This day in #history 2611
NOVEMBER 26th
1778 – Captain Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands ( now Hawaii)
1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1865 – ” Alice in Wonderland ” by Lewis Carroll published in US
1949 – India adopts a constitution as a British
Commonwealth Republic
1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Republic of Ireland’s parliament.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1939 – Tina Turner, [ Anna Mae Bullock ], Brownsville
Tx, singer (Proud Mary )
FAMOUS DEATHS
1883 – Sojourner Truth, US abolitionist/ women’s rights advocate, dies at 96
003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b . 1978 )
2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b . 1893)
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