Today in History
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2003 Concorde retired from service
Concorde retired from service after 27 years of flight
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1983 Brink’s Mat gold heist
The £ 26 million robbery took place in a Brink Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London. The stol
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1966 World’s first tidal power station opens in France
The Rance Tidal Power Station on the Rance River in Brittany, France was inaugurated by French pres
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1965 France launches Astérix
The launch of the satellite from Hammaguir, Algeria made France the 6th country in the world after t
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1942 Casablanca premiers
The classic movie starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart won 3 Oscars – Best Picture, Director
Births On This Day,
November, 26
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1972 Arjun Rampal
Indian actor
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1939 Tina Turner
American singer, dancer, actress
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1922 Charles M. Schulz
American cartoonist
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1876 Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabian king
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1827 Ellen G. White
American author, co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Deaths On This Day,
November, 26
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1952 Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer, explorer
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1943 Edward O'Hare
American pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
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1883 Sojourner Truth
American activist
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1855 Adam Mickiewicz
Polish poet
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1504 Isabella I of Castile
