Historical Events In November - 26

2018  Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims to have made the first genetically edited baby on this day in history.   

2018  On November - 26 australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore is handed her record equalling 7th world title as American contender Lakey Peterson is a shock 2nd round elimination at the season-ending Maui Pro in Hawaii   

2018  General Motors announces it will close five factories in North America, cutting 14,000 jobs on November - 26.   

2018  On November - 26 first multidrug randomized control trial to treat Ebola started in Democratic Republic of Congo announced by the WHO   

2018  DC superhero film "Aquaman" directed by James Wan starring Jason Momoa and Amber Heard premieres in London on November - 26.   

2018  NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on the surface of Mars on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history albania earthquake: 51 people are killed and around 2,000 others injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Albania. The earthquake was the strongest to hit Albania in more than 40 years, and ​is currently the world's deadliest earthquake in 2019.   

2019  Chilean protests: Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International issue reports on Chile's situation denouncing grave human rights violations, including excesive violence use and detention abuses by police forces. Among police brutality acts there are records of police agents firing non-lethal ammunition to protesters' faces against provider's regulations, resulting in more than 200 people with severe eye trauma and more than 50 requiring prosthetic eyes on November - 26.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization convenes an emergency meeting in Geneva amid concerns over Omicron, a highly mutated variant of COVID-19 first identified in South Africa that appears more infectious than Delta on this day in history.   

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

1436  Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.   

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

1609  Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659) was born on November - 26.   

1640  On this day in history birth of carl Rosier, composer   

1653  Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1657  William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated   

1240  On November - 26 edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies   

1252  On November - 26 death of blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)   

1267  Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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.