26th November

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1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop on New Cross High Street, United Kingdom, killing 168 shoppers.
1968 - The new Race Relations Act made it illegal to refuse housing, employment or public services to people because of their ethnic background.
1977 – An unidentified hijacker named 'Vrillon', claiming to be the representative of the 'Ashtar Galactic Command', takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes at 5:12 pm.
1983 – Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland's parliament.
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2008 – 2008 Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Births
1731 – William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
1919 – Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (d. 2013)
1939 – Tina Turner, American singer, dancer, and actress (Ike & Tina Turner)
1953 – Hilary Benn, English politician
1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer

Deaths

1703 - Henry Winstanley, - built the first Eddystone lighthouse,
1996 – Michael Bentine, English comedian and actor (b. 1922)

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