page_title: November 1966
section_title: November 26, 1966 (Saturday)
hierarchical_section_title: November 1966 / November 26, 1966 (Saturday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Harold Holt, Treasurer of Australia, 1965
context_page_description: The following events occurred in November 1966:
context_section_description: In the Australian federal election, viewed as a popular referendum on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, Prime Minister Harold Holt stayed in office as the coalition of his Liberal Party and the Australian Country Party increased its majority in the 124-member House of Representatives.  With a gain of 10 seats, the Liberal/Country coalition had 82 seats, while the Australian Labor Party of Arthur Calwell lost nine.
  On the same day, in the New Zealand parliamentary election, Keith Holyoake remained Prime Minister, as his  National Party lost only one seat.  The National Party retained 44 of the 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, and the Labour Party of Norman Kirk had no change, with 35 seats.  For the first time in more than 20 years, a third party, the Social Credit Party, had a parliamentary seat, as Vernon Cracknell took the electorate of Hobson from National's Logan Sloane.
  Led by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, the Cabinet of Canada voted to create the Order of Canada.  Pearson would state later that "I pointed out to my colleagues that nearly all countries of the world, excepting Switzerland, had some system of honors and awards" for civilians. Although the Canada Medal had been created in 1943 for that purpose, it had never been awarded (and never would be, after the Cabinet voted to abolish it).
  At Empire Stadium in Vancouver, the 54th Grey Cup was "Roughriders vs. Rough Riders" as the Saskatchewan Roughriders broke a 14-14 tie in the final quarter with two touchdowns and a single for a 29-14 win over the Ottawa Rough Riders, winning the Cup for the first time in team history.
  Born: Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-born American television actress (The Jamie Foxx Show); in Saint-Marc
  Died:
  Siegfried Kracauer, 77, German philosopher and cultural theorist
  Oliver Morton Dickerson, 91, American historian
caption: Holt
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