What Happened on November 26, 2021

Historical Events

WHO labels COVID-19 variant Omicron a "variant of concern", with its dozens of new mutations, after it emerges in Botswana and South Africa [1]

Famous Deaths

Aleksandr Timoshinin, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union double sculls 1968, 72), dies at 73
Doug Cowie, Scottish soccer defender (20 caps; Dundee FC 341 games), dies at 95

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)

American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning theater composer and lyricist (West Side Story; Sunday in the Park With George; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Gypsy), dies at 91 [1]