Today in history: Nov. 26
The National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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1883: Sojourner Truth
In 1883, former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Mich.
1917: The National Hockey League
In 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.
1933: James Joyce
In 1933, a judge in New York ruled the James Joyce book “Ulysses” was not obscene and could be published in the United States.
1941: Cordell Hull
In 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura (kee-chee-sah-boor-oh noh-moo-rah), 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.
1950: The Korean War
In 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.
1973: Rose Mary Woods
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
1986: Iran-Contra
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Senator John Tower, center, to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.
1992: Queen Elizabeth II
In 1992, the British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
2000: Katherine Harris
In 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.
2007: Sean Taylor
In 2007, Washington Redskins star safety Sean Taylor, 24, was mortally wounded during a botched armed robbery at his home in Palmetto Bay, Florida. (Taylor died the next day.)
2007: Trent Lott
In 2007, Sen. Trent Lott announced his retirement after a 35-year career in Congress.
2008: Mumbai, India
In 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.
2015: Barack Obama
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama received 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday.
2015: Francois Hollande and Vladimir Putin
Five years ago: French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to tighten cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group.
2015: Pope Francis
Five years ago: Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass in Africa; later that day in Nairobi, Kenya, the pope met with several hundred priests and nuns, urging them to serve others and not be served.
2019: Stephen F. Austin
One year ago: Top-ranked Duke lost to Stephen F. Austin, 85-83, for the Blue Devils’ first home loss to a nonconference foe since 2000.
2019: Winter Weather
One year ago: Heavy snow and wind shut down highways in Colorado and Wyoming and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled as the Thanksgiving travel period went into high gear.
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