history at a glance
TODAY is Sunday November 26 the 330th day of the year. There are 35 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years. 1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor.
(The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.) 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify
the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later. 1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council
of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihac in northwestern Bosnia. 1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean
north of Béjaïa, Algeria. 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth’s shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people. 1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium. 1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar. 1950 – 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 the conflict. 1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A
rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board. 1968 – 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. 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest
rainfall ever recorded. 1977 – 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. 1983 – 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. 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: US President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will
become known as the Tower Commission. 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight. 1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names. 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. 2000 – 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. 2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England. 2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds
another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China. 2008 – Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba. 2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a
friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.