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.
26 November 321
A Saturday in history
Weekday
Saturday
Season
Autumn (N. Hemisphere)
Century
4th century
Records
422
2011
2011NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.
2008A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.
1983Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash.
1977A speaker claiming to represent the "Intergalactic Association" interrupted a broadcast of Southern Television in South East England.
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.
- 1942
A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers killed three people in Phoenix, Arizona.
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.
- 1921
The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict resumes with a surprise attack by the Red Army against the Makhnovshchina.
1917Being unable to resolve disputes with Eddie Livingstone, owner of the Toronto Blueshirts, the other ice hockey clubs of Canada's National Hockey Association officially agreed to break away and form the National Hockey League.
1914A large internal explosion destroyed HMS Bulwark near Sheerness, killing 741 people on board.
- 1852
A massive earthquake struck the Dutch East Indies, creating a tsunami that washed away villages, ships and residents.
- 1851
The French navy bombarded Salé, Morocco (pictured), damaging the city's infrastructure and its Great Mosque.
1842The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
1835Texas Revolution: Texian forces attacked a Mexican pack train, capturing 40 saddlebags of grass.
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