In the present day is Tuesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2024. There are 35 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On Nov. 26, 2008, groups of closely armed militants from the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba stormed luxurious motels, a well-liked restaurant and a crowded practice station in Mumbai, India, leaving a minimum of 175 folks useless (together with 9 of the attackers) in a rampage spanning 4 days.
Additionally on this date:
In 1791, President George Washington held his first full cupboard assembly; in attendance had been Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of Battle Henry Knox and Lawyer Common Edmund Randolph.
In 1864, English mathematician and author Charles Dodgson offered a handwritten and illustrated manuscript, “Alice’s Adventures Underneath Floor,” to his 12-year-old pal Alice Pleasance Liddell; the e-book was later become “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” printed below Dodgson’s pen title, Lewis Carroll.
In 1917, the Nationwide Hockey League was based in Montreal, succeeding the Nationwide Hockey Affiliation.
In 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a word to Japan’s ambassador to america, Kichisaburo Nomura (kee-chee-sah-boor-oh noh-moo-rah), setting forth U.S. calls for for “lasting and intensive peace all through the Pacific space.” The identical day, a Japanese naval process power consisting of six plane carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed towards Hawaii.
In 1942, the movie ‘Casablanca,’ starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered on the Hollywood Theater in New York Metropolis.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s private secretary, Rose Mary Woods, instructed a federal court docket that she’d by chance precipitated a part of the 18-1/2-minute hole in a key Watergate tape.
In 2000, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris licensed George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore within the state’s presidential balloting by a 537-vote margin.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Impressionist Wealthy Little is 86.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Jan Stenerud is 82.
- Writer Marilynne Robinson is 81.
- Bass guitarist John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) is 79.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Artwork Shell is 78.
- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is 71.
- Soccer Corridor of Famer Harry Carson is 71.
- NASCAR Corridor of Famer Dale Jarrett is 68.
- Nation singer Linda Davis is 62.
- Actor-TV persona Garcelle Beauvais is 58.
- Actor Peter Facinelli is 51.
- DJ-music producer DJ Khaled (KAL’-ehd) is 49.
- Nation musician Joe Nichols is 48.
- Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is 43.
- Actor-singer-TV persona Rita Ora is 34.