Historical Events In November - 26

1976  Ringo releases "Hey Baby" single on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history 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  On November - 26 rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53  

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

1982  On November - 26 howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by the Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch  

1982  Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki on this day in history.  

1982  Dan Tobin, actor (I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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.  

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

1986  Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48 on November - 26.  

1987  On November - 26 emmanuel Bondeville, composer, dies at 89  

1988  On November - 26 alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Jean-Loup Chretien launch  

1988  Arafat Refused Entry into the U.S on November - 26.  

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

1989  On November - 26 ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies  

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

1990  Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait on this day in history.  

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

1991  On November - 26 condoms are handed out to thousands of NY High School students  

1991  On November - 26 bob Johnson, US hockey coach (Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 60  

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

1993  On this day in history imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death  

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 November - 26 euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91  

2006  On November - 26 uS Judge James Robertson orders the US Treasury to change the dollar bill.  

2011  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 on this day in history.  

2012  On November - 26 10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground  

2017  Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo kills at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings on November - 26.  

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

2018  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)  

1436  On November - 26 birth of princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)  

1607  John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ was born on November - 26.  

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

1640  Carl Rosier, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1657  On November - 26 birth of william Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)  

1663  On November - 26 birth of pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)  

0399  On this day in history siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies  

0666  On November - 26 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 November - 26.  

1240  Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1252  Death of Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188) on this day in history.  

1267  On November - 26 gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies  

1326  On November - 26 death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)  

1504  On November - 26 death of queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)