Notable Birthdays for November 26
Sarah Moore Grimké (1792-1873) - Activist considered to be the mother of the women's suffrage movement.
William H. T. Walker (1816-1864) - Major General for the Confederate Army.
Ellen G. White (1827-1915) - Co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Robert Battey (1828-1895) - Surgeon who pioneered the surgical removal of a woman's ovaries.
Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) - Civil War surgeon and only woman to receive the Medal of Honor award.
Bat Masterson (1853-1921) - Wild West sheriff in Dodge City.
Willis Carrier (1876-1950) - Inventor of the air conditioning.
Marshall "Major" Taylor (1878-1932) - First Black world champion cyclist.
Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) - Founder of cybernetics.
Bill Wilson. (1895-1971) - Co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Maurice McDonald (1902-1971) - Co-founder of McDonald's.
Lefty Gomez (1908-1989) -HOF MLB pitcher.
Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) - CBS news correspondent born in North Dakota, the home state of National Day Calendar.
Charles M. Schulz (1922-2000) - Cartoonist who created Peanuts.
Tony Verna (1933-2015) - Inventor of instant replay.
Mark Margolis (1939-2023) - Actor remembered for his role as Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad .
Tina Turner (1939-2023) - Singer of What's Love Got To Do With It.
Adam Gaynor (1963-Still Living) - Guitarist for Matchbox Twenty.
James Dashner (1972-Still Living) - Author of the Maze Runner series.
Peter Facinelli (1973-Still Living) - Actor who played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight series.
Chris Hughes (1983-Still Living) - Co-founder of Facebook.
Memorable Events for November 26
1716 - A lion goes on exhibit for the first time in America.
1791 - George Washington hosts the first cabinet meeting.
1825 - The first college fraternity (Kappa Alpha) is founded.
1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
1861 - West Virginia is created over a slavery dispute in Virginia.
1863 - President Lincoln Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated annually on the last Thursday of November.
1867 - J.B. Sutherland patents the refrigerated railroad car.
1895 - The Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association forms.
1896 - Stagg of University creates the first football huddle.
1941 - Japanese naval carrier moves east toward Pearl Harbor.
1942 - Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman) premieres.
1956 - The game show The Price Is Right debuts.
1968 - The U.S. Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire.
1969 - President Nixon signs the Lottery for Selective Service.