Today in History

November 26

1943 - The a British transport ship carrying US soldiers, is hit by a German torpedo off Algeria, 1,138 men are killed.

1949 - India adopts its Constitution as a federal republic within the British Commonwealth.

1979 - A Pakistan International Airlines plane catches fire and crashes shortly after takeoff from Jeddah, killing 156 people on board.

1986 - An Iranian missile slams into a crowded residential district of Baghdad, Iraq, killing 48 civilians.

1994 - The Early Intervention Centre in Sharjah is officially inaugurated. 2008 - Mumbai terrorist attacks kill more than 166 people over four days. 2011 - John Key wins his second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister. 2016 - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies at the age of 90.