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Today is Tuesday, November 26, the 331st day of 2024. There are 35 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On November 26, 2008, teams of heavily armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant and a busy train station in Mumbai, India, killing at least 175 people (including nine of the attackers). ) in a four-day frenzy.
Also on this date:
In 1791, President George Washington held his first full cabinet meeting; In attendance were Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.
In 1864, English mathematician and writer Charles Dodgson presented a handwritten and illustrated manuscript, ‘Alice’s Adventures Under Ground’, to his 12-year-old friend Alice Pleasance Liddell; the book was later turned into ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, published under Dodgson’s pseudonym, Lewis Carroll.
In 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.
In 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura (kee-chee-sah-boor-oh noh-moo-rah), outlining U.S. demands for “sustainable and comprehensive peace throughout the country.” the Pacific region.” That same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands for Hawaii.
In 1942, the film “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she had accidentally caused part of the 18.5-minute gap in a major Watergate tape.
In 2000, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris declared George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore in the state’s presidential election by a margin of 537 votes.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Impressionist Rich Little is 86.
- Famer Jan Stenerud’s football hall is 82.
- Author Marilynne Robinson is 81.
- Bassist John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) is 79.
- Football Hall of Famer Art Shell is 78.
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is 71.
- Football Hall of Famer Harry Carson is 71.
- NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett is 68.
- Country singer Linda Davis is 62.
- Actor-TV personality Garcelle Beauvais is 58.
- Actor Peter Facinelli is 51.
- DJ music producer DJ Khaled (KAL’-ehd) is 49.
- Country musician Joe Nichols is 48.
- Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is 43.
- Actor-singer-TV personality Rita Ora is 34.