It happened on this day, November 26
Events:
1382 – Sultan Barquq bin Anas seizes power in Egypt and is the founder of the second Mamluk state.
1778 – Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
1830 – French forces fail to storm the Algerian town of Blida due to resistance from residents.
1941 – Japanese forces under the command of Admiral Shoshi Nagumo head with the Japanese fleet towards Pearl Harbor.
1950 – Chinese armed forces enter North Korea to support it against the alliance between South Korea and the United States during the Korean War. This intervention helps to adjust the balance of power.
1960 – The United Nations General Assembly grants independence to Mauritania despite Morocco's demands for annexation.
1962 – Ahmed Ben Bella forms the first government in Algeria after independence.
1973 – Mauritania becomes a member of the Arab League.
1988 – The United States refuses to grant Yasser Arafat an entry visa to deliver a speech at the United Nations headquarters.
1990 – Egyptian soldier Ayman Hassan attacks a jeep and two Israeli military buses on the Egyptian-Israeli border, causing numerous Israeli army deaths and injuries, in response to what is known as the First Al Massacre -Aqsa.
2003 – Concorde makes its last flight to Bristol.
2008 – A series of explosions rocks Mumbai, India's economic capital, targeting several locations, including a domestic airport, hotels, a railway station, a famous restaurant, a hospital and a hostage prison.
2011 – Launch of the Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity rover.
2014 – The 22nd Gulf Football Final between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in Riyadh. Qatar won the title
2017 – Indonesian authorities declare a state of emergency on the island of Bali and order the evacuation of 100,000 people from the surrounding area of the Mount Agung volcano, which has begun to ignite and erupt.
2018 – NASA's InSight space probe successfully lands on Mars.
2019 – An earthquake struck Albania with a magnitude of 6.4 on the moment scale, killing 51 people and injuring around 2,000 others.
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Births:
1550 – Muhammad Hejazi Al-Waez, Egyptian Muslim scholar.
1607 – John Harvard, English clergyman and chief founder of Harvard University.
1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist.
1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor.
1885 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany.
1894 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician.
1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963.
1920 – Abdul Aziz Hussein, Kuwaiti writer and minister.
1931 – Adolfo Prez Esquibel, Argentine artist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980.
1936 – Khalil Al-Abwaini, Jordanian poet.
1939 – Abdullah Ahmed Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
** Tina Turner, American actress and singer.
** Kawthar Al-Assal, Egyptian actress.
1943 – Marilyn Robinson, American novelist.
1949 – Marai bin Amouda Al Kathiri, first Prime Minister of East Timor.
1953 – Bossi, Egyptian actress.
1954 – Najda Ismail Anzour, Syrian director.
1964 – Chokri Belaid, Tunisian politician.
1971 – Ola Ghanem, Egyptian actress.
1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor.
1973 – Peter Fancelli, American actor.
1977 – Amr Saad, Egyptian actor.
1978 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor.
1981 – Stefan Andersen, Danish footballer.
** Natasha Bedingfield, English singer.
1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer.
1986 – Rodina Fahmy, Egyptian actress.
1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer.
1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer.
1994 – Azra Hagić, Australian tennis player.
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Death:
399 – Sergius.
829 – Ibn Ayan al-Masri, Maliki jurist.
1126 – Aq Sunqar Al-Barsuqi, owner of Mosul and Al-Rahba.
1504 – Queen Isabella I, queen of Castile, Leon and Sicily.
1829 – Thomas Buck Reed, American politician and lawyer.
1836 – John Loudon, Scottish engineer.
1851 – Jean Doux, French soldier and politician.
1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish national poet.
1857 – Joseph Freiherr, German writer.
1926 – John Moses Browning, American firearms manufacturer.
1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral.
1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer, photographer and geologist.
1980 – Pete DiPaolo, Indian Formula 1 driver.
** Ali bin Muhammad Al-Aythan, Jaafari jurist and professor of Saudi Islam.
1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch professional chess player, mathematician and author.
1988 – Tawfiq Al-Daqen, Egyptian actor.
**Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of the Saudi Royal Family Council.
2001 – Nils Aslak Valkiapa, Finnish writer and musician.
2003 – Mirza Abdul Rasul Al-Ahqaki, Kuwaiti Shiite authority.
2005 – Ghared Al-Shati, Kuwaiti singer.
2011 – Amer Mounib, Egyptian singer.
2012 – Joseph Murray, American plastic surgeon who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1990.
** Milad Hanna, Egyptian engineer and political thinker.
2014 – Sabah, Lebanese artist.
2018 – Stephen Hillenburg, creator, director, producer and writer of the SpongeBob SquarePants series, and director of SpongeBob SquarePants.
2019 – Atallah Abu Ziyad, Palestinian-Jordanian poet.
2020 – Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, Sudanese thinker and politician.
** Hafez Abu Saada, Egyptian politician.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ Constitution Day in India.
⬅️ Covenant Day in Baha'i.
