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26 November 2030
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
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.Accidental attack on friendly forces
Anniversary
2011 - NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory mission from Cape Canaveral, carrying the Curiosity rover on board.American space and aeronautics agency
Anniversary
2008 - A coordinated group of shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai began, ultimately killing 175 people and wounding more than 300 others.Islamist terror attacks in India
Anniversary
1983 - Six robbers broke into a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport in London and stole £26 million in gold, diamonds and cash.Security company
Anniversary
1979 - Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740, crashed shortly after takeoff near Taif, Saudi Arabia, killing all 156 people on board.1979 aviation accident in Saudi Arabia
Historical events
History
2025 - The Wang Fuk Court fire, a catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaves at least 168 dead and 79 injured.2025 apartment fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong
History
2021 - COVID-19 pandemic: The World Health Organization identifies the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
History
2019 - 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.Earthquake in Northwestern Albania
History
2018 - The robotic probe Insight lands on Elysium Planitia, Mars.Spacecraft without people on board
History
2011 - 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.Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish
History
2011 - The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.Robotic mission that deployed the ''Curiosity'' rover to Mars in 2012
History
2008 - 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.Islamist terror attacks in India
History
2008 - The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, now out of service, docks in Dubai.Former British ocean liner
History
2004 - Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.History
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.Extinct species of passerine bird
Notable births
Born
1999 - Jaycee Horn, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Jacob Shaffelburg, Canadian soccer playerCanadian soccer player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Jung Wooyoung, South Korean singer and dancerSouth Korean singer (born 1999)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Jim Abrahams, American film director and writer (born 1944)American film director and writer (1944–2024)
Died
2022 - Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (born 1945)Indian actor (1945–2022)
Died
2021 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (born 1930)American composer and lyricist (1930–2021)
Died
2018 - Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (born 1961)American animator and educator (1961–2018)
Died
2015 - Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (born 1950)Israeli-born American lecturer (1950–2015)
Died
2015 - Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)American basketball player and coach (1922–2015)
Died
2014 - Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (born 1925)American dancer
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
1.3% illuminated
Lunar age: 1.1 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
4.27 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius
Moon zodiac
Sagittarius
21.51 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Astronomy events
Planet
Mercury Greatest Elongation21.8° from the Sun, best seen in the evening sky.