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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">November 26</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Gozzolini" title="Sylvester Gozzolini">Saint Sylvester Gozzolini</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(India)" title="Constitution Day (India)">Constitution Day</a></b> in India (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution" title="Texas Revolution">Texas Revolution</a>: Texian forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_Fight" title="Grass Fight">attacked</a></b> a Mexican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packhorse" title="Packhorse">pack train</a>, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851" title="1851">1851</a> – The French navy <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Sal%C3%A9" title="Bombardment of Salé">bombarded Salé, Morocco</a></b>, damaging the city's infrastructure and its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Sal%C3%A9" title="Great Mosque of Salé">Great Mosque</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940">1940</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard" title="Iron Guard">Iron Guard</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilava_massacre" title="Jilava massacre">killed 64 political detainees</a></b> at a penitentiary near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a> and followed up with several high-profile assassinations, including that of former Romanian prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga" title="Nicolae Iorga">Nicolae Iorga</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a><i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" title="Casablanca (film)">Casablanca</a></b></i>, starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart" title="Humphrey Bogart">Humphrey Bogart</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a>, premiered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hellinger_Theatre" title="Mark Hellinger Theatre">Hollywood Theatre</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to coincide with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Allied invasion of French North Africa</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Casablanca" title="Naval Battle of Casablanca">capture of Casablanca</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – A coordinated group of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks" title="2008 Mumbai attacks">shooting and bombing attacks</a></b> across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> began, ultimately killing at least 174 people and wounding more than 300 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_d%27Ortous_de_Mairan" title="Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan">Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1678); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Taylor" title="Major Taylor">Major Taylor</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Massaquoi" title="Fatima Massaquoi">Fatima Massaquoi</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1978); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg" title="Stephen Hillenburg">Stephen Hillenburg</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>