TODAY IN HISTORY + CELEBRITIES BORN TODAY


DJ KHALED - Khaled bin Abdul Khaled (born November 26, 1975), better known by his stage name DJ Khaled, is a Palestinian American record producer, radio personality, DJ and record label executive. He is a radio host for the Miami-based urban music radio station WEDR and the DJ for the hip hop group Terror Squad. In 2006, Khaled released his debut album Listennn... the Album. He went on to release We the Best (2007), We Global (2008), Victory (2010), We the Best Forever (2011), Kiss the Ring (2012) andSuffering from Success (2013). In 2009, Khaled became the president of record label Def Jam South and he is also the CEO and founder of We the Best Music Group.

RITA - Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and actress. Her debut studio album, Ora, released in 2012, debuted at number one in the United Kingdom. The album contained the UK number-one singles, "R.I.P." and "How We Do (Party)". After reaching the peak position as a featured act on DJ Fresh's "Hot Right Now", Ora became the artist with the most number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart in 2012, with three consecutive singles reaching the top position. She was nominated for three Brit Awards at the 2013 ceremony.

NATASHA - Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter
.Natasha released her debut album, Unwritten, in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&Bmusic. It enjoyed international success with more than 2.3 million copies sold worldwide. Bedingfield received a Grammy Awardnomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the title track "Unwritten", and at the 2005 and 2006 Brit Awards she was nominated for Best British Female Artist. Her second album, N.B. (2007), yielded the UK top 10 singles "I Wanna Have Your Babies" and "Soulmate". N.B. was not released in North America, but six tracks from it were included with seven new ones and released in 2008 as her third studio album, Pocketful of Sunshine, with the singles "Love Like This" and "Pocketful of Sunshine" earning success on the charts. In December 2010, Bedingfield released her third album in North America, named Strip Me. In 2012,VH1 ranked Bedingfield number 66 on the list of 100 Greatest Women in Music.

WELBECK - Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah "Danny" Welbeck (born 26 November 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Arsenal and the England national team. He can also play as a winger. Welbeck made his way through the youth teams at Manchester United before making his senior debut in 2008 and scoring in the process. He was with United when they won the 2008–09 Football League Cup and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup before being sent on loan to Preston North End and more recently Sunderland. From the 2011–12 season, Welbeck was a regular figure in the Manchester United first team. He transferred to Arsenal in September 2014 for an estimated fee of £16 million.


BAMIDELE - Bamidele Ayodo is a presenter in Rock City FM in the city of Abeokuta the Gate Way state. PublicFaces Magazine wishes Mr Bamidele a Happy Birthday.

TINA - Anna Mae Bullock (born November 26, 1939), better known by her stage name Tina Turner, is a singer, dancer, actress, and author, whose career has spanned more than half a century, earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards. Born and raised in the Southeastern United States, she is now a Swiss citizen.

TODAY IN HISTORY
November 26, 2011 – Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu died in the United Kingdom after a period of illness. Ojukwu was the first military governor of Eastern Nigeria, assuming the role in 1966 after a military coup ended Nigeria’s first republic. In 1967 Ojukwu announced that the Eastern region would secede from Nigeria to form the Republic of Biafra. This secession led to the three-year Nigeria civil war that raged from 1967 till 1970. Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria at the end of the war.

1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
2003 – Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
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.
2008 – Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani checkpost in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
2012 – Aam Aadmi Party Indian political party formally started.

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