Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
134011November 26Event1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
134012November 26Event1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
134013November 26Event1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
134014November 26Event1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to
134015November 26Event1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
134016November 26Event1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
134017November 26Event1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
134018November 26Event1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
134019November 26Event1983 – Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
134020November 26Event1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
134021November 26Event1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
134022November 26Event1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
134023November 26Event1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
134024November 26Event2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
134025November 26Event2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
134026November 26Event2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
134027November 26Event2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
134028November 26Event2008 – Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
134029November 26Event2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
134030November 26Event2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
134031November 26Event2012 – Aam Aadmi Party Indian political party formally started.
134032November 26Birth1436 – Catherine of Portugal (d. 1463)
134033November 26Birth1604 – Johannes Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1673)
134034November 26Birth1607 – John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)
134035November 26Birth1609 – Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)
134036November 26Birth1657 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
134037November 26Birth1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)
134038November 26Birth1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
134039November 26Birth1727 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (d. 1800)
134040November 26Birth1731 – William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800)

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