Tukuk-OS📅 November 26
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 26? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2011 — In a friendly-fire incident, a skirmish occurred between U.S.-led NATO forces and Pakistani security forces at two military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
- 2011 — NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.
NASAMars Science LaboratoryCape Canaveral Space Force Station
- 2008 — A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.
- 1983 — Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash.
- 1979 — Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740, crashed shortly after takeoff near Taif, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board.
- 1977 — A speaker claiming to represent the "Intergalactic Association" interrupted a broadcast of Southern Television in South East England.
Southern Television broadcast interruptionSouthern TelevisionSouth East England
- 1942 — Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City to coincide with the Allied invasion of French North Africa and the capture of Casablanca.
- 1942 — World War II: Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav Partisans convened the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1942 — A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers killed three people in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1940 — The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations, including that of former Romanian prime minister Nicolae Iorga.
- 1939 — The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later.
- 1921 — The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict resumes with a surprise attack by the Red Army against the Makhnovshchina.
- 1917 — Being unable to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, the other ice hockey clubs of Canada's National Hockey Association officially agreed to break away and form the National Hockey League.
Eddie LivingstoneToronto BlueshirtsNational Hockey Association
- 1914 — A large internal explosion destroyed HMS Bulwark near Sheerness, killing 741 people on board.
- 1852 — A massive earthquake struck the Dutch East Indies, creating a tsunami that washed away villages, ships and residents.
- 1851 — The French navy bombarded Salé, Morocco (pictured), damaging the city's infrastructure and its Great Mosque.
- 1842 — The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
University of Notre DameEdward SorinCongregation of Holy Cross
- 1835 — Texas Revolution: Texian forces attacked a Mexican pack train, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass.
Births
- 2001 — Pau Víctor, Spanish footballer
- 2000 — Lamecha Girma, Ethiopian athlete
- 1999 — Jaycee Horn, American football player
- 1999 — Olivia O'Brien, American singer-songwriter
- 1999 — Jacob Shaffelburg, Canadian soccer player
- 1999 — Jung Wooyoung, South Korean singer and dancer
- 1998 — Shivam Mavi, Indian cricketer
- 1997 — Aubrey Joseph, American actor
- 1997 — Jennie Wåhlin, Swedish curler
- 1997 — Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English-Congolese footballer
- 1996 — Malik Beasley, American basketball player
- 1996 — Brandon Carlo, American ice hockey player
Deaths
- 2024 — Jim Abrahams, American film director and writer (born 1944)
- 2022 — Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (born 1945)
- 2021 — Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (born 1930)
- 2018 — Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961)
- 2016 — Fritz Weaver, American actor (born 1926)
- 2015 — Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950)
- 2015 — Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
- 2014 — Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1925)
- 2014 — Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1938)
- 2014 — Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (born 1932)
- 2013 — Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1939)
- 2013 — Jane Kean, American actress and singer (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Alypius the Stylite
- Christian feast days: Basolus (Basle)
- Christian feast days: Bellinus of Padua
- Christian feast days: Conrad of Constance
- Christian feast days: Ethelwine of Athelney
- Christian feast days: Blessed Gaetana Sterni
- Christian feast days: John Berchmans
- Christian feast days: Pope Siricius
- Christian feast days: Sylvester Gozzolini
- Christian feast days: Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast days: November 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia)
- Constitution Day (India)
- Republic Day (Mongolia)
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