1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950) is born.
1895 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971) is born.
1902 – Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971) is born.
1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000) is born.
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
1933 – Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015) is born.
1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
1983 – Chris Hughes, American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook is born.
1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
1990 – Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress is born.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
2002 – Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915) dies.
2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
2005 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923) dies.
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