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November 26: Thanksgiving in the United States (2009); Feast Day of Sylvester Gozzolini and John Berchmans (Roman Catholic Church), and Stylianos of Paphlagonia (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- 1778 – An expedition led by James Cook reached Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
- 1842 – The University of Notre Dame (the Golden Dome of its main administration building pictured) in South Bend, Indiana, USA, was founded as an all-male institution by members of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross.
- 1939 – The Soviet Red Army shelled Mainila, and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland across a nearby border, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later.
- 1942 – World War II: Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav Partisans convened the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 2008 – A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing a total of 173 people and wounding more than 300 others.