Event:
The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars
More Notable Events on November 26:
1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China
1962 Fab Four have their 1st recording session under name Beatles
1941 Lebanon gains independence from France
1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland
