TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Nov. 26, 1950

China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.

ON THIS DATE

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.

1917

The National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.