TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – NOV 26
43 BC Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed
1688 Louis XIV declares war on the Netherlands
1716 The first lion to be exhibited in America went on display in Boston, MA.
1774 A congress of colonial leaders criticizes British influence in the colonies and affirms their right to “Life, liberty and property.”
1778 British explorer Captain James Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
1789 George Washington proclaims this a National Thanksgiving Day in honor of the new Constitution. This date was later used to set the date for Thanksgiving.
1825 The Kappa Alpha Society, the second American college Greek-letter fraternity, is founded.
1863 The first National Thanksgiving is celebrated.
1865 “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is published in America
1867 J.B. Sutherland patented the refrigerated railroad car.
1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators & Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1917 The Bolsheviks offer an armistice between Russian and the Central Powers.
1922 Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, archeologists, open King Tut’s tomb, undisturbed for 3,000 years.
1940 The Nazis began to force Warsaw’s Jews to live in a walled ghetto.
1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. In 1939 Roosevelt had signed a bill that changed the celebration of Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November.
1941 The Japanese fleet departs from the Kuril Islands en route to its attack on Pearl Harbor.
1942 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing to begin December 1.
1973 Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she was responsible for the 18-1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape. Woods was U.S. President Nixon’s personal secretary
1975 Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme is found guilty of an attempt on President Gerald Ford’s life.
1979 Oil deposits equaling OPEC reserves are found in Venezuela.
1983 At London’s Heathrow Airport, almost 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million stolen from Brinks-MAT vault.
1986 U.S. President Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Sen. John Tower to investigate his National Security Council staff after the Iran-Contra affair.
1992 The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income. She also took her children off the public payroll.
1997 The U.S. and North Korea held high-level discussions at the State Department for the first time.
1998 Hulk Hogan announced that he was retiring from pro wrestling and would run for president in 2000.
2003 Concorde retired from service Concorde retired from service after 27 years of flight
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