SUNDAY IN HISTORY

Today is Sunday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2017. There are 35 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Nov. 26, 1917, the National Hockey League was founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.

On this date:

In 1789, Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

In 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.”

In 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, 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.

In 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea.

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.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed a commission headed by former Senator John Tower to investigate his National Security Council staff in the wake of the Iran-Contra affair.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush met separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority a day ahead of a major Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland.

Five years ago: New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced that he would be seeking re-election.

One year ago: Cuba said it would observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he’d led on a victorious march across the island in 1959.

Today’s Birthdays: Impressionist Rich Little is 79. Singer Tina Turner is 78. Country singer Linda Davis is 55. Singer Lil Fizz is 32. Actress-singer-TV personality Rita Ora is 27.

Thought for Today: “Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.” — Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse (1886-1952).