Historical Events In November - 26

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

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

1980  On this day in history columbia mated to SRBs &external tank at Vehicle Assembly Building  

1980  On this day in history rachael Roberts, actress (This Sporting Life), dies at age 53  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1985  Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1986  Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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

1988  Arafat Refused Entry into the U.S on this day in history.  

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 this day in history mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait  

1990  David White, actor (Bewitched), dies of heart attack at 74 on this day in history.  

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 November - 26.  

1992  Stephen Burks, actor (Kiss of a Killer), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

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

1994  On November - 26 arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of El Salvador (1980-94), dies at 71  

1995  On November - 26 charles Warrell, big Chief I-Spy writer/teacher, dies at 106  

1996  Euphemia MacDonald May Moxon, dance producer, dies at 91 on November - 26.  

2006  On November - 26 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 November - 26.  

2017  On November - 26 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  On November - 26 ukraine declares martial law in areas bordering Russia after Russia seizes three of its naval vessels  

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1288  Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339) was born on November - 26.  

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

1607  On this day in history birth of john Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ  

1609  On this day in history birth of henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)  

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

1653  On November - 26 birth of andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer  

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on November - 26.  

1663  Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas) was born on this day in history.  

0399  Siricius, Italian Pope (384-99), dies on November - 26.  

0666  On November - 26 death of yeon Gaesomun dictator of Goguryeo (other sources indicate death date as 664 or 665)  

1126  On November - 26 death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated  

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

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

1267  On this day in history gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies  

1326  On this day in history death of hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)  

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