Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first people in modern times to enter the interior chambers of Tutankhamun's tomb, finding it filled with golden treasures.
ScienceOn this day — November 26 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
France launched Astérix, its first satellite, aboard a Diamant rocket from the Hammaguir launch site in the Algerian Sahara, becoming the third nation to launch a satellite on its own rocket.
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