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November 26th, 1945 (MONDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: RAF Alconbury is returned to the RAF from the USAAF.

In London the Protocols for the Regulation of whaling are signed, the first post-war international fishing treaty.

CANADA:

Frigate HMCS Levis completed tropicalization refit Lunenburg , Nova Scotia.

Minesweeper HMCS Quatsino paid off Esquimalt, British Columbia.

U.S.A.: Charlie Parker and Miles Davis record "Coco", the first BeeBop jazz single.

The USS Lake Champlain (CV 39) sets a speed record for a trans-Atlantic crossing when she arrives at Hampton Roads, Virginia 4 days, 8 hours and 51 minutes after leaving Cape Spartel, Africa.

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