Today in History for 26th November 2025

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Historical Events

1913 - Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers
1917 - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1941 - Lebanon independence first proclaimed by France
1945 - Charlie "Bird" Parker leads a recording session with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis for the Savoy label, marketed as the "greatest jazz session ever"
2018 - First multidrug randomized control trial to treat Ebola started in Democratic Republic of Congo announced by the WHO

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Famous Birthdays

1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal [Infanta Catarina], Portuguese princess, nun, writer, and daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1463)
1754 - Georg Forster, German writer, naturalist (A Voyage Round the World) and revolutionary, born in Nassenhuben (Mokry Dwór), Royal Prussia, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1794)
1928 - Don Tregonning, Australian tennis player and coach, born in Melbourne, Victoria
1973 - John Zimmerman, American pairs skater (with partner Steigler), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1987 - Summer Lee, American politician (1st back woman elected to Congress for Pennsylvania (D) 2023-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

666 - Yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)
1504 - Isabella I, Queen of Castile (1479-1504), patron of Christopher Columbus, who initiated the Spanish Inquisition with husband Ferdinand II of Aragon, dies at 53
1957 - Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
1994 - Nimrod Workman, American folk singer, dies at 99
2017 - Julia Mullock, American architect, artist, and (disputed) princess of Korea, dies at 90

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