History of November 26

On November 26 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1716 - 1st lion to be exhibited in America (Boston)
1778 - Capt Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)
1789 - 1st natl celebration of Thanksgiving
1793 - Republican calendar replaces Gregorian calendar in France
1825 - 1st fraternity Kappa Alpha formed at Union College (Schenectady)
1832 - 1st horse drawn American street car -NYC- fare: 12›
1865 - Alice in Wonderland published
1868 - 1st baseball game played in enclosed field in SF at 25th & Folsom
1883 - Sojourner Truth abolitionist women's rights advocate dies
1885 - 1st Meteor photograph
1895 - Hawaiian Sugar Planters Assn formed
1940 - Nazis force 4.5 mil Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
1949 - India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
1950 - China enters Korean conflict
1962 - 1st recording session under the name Beatles
1965 - France launches 1st satellite a 92-pound A1 capsule
1966 - 1st major tidal power plant opened at Rance estuary France
1973 - Nixon's personal sec Rose Mary Woods told a federal court she accidentally caused part of 18-minute gap in a key Watergate tape
1975 - Fed jury found Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1980 - Rachael Roberts dies at age 53
1982 - Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki
1982 - Clyde King named Yankee manager
1985 - 23rd Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 2 is launched