November 26
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
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Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
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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.
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The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
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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.
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Mumbai attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place in Mumbai killing 166 citizens by 10 terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan based extremist Islamist terrorist organisation.
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The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks in Dubai.
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NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
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The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
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The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.
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A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes western Albania leaving at least 52 people dead and over 1,000 injured. This was the world's deadliest earthquake of 2019, and the deadliest to strike the country in 99 years.
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COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
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The Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaves at least 168 dead and 79 injured.
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2000Lamecha Girma, Ethiopian athlete
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1999Jaycee Horn, American football player
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1999Olivia O'Brien, American singer-songwriter
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1999Jacob Shaffelburg, Canadian soccer player
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1999Jung Wooyoung, South Korean singer and dancer
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1997Aubrey Joseph, American actor
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1997Jennie Wåhlin, Swedish curler
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1997Aaron Wan-Bissaka, English-Congolese footballer
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1996Malik Beasley, American basketball player
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1996Brandon Carlo, American ice hockey player
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1996Louane, French singer and actress
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1995James Guy, English swimmer
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