11-26-2004, 06:50 AM
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November 26th
1607 ~ Birthday of John Harvard, after whom Harvard University is named.
1778 ~ Captain James Cook discovered Maui, in the Hawaiian Islands.
1862 ~ Lewis Carroll sent the handwritten manuscript of “Alice's Adventures Underground” to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
1894 ~ Birthday of Norbert Wiener, mathematician, founder of cybernetics.
1922 ~ Birthday of Charles M. Schulz, Cartoonist.
1922 ~ Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Egyptian King Tutankhamun; the first in over 3000 years.
1942 ~ The film “Casablanca” premiered in New York City.
1956 ~ Death of Tommy Dorsey, Big Band leader.
1983 ~ In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million were stolen from the Brinks Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
2003 ~ Last ever flight by Concorde.
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