November 26
1789 - The first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.
1825 - The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
1832 - Public streetcar service began in New York City.
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."
1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.
1940 - The Nazis began to force Warsaw's Jews to live in a walled ghetto.
1941 - U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan's ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, 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.
1942 - "Casablanca", starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere in New York City.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1.
1949 - India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1950 - China entered the Korean War, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, United States and South Korea.
1965 - France launched its first satellite, the 92-pound Asterix, into orbit.
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.
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford.
1992 - Britain announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
1998 - Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.
2000 - Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush as the winner in Florida's presidential balloting over Democrat Al Gore by 537 votes.
2009 - An investigation ordered by Ireland's government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering child-abuse priests from the law and that most fellow clerics turned a blind eye.
2010 - 19-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested by federal agents during a sting in Portland, Oregon accused of planning to detonate a van of explosives during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Birthdays
21 - Louane Emera (singer)
27 - Rita Ora (singer)
27 - Ashley Smith (model)
28 - Robert Raco (actor)
30 - Kat DeLuna (singer)
31 - Trevor Morgan (actor)
32 - Matt Carpenter (baseball player)
36 - Natasha Bedingfield (singer)
41 - Maia Campbell (actress)
44 - Peter Facinelli (actor)
51 - Garcelle Beauvais (actress)
58 - Jamie Rose (actress)
78 - Tina Turner (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 26
1891 - Iowa defeated Nebraska 22-0.
1896 - Nebraska and Iowa played to a 0-0 tie.
1896 - Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago is the first to use a huddle during a football game.
1903 - Nebraska defeated Illinois 16-0 to end the year with a perfect 10-0 record.
1917 - The National Hockey League is formed and replaces the National Hockey Association. The teams included were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs. Frank Calder was elected as the first NHL president. He served from 1917 to 1943.
1925 - Nebraska defeated Notre Dame 17-0 and ended the year with a 4-2-2 record and a 5th place finish in the Missouri Valley (2-2-1).
1931 - Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 40-0. Huskers end the regular season as Big 6 champions with a 5-0 league record.
1954 - Nebraska defeated Hawaii 50-0 to end the regular season at 6-5 and runner-up in the Big 7 (4-2)
1958 - Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 600th NHL career goal.
1976 - #8 Oklahoma defeated #10 Nebraska 20-17.
1982 - #3 Nebraska defeated #11 Oklahoma 28-24.
1982 - Howard Cossell calls his final boxing match.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 28-21 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0).
1984 - Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens) announced he would retire after 14 years in the NHL.
1990 - All six NFL divisional leaders lose on the same day.
1993 - #2 Nebraska defeated #16 Oklahoma 21-7 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0)
1998 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes just the second running back in NFL history to rush for more than 15,000 yards in a career.
1999 - #3 Nebraska defeated Colorado 33-30 in overtime to win the Big 12 North with a 7-1 Big 12 record.
2000 - The BC Lions win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.
2003 - Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) played in his 1,616th NHL game, breaking Larry Murphy's record for defensemen. Only three players had played more games than Stevens.
2004 - Colorado defeated Nebraska 26-20. Huskers end the year at 5-6 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12 North for a 3rd place finish.
2010 - #16 Nebraska defeated Colorado 45-17 to win the Big 12 North with a 6-2 Big 12 record.
1789 - The first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.
1825 - The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
1832 - Public streetcar service began in New York City.
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."
1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.
1940 - The Nazis began to force Warsaw's Jews to live in a walled ghetto.
1941 - U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan's ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, 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.
1942 - "Casablanca", starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere in New York City.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning December 1.
1949 - India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.
1950 - China entered the Korean War, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the United Nations, United States and South Korea.
1965 - France launched its first satellite, the 92-pound Asterix, into orbit.
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.
1975 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford.
1992 - Britain announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.
1998 - Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.
2000 - Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush as the winner in Florida's presidential balloting over Democrat Al Gore by 537 votes.
2009 - An investigation ordered by Ireland's government found that Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin had spent decades sheltering child-abuse priests from the law and that most fellow clerics turned a blind eye.
2010 - 19-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud was arrested by federal agents during a sting in Portland, Oregon accused of planning to detonate a van of explosives during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
Birthdays
21 - Louane Emera (singer)
27 - Rita Ora (singer)
27 - Ashley Smith (model)
28 - Robert Raco (actor)
30 - Kat DeLuna (singer)
31 - Trevor Morgan (actor)
32 - Matt Carpenter (baseball player)
36 - Natasha Bedingfield (singer)
41 - Maia Campbell (actress)
44 - Peter Facinelli (actor)
51 - Garcelle Beauvais (actress)
58 - Jamie Rose (actress)
78 - Tina Turner (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 26
1891 - Iowa defeated Nebraska 22-0.
1896 - Nebraska and Iowa played to a 0-0 tie.
1896 - Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago is the first to use a huddle during a football game.
1903 - Nebraska defeated Illinois 16-0 to end the year with a perfect 10-0 record.
1917 - The National Hockey League is formed and replaces the National Hockey Association. The teams included were the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Arenas, and Quebec Bulldogs. Frank Calder was elected as the first NHL president. He served from 1917 to 1943.
1925 - Nebraska defeated Notre Dame 17-0 and ended the year with a 4-2-2 record and a 5th place finish in the Missouri Valley (2-2-1).
1931 - Pittsburgh defeated Nebraska 40-0. Huskers end the regular season as Big 6 champions with a 5-0 league record.
1954 - Nebraska defeated Hawaii 50-0 to end the regular season at 6-5 and runner-up in the Big 7 (4-2)
1958 - Maurice Richard (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 600th NHL career goal.
1976 - #8 Oklahoma defeated #10 Nebraska 20-17.
1982 - #3 Nebraska defeated #11 Oklahoma 28-24.
1982 - Howard Cossell calls his final boxing match.
1983 - #1 Nebraska defeated Oklahoma 28-21 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0).
1984 - Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens) announced he would retire after 14 years in the NHL.
1990 - All six NFL divisional leaders lose on the same day.
1993 - #2 Nebraska defeated #16 Oklahoma 21-7 to end the regular season as Big 8 champions (7-0)
1998 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions becomes just the second running back in NFL history to rush for more than 15,000 yards in a career.
1999 - #3 Nebraska defeated Colorado 33-30 in overtime to win the Big 12 North with a 7-1 Big 12 record.
2000 - The BC Lions win the Canadian Football League Championship for the first time since 1994, defeating the Montreal Alouettes 28-26 in the 88th Grey Cup at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta.
2003 - Scott Stevens (New Jersey Devils) played in his 1,616th NHL game, breaking Larry Murphy's record for defensemen. Only three players had played more games than Stevens.
2004 - Colorado defeated Nebraska 26-20. Huskers end the year at 5-6 overall and 3-5 in the Big 12 North for a 3rd place finish.
2010 - #16 Nebraska defeated Colorado 45-17 to win the Big 12 North with a 6-2 Big 12 record.
