Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 26
- 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.
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