What are the important events that happened on November 26? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 26: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 26 is the 330^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 35 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 13, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,764,115,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 83 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,723 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 26 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1825 –
  At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
• 1918 –
  The Podgorica Assembly votes for “union of the people”, declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• 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).
• 1943 –
  World War II: HMT Rohna sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2008 –
  2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba

Who were born on November 26?

• 1609 –
  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
• 1857 –
  Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
• 1938 –
  Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1939 –
  Tina Turner, American singer and actress
• 1946 –
  Art Shell, American football player and coach
• 1962 –
  Chuck Finley, American baseball player
• 1967 –
  Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
• 1975 –
  Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
• 1990 –
  Avery Bradley, American basketball player
• 1994 –
  Erena Ono, Japanese singer (AKB48)

Who died on November 26?

• 399 –
  Pope Siricius
• 666 –
  Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo (other sources indicate DOD 664 or 665)
• 1504 –
  Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
• 1621 –
  Radulph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)
• 1855 –
  Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
• 1896 –
  Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
• 1938 –
  Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1868)
• 1991 –
  Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
• 1996 –
  Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
• 2001 –
  Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)