player
1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
1986 – Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist
1986 – Trevor Morgan, American actor
1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player
1986 – Kanae Ito, Japanese voice actress
1987 – Georgios Tzavelas, Greek footballer
1988 – Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (VersaEmerge)
1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model
1990 – Avery Bradley, American basketball player
1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
1990 – Chip, British rapper
1990 – Rita Ora, British singer
1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer
1992 – Louis Ducruet, son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1993 – Erena Ono, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)

Deaths

399 – Pope Siricius
666 – Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo (other sources indicate DOD 664 or 665)
1252 – Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
1504 – Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
1621 – Radulph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)
1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
1651 – Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
1688 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
1717 – Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
1719 – John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1780 – Sir James Denham-Steuart, Scottish economist (b. 1712)
1836 – John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
1851 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
1857 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
1876 – Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
1883 – Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (b. 1813)
1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1825)
1896 – Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican Revolution general (b. 1868)
1926 – John Browning, American firearm designer and inventor (b. 1855)
1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German naval officer (b. 1863)
1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b. 1866)
1938 – Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1868)
1941 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
1941 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
1943 – Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot (b. 1914)
1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
1962 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (b. 1872)
1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. 1903)
1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon (b. 1910)
1987 – Thomas G. Lanphier, American aviator (b. 1915)
1991 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (b. 1908)
1991 – Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
1994 – David Bache, British car designer (b. 1925)
1994 – Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
1996 – Michael Bentine, British comedian (b. 1922)
1996 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2002 – Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
2003 – Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
2004 – Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
2005 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author (b. 1923)
2005 – Mark Craney, American musician (b. 1952)
2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese Composer (b. 1951)
2006 – Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
2006 – Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish pro cyclist (b. 1975)
2006 – Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
2007 – Silvestre Herrera, Mexican-born American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. (b. 1917)
2007 – Mel Tolkin, television comedy writer (b. 1913)
2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b. 1893)
2008 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)
2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks:
- Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli rabbi (b. 1979)
- Ashok Kamte, Indian additional commissioner of the Mumbai police (b. 1965)
- Hemant Karkare, Chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (b. 1954)
- Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer (birth date unknown)
- Vijay Salaskar, Indian senior police inspector (birth date unknown)
2010 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (b. 1912)