Today In History
Today is Thursday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2020. There are 35 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 2000: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore in the state’s presidential balloting by a 537-vote margin.
ON THIS DATE
› 1789: Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
› 1917: The National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.
› 1941: U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.” The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii.
› 1950: China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.
› 1973: President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18 1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
› 1992: The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Impressionist Rich Little is 82. Singer Tina Turner is 81. Singer Jean Terrell is 76. Pop musician John McVie is 75. Actor Marianne Muellerleile is 72. Actor Scott Jacoby is 64. Country singer-musician Steve Grisaffe is 55. Actor Kristin Bauer is 54. Actor Peter Facinelli is 47. Actor Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge is 46. DJ/ record label executive DJ Khaled is 45. Actor Maia Campbell is 44. Country singer Joe Nichols is 44. Contemporary Christian musicians Anthony and Randy Armstrong (Red) are 42. Actor Jessica Bowman is 40. Country singer-musician Mike Gossin (Gloriana Rock) is 36. Singer Lil Fizz is 35. MLB All-Star Matt Carpenter is 35. Actor-singer-TV personality Rita Ora is 30. Actor/singer Aubrey Peeples is 27.