Sunday Open Thread: November 26 is International Women Human Rights Defenders Day

strong>World History this day

1778 -- Captain Cook became the first European to visit Maui. 1917 -- The Manchester Guardian published the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1942 -- The first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was held 1949 -- The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. 2008 -- Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba occurred

US History this day

1789 -- A national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by George Washington at the request of Congress. 1863 -- Lincoln proclaimed November 26 a national Thanksgiving Day, to be annual *** 1986 -- Reagan announced the Tower Commission to look at Iran-Contra 2000 -- Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush as winner of Florida's electoral votes

*** Initially on the last Thursday in November, but, currently, on the 4th Thursday in November.

Science & Technology this day 1922 -- Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered King Tut's tomb 1965 -- France launched its first satellite, Asterix-1 1970 -- The heaviest rainfall ever recorded, 1.5 inches in a minute, in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe 2011 -- The Mars Science Laboratory with the Curiosity Rover was launched

The Arts this day

Misc. this day

Birthdays of Note this day

1731 -- William Cowper, poet 1792 -- Sarah Moore Grimke, activist and author 1827 -- Ellen G. White, author, co-founder of Seventh Day Adventist Church 1832 -- Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon and activist 1853 -- Bat Masterson, buffalo hunter, gunfighter, gambler and columnist 1864 -- Edward Higgins, general of the Salvation Army 1876 -- Willis Carrier, invented air conditioning 1894 -- Norbert Wiener, mathematician and philosopher who invented cybernetics 1895 -- Bill W., activist, friend of many, invented AA 1909 -- Eugene Ionesco, playwright 1912 -- Eric Sevareid, journalist 1915 -- Earl Wild, pianist and composer 1919 -- Frederik Pohl, author 1922 -- Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist 1925 -- Eugene Istomin, pianist 1929 -- Slavko Avsenik, singer, songwriter and accordianist 1933 -- Robert Goulet, singer and actor 1937 -- Bob Babbitt, bass player 1939 -- Art Themen, saxophonist 1939 -- Tina Turner, singer, dancer, and actress 1940 -- Davey Graham, guitarist 1944 -- Jean Terrell, singer 1945 -- John McVie, bass player 1945 -- Jim Mullen, guitarist 1945 -- Michael Omartian, singer, songwriter, producer and keyboardist known for jesusmusic 1949 -- Martin Lee, singer and songwriter 1981 -- Natasha Bedingfield, singer

Deaths of Note this day

1956 -- Tommy Dorsey, trombonist, trumpet player, and composer

So now some music

Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon

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