Historical Events In November - 26

1976  On November - 26 ringo releases "Hey Baby" single  

1978  On November - 26 10 die as fire erupts at Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY  

1980  Columbia mated to SRBs &external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building on this day in history.  

1980  Rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53 on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80  

1982  Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki  

1982  Dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73 on November - 26.  

1983  Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million on November - 26.  

1985  23rd Space Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-is launched on November - 26.  

1985  On November - 26 ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87  

1986  On this day in history betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48  

1987  Emmanuel Bondeville, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1988  Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch on November - 26.  

1988  On November - 26 arafat Refused Entry into the U.S.  

1988  Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km) on this day in history.  

1989  Ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies on November - 26.  

1990  On November - 26 matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion  

1990  On November - 26 mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait  

1990  On this day in history david White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74  

1991  On this day in history condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students  

1991  Bob Johnson, US hockey coach (Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1992  On November - 26 stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36  

1993  Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death on this day in history.  

1994  Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1995  Charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106 on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91  

2006  On this day in history uS Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar bill.  

2011  On this day in history the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, the most elaborate Martian exploration vehicle to date, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It is slated to land on Mars on aug 5, 2012.  

2012  10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground on this day in history.  

2017  Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo kills at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history presidential elections held in Honduras with allegations of electoral fraud and resulting violent protests  

2018  On November - 26 nASA's InSight mission lands on Mars after a 7 month voyage  

2018  Ukraine declares martial law in areas bordering Russia after Russia seizes three of its naval vessels on November - 26.  

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

1436  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)  

1607  On November - 26 birth of john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ  

1609  On November - 26 birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

1640  On November - 26 birth of carl Rosier, composer  

1653  On this day in history birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer  

1657  On this day in history birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)  

1663  On this day in history birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)  

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on this day in history.  

0666  On this day in history death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)  

1126  Death of Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated on this day in history.  

1240  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on November - 26.  

1252  On this day in history death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)  

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on November - 26.  

1326  Death of Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286) on this day in history.  

1504  Death of Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451) on this day in history.