Friday, November 26, 2021

On This Day in History

November 26, 2021

Historical Events

1778  British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)

1789  1st national Thanksgiving in America

1791  1st US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington's home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph attend.

1865  "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published in America

1922  English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt

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Famous Birthdays


Albert B. Fall

(1861 - 1944)


Charles M. Schulz

(1922 - 2000)

Robert Goulet

(1933 - 2007)


Willis Carrier

(1876 - 1950)
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Famous Deaths


Isabella I of Castile

(1451 - 1504)

Sojourner Truth

(1797 - 1883)
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