November 26

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2006 Calendar

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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)
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, British Salvation Army General (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
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 - Krešimir Ćosić, 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
1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
1981 - Aurora Snow, American actress
1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer