November 26th

Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed.

Nineteen-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested by federal agents during a sting in Portland, Ore., accused of planning to detonate van of explosives during Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

An investigation ordered by Ireland's government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and that most fellow clerics turned a blind eye.

Terrorists launched commando-style attacks on two luxury hotels, a Jewish center and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, killing 166 people.

Concorde retired from service. Concorde retired from service after 27 years of flight

Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified Republican George W. Bush the winner over Democrat Al Gore in the state's presidential balloting by 537 votes.

Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.

Britain announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.

Brink’s Mat gold heist. The £ 26 million robbery took place in a Brink Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London. The stolen gold, diamonds and cash has never been recovered.

A federal jury found Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford.

President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 18 1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

World’s first tidal power station opens in France. The Rance Tidal Power Station on the Rance River in Brittany, France was inaugurated by French president Charles de Gaulle. Today, it is one of the largest tidal power stations in the world.

France launches Astérix. The launch of the satellite from Hammaguir, Algeria made France the 6th country in the world after the US, the USSR, the UK, Canada, and Italy to have an artificial satellite in orbit. The satellite is named after the Asterix the popular comic character created by French writer René Goscinny.

China entered the Korean War.

India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.

'Casablanca,' starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.

The half million Jews of Warsaw, Poland, were forced by the Nazis to live within a walled ghetto.

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.

NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs. National Hockey Association disbands

'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll is published in America.

Public streetcar service began in New York City.

The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.

A day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

British explorer Captain James Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii).