What happened on November 26 ?

1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)

1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)

1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)

1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)

1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)

1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)

1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)

1792 - Sarah Grimke, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)

1828 - René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)

1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)

1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)

1847 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)

1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)

1864 - Edward Higgins, the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)

1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)

1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)

1877 - Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist (d. 1962)

1885 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)

1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor, screenwriter and novelist (d. 1976)

1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician and founder of Cybernetics (d. 1964)

1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)

1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Lindbergh III (d. 1936)

1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)

1908 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)

1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)

1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)

1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist

1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)

1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)

1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)

1927 - Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)

1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1931 - Adrianus Johannes Cardinal Simonis, Archbishop of Utrecht

1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor

1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut

1938 - Porter J. Goss, American politician and Central Intelligence Agency director

1938 - Rodney Jory, Australian physicist

1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor

1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress

1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia

1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)

1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor

1945 - John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)

1946 - Art Shell, American football player and coach

1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress

1948 - Kre?imir ?osi?, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)

1948 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer

1948 - Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter

1949 - Vincent A. Mahler, Political Scientist and professor at Loyola University Chicago

1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)

1951 - Cicciolina, Italian actress and politician

1953 - Harry Carson, American football player

1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver

1962 - Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher

1964 - Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier

1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player

1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian

1970 - Alex Taylor, Latin porn star

1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer

1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor

1973 - Peter Facinelli, American actor

1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler

1977 - Ivan Basso, Italian professional road bicycle racer

1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer

1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer

1981 - Aurora Snow, American actress

1985 - Lil' Fizz, American singer