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Birthday November 26, 1607 John Harvard, English clergyman, scholar, founder of Harvard Univ |
Birthday November 26, 1731 William Cowper, English poet |
Birthday November 26, 1792 Sarah Moore Grimke, American antislavery, women's rights advocate |
Birthday November 26, 1832 Louisa May Alcott, little woman |
Birthday November 26, 1832 Mary Edwards Walker, American doctor, women's rights leader |
Birthday November 26, 1857 Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist |
Birthday November 26, 1876 Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment |
Birthday November 26, 1892 Joe Guyon, NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I., etc.) |
Birthday November 26, 1894 Norbert Wiener, inventor of cybernetics |
Birthday November 26, 1912 Eric Sevareid, newscaster |
Birthday November 26, 1922 Charles M Schultz, cartoonist (Peanuts) |
Birthday November 26, 1925 Lois Hunt, in Morriston NJ |
Birthday November 26, 1933 Robert Goulet, Singer in Canada |
Birthday November 26, 1935 Marian Mercer, Actress-singer |
Birthday November 26, 1937 Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1) |
Birthday November 26, 1938 Tina Turner, Singer |
Birthday November 26, 1938 Rich Little, Impressionist in Canada |
Birthday November 26, 1942 Jan Stenerud, NFL place kicker (Kansas City Chiefs) |
Birthday November 26, 1946 Football trailblazer Art Shell is born |
History November 26, 1716 1st lion to be exhibited in America (Boston) |
History November 26, 1776 Peyton Randolph laid to rest at William and Mary |
History November 26, 1778 Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands) |
History November 26, 1789 1st natl celebration of Thanksgiving |
History November 26, 1793 Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France |
History November 26, 1825 1st fraternity Kappa Alpha formed at Union College (Schenectady) |
History November 26, 1832 1st horse drawn American street car -NYC- fare: 12› |
History November 26, 1862 Alice in Wonderland manuscript is sent as a Christmas present |
History November 26, 1863 Mine Run campaign begins |
History November 26, 1865 Alice in Wonderland published |
History November 26, 1868 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF at 25th & Folsom |
History November 26, 1872 The Great Diamond Hoax is exposed |
History November 26, 1883 Sojourner Truth abolitionist women's rights advocate dies |
History November 26, 1885 1st Meteor photograph |
History November 26, 1895 Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn formed |
History November 26, 1898 Winter storm paralyzes southern New England |
History November 26, 1916 T.E. Lawrence reports on Arab affairs |
History November 26, 1922 Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut |
History November 26, 1931 First U.S. cloverleaf appears on the cover of the Engineering News-Record |
History November 26, 1933 Vigilantes in California lynch two suspected murderers |
History November 26, 1940 Nazis force 4.5 mil Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto |
History November 26, 1941 Japanese task force leaves for Pearl Harbor |
History November 26, 1942 Casablanca premieres in NYC |
History November 26, 1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic |
History November 26, 1950 Chinese counterattacks in Korea change nature of war |
History November 26, 1950 China enters Korean conflict |
History November 26, 1962 1st recording session under the name Beatles |
History November 26, 1965 France launches 1st satellite a 92-pound A1 capsule |
History November 26, 1966 1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France |
History November 26, 1968 Air Force helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team |
History November 26, 1973 Nixon's personal sec Rose Mary Woods told a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape |
History November 26, 1975 Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination |
History November 26, 1980 Rachael Roberts dies at age 53 |
History November 26, 1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki |
History November 26, 1982 Clyde King named Yankee manager |
History November 26, 1985 23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched |
History November 26, 1989 MTV Unplugged premieres |
History November 26, 2002 George W. Bush pardons a turkey |