Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2016. There are 35 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight:
On Nov. 26, 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.” The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii.
On this date:
In 1942, the Warner Bros. motion picture “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
In 1965, France launched its first satellite, the 92-pound Asterix, into orbit.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18½-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
Today’s Birthdays: Impressionist Rich Little is 78. Singer Tina Turner is 77. Pop musician John McVie is 71. Actor Scott Jacoby is 60. Actor Peter Facinelli is 43. DJ/record label executive DJ Khaled is 41. Actress Maia Campbell is 40. Pop singer Natasha Bedingfield is 35. Rock musician Ben Wysocki (The Fray) is 32.
Thought for Today: “Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.” — Eric Sevareid, broadcast journalist (born this date in 1912, died 1992).
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