November 26
Today in America's Present Past
1607 | Cleric and educator John Harvard was born.
1609 | Cleric Henry Dunster was born.
1727 | General Artemas Ward was born.
1789 | The first national “Thanksgiving” proclamation and holiday is made by the Federal government.
1791 | POTUS: The first “cabinet meeting” was held by President George Washington was held.
1807 | SCOTUS: Justice Oliver Ellsworth died.
1825 | Kappa Alpha was founded.
1827 | Cleric Ellen G. White was born.
1829 | SCOTUS: Justice Bushrod Washington died.
1832 | Surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient Mary E. Walker was born.
1842 | The University of Notre Dame was founded.
1853 | Lawman Bat Masterson was born.
1858 | Saint Katharine Drexel was born.
1867 | J. B. Sutherland of Detroit, patented the refrigerated railcar.
1876 | Entrepreneur Willis Carrier was born.
1883 | Activist Sojourner Truth died.
1894 | Mathematician Norbet Wiener was born.
1895 | Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson was born.
1899 | Kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann was born.
1902 | Entrepreneur Maurice “Mac” McDonald was born.
1909 | Sigma Alpha Mu was founded.
1913 | Phi Sigma Sigma was founded.
1922 | Cartoonist Chales M. Schulz was born.
1924 | Sculptor George Segal was born.
1926 | Entrepreneur John M. Browning died.
1933 | Entertainer Robert Goulet was born.
1939 | Admiral Jeremy Boorda was born.
1939 | Entertainer Tina Turner was born.
1941 | WWII: Japan’s navel attack force departs for Pearl Harbor.
1942 | Film: “Casablanca” departed.
1945 | Music: The greatest “jazz session ever” is recorded with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis.
1956 | Musician Tommy Dorsey died.
1970 | General B O Davis Sr died.
1973 | SCOTUS: Justice Charles Evans Whittaker died.
1983 | Entrepreneur Chris Hughes was born.
1985 | Rapper Lil’ Fizz was born.
2005 | Author Stan Berenstain died.
2021 | Producer and author Stephen Sondheim died.