26 November 43 BCE-The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian, later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed. 1914-Battleship HMS Bulwark blows up while loading ammo; only 12 men survive. 1922-Howard Carter enters King Tuts tomb. 1941-Imperial Japanese Fleet sails from the Kuril Islands; plan is to attack Singapore and Pearl Harbor upon receipt of the go order from Tokyo. 1942-President Roosevelt orders gasoline rationing to begin on 1 December. 1944-Port of Antwerp is re-opened to maritime traffic; Germany hurls V-1 and V-2 rockets at the city. 1944-SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler orders the destruction of the Auschwitz crematoria. 1950-PRC enters the Korean War, flooding the peninsula with 500,000 troops; begin longest retreat in U.S. history. 1965-France puts its first satellite into orbit. 1973-Presidential secretary Rose Mary Woods testifies that the 18.5 minute gap in the Presidents tape was caused by her own incompetence. 1997-UK ends daylight patrols in Catholic West Belfast. 1998-Prime Minister Tony Blair becomes the first UK Prime Minister to address the Irish Parliament. 2000-Floridas Secretary of State certifies that Republican George W. Bush is the winner of Florida by a 537 vote margin. 2008-Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based terrorists kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai, India.
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