26TH
NOVEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"ST CONRAD OF CONSTANCE; ST PETER OF
ALEXANDRIA; ST JOHN BERCHMANS; ST BASOLUS OR BASLE; ST SIRICIUS; ST LEONARD OF PORTO
MAURIZIO; & ST SILVESTER GOZZOLINI." |
| 26TH |
399 |
"ST. SIRICIUS" ENDS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 26TH |
579 |
"PELAGIUS
II" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 26TH |
1703 |
THE GREAT STORM HIT ENGLAND, KILLING 8,000 PEOPLE &
DESTROYING 15 ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS. |
| 26TH |
1778 |
"CAPTAIN COOK" DISCOVERS MAUI
(SANDWICH ISLANDS) |
| 26TH |
1789 |
THANKSGIVING WAS CELEBRATED NATIONALLY IN AMERICA FOR THE
FIRST TIME. |
| 26TH |
1835 |
THE FOUNDATION STONE IS LAID FOR THE
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA, IN BATHURST STREET, SYDNEY. |
| 26TH |
1865 |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND PUBLISHED. |
| 26TH |
1940 |
THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS WHEN HMAS
GOORANGAI IS SUNK IN PORT PHILIP BAY, VICTORIA, AFTER BEING RUN DOWN BY MV DUNTROON. |
| 26TH |
1942 |
BATTLE OF BRISBANE BETWEEN AUSTRALIA & AMERICAN
SERVICEMEN; 1 AUSTRALIAN WAS SHOT & KILLED BY AN AMERICAN MP & MANY WERE SERIOUSLY
INJURED. |
| 26TH |
1959 |
NATIONAL SERVICE TRAING SCHEME IN
AUSTRALIA IS SUSPENDED. |
| 26TH |
1962 |
FIRST RECORDING SESSION FOR A GROUP CALLING THEMSELVES THE
"BEATLES." |
| 26TH |
1974 |
140 DIE WHEN A SUSPENSION BRIDGE
COLLAPSES IN NEPAL. |
| 26TH |
1976 |
CATHOLICISM IS NO LONGER THE OFFICIAL STATE RELIGION OF
ITALY. |
| 26TH |
1984 |
FORMER NSW MINISTER FOR CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES, "REX JACKSON" APPEARS IN COURT TO FACE CHARGES OVER CONSPIRING TO
RELEASE PRISONERS EARLY. |
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