TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. There are 35 days left in the year.
Today’s highlights in history
On Nov. 26, 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.
On this date
In 1883, former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Mich.
In 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.
In 1933, a judge in New York ruled the James Joyce book “Ulysses” was not obscene and could be published in the United States.
In 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.
In 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.
One year ago: Taking questions from reporters for the first time since the election, President Donald Trump acknowledged that he would leave the White House if Democrat Joe Biden’s win was affirmed by the Electoral College; Trump also unleashed another round of complaints about the vote. Americans marked the Thanksgiving holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic, with many celebrations canceled or reduced; Zoom and FaceTime calls connected some families with those who didn’t want to travel. With public health officials begging Americans not to travel, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was scaled back and aimed at a television audience instead of live crowds.
Today’s birthdays
Singer Tina Turner is 82. Musician John McVie is 76. Actor Marianne Muellerleile is 73. Actor Scott Jacoby is 65. Actor Jamie Rose is 62. Singer Linda Davis is 59. Singer-musician Bernard Allison is 56. Singermusician Steve Grisaffe is 56. Actor Kristin Bauer is 55. Singer Natasha Bedingfield is 40.