On this day, Nov. 26
1825 The first college social fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
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 pen name, Lewis Carroll.
1883 Former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Mich.
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.
1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1.
1943 During World War II, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed.
1950 China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.
1986 President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Sen. John Tower to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
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.
2008 Teams of heavily armed Pakistani gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station in Mumbai, India, leaving at least 166 people dead in a rampage lasting some 60 hours.
2020 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.
Today’s birthdays: Impressionist Rich Little, 84. Singer Tina Turner, 83. Singer Jean Terrell, 78. Pop musician John McVie, 77. Actor Marianne Muellerleile, 74. Actor Scott Jacoby, 66. Actor Jamie Rose, 63. Country singer Linda Davis, 60. Actor Scott Adsit, 57. Blues singer-musician Bernard Allison, 57. Country singermusician Steve Grisaffe, 57. Actor Kristin Bauer, 56. Actor Peter Facinelli, 49. Actor Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge, 48. DJ/ record label executive DJ Khaled, 47. Actor Maia Campbell, 46. Country singer Joe Nichols, 46. Contemporary Christian musicians Anthony and Randy Armstrong (Red), 44. Actor Jessica Bowman, 42. Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield, 41. Actor Jessica Camacho, 40. Rock musician Ben Wysocki (The Fray), 38. Singer Lil Fizz, 37. MLB All-Star Matt Carpenter, 37. Actorsinger-TV personality Rita Ora, 32. Actor/ singer Aubrey Peeples, 29.