Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 26
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This is a list of selected November 26 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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- 1778 – An expedition led by James Cook reached Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
- 1842 – The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, USA was founded by members of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross.
- 1917 – The National Hockey League, the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, was formed at a meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, Canada.
- 1942 – World War II: Josip Broz Tito (pictured) and the Yugoslav Partisans convened the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1950 – Battle of Chosin Reservoir: Chinese forces in North Korea launched a massive counterattack against South Korean and United States armed forces, ending any thought of a quick end to the Korean War.
More events: November 25 – November 26 – November 27
