On This Day: 26 November

26 November in Indian history

• 2008A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.India
• 1998The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.India
• 1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.India

26 November in world history

• 2011NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.
• 2011In a friendly-fire incident, a skirmish occurred between U.S.-led NATO forces and Pakistani security forces at two military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
• 2004The 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.
• 1998Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1968Vietnam 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.
• 1944World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
• 1942Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered at the Hollywood Theatre in New York City to coincide with the Allied invasion of French North Africa and the capture of Casablanca.
• 1942World War II: Josip Broz Tito and the Yugoslav Partisans convened the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
• 1941World War II: The Hull note is given to the Japanese ambassador, demanding that Japan withdraw from China and French Indochina, in return for which the United States would lift economic sanctions. On the same day, Japan's 1st Air Fleet departs Hitokappu Bay fo
• 1940The Iron Guard killed 64 political detainees at a penitentiary near Bucharest and followed up with several high-profile assassinations, including that of former Romanian prime minister Nicolae Iorga.
• 1939The Soviet Red Army shelled the village of Mainila and then claimed that the fire originated from Finland, giving them a casus belli to launch the Winter War a few days later.
• 1924The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established after a new constitution, passed by the first State Great Khural, abolishes the monarchy.
• 1918The Montenegrin Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• 1917The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• 1835Texas Revolution: Texian forces attacked a Mexican pack train, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass.

Born on 26 November

• 1992Anuel AA, Puerto Rican rapper and singer
• 1982Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
• 1954Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (died 2009)India
• 1923V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (died 2014)India
• 1919Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (died 2011)India
• 1898Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1973)

Died on 26 November

• 2022Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (born 1945)India
• 2012M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (born 1919)India
• 1991Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
• 1985Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (born 1910)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 26 November in history?

2011: NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board. 2011: In a friendly-fire incident, a skirmish occurred between U.S.-led NATO forces and Pakistani security forces at two military checkposts along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. 2008: A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others. 2004: 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.

What happened on 26 November in Indian history?

2008: A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others. 1998: The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India. 1949: The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

Which famous people were born on 26 November?

Anuel AA, Puerto Rican rapper and singer (1992); Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player (1982); Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (died 2009) (1954); V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (died 2014) (1923).

Which day is observed on 26 November?

Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas); Constitution Day (India); Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia); Republic Day (Mongolia).