November 26, 2022
QUOTE
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.
--Charles M. Schulz
BIRTHDAYS
1604 – Johannes Bach, German organist and composer
1853 – Bat Masterson, Police officer and journalist
1902 – Maurice McDonald, Businessman, co-founded McDonald’s
1922 – Charles M. Schulz, Cartoonist, created Peanuts
1945 – John McVie, English-Bass player
IN MEMORY
1926 – John Browning, Weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company
1943 – Edward O’Hare, Lieutenant and pilot
1956 – Tommy Dorsey, Trombonist, trumpet player, and composer
2021 – Stephen Sondheim, Composer and lyricist
IN ON THIS DAY
1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
1968 – United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.