Events November 26 1832 - For 12½ cents, passengers began riding the first streetcar railway in America. The New York City service ran from City Hall to 14th Street. 1860 - Hey, here’s big news: A newspaper print of newly elected President Abraham Lincoln clearly showed the beginnings of a beard. The idea for the beard had come from a letter sent by 11-year-old Grace Bedell, who had suggested that Mr. Lincoln would look better with a beard. 1864 - Charles L. Dodgson, whose pen name was Lewis Carroll, sent a handwritten manuscript to Alice Liddel. The manuscript was titled Alice’s Adventures Underground. It was an early Christmas present to the 12-year-old girl. Later, the manuscript was renamed Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In 1933, the film version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland starred Gary Cooper as the White Knight, Edward Everett Horton as the Mad Hatter, W.C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Cary Grant as Mock Turtle, Jack Oakie as Tweedledum and Charlotte Henry in the title role of Alice. 1898 - Near Cape Cod, 157 people died when the City of Portland sunk. 1922 - The tomb of the Boy King, Tutankhamen, was discovered in Egypt by Lord Carnarvon of England and Howard Carter of the United States. The find was called, “The greatest archaeological discovery of all time.” People in America, looking for brevity in identifying great things before they forget, shortened the name to Tut. 1961 - The Professional Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball. Only National League supervisor of umpires Cal Hubbard votes in favor. 1962 - The Beatles recorded Please Please Me. 1963 - Cincinnati second baseman Pete Rose is a landslide winner of National League Rookie of the Year honors, taking 17 of 20 votes. 1969 - The Band received a gold record for the album, The Band. 1969 - The Heisman Trophy was awarded to Steve Owens of Oklahoma as the nation’s outstanding college football player. Owens scored more touchdowns and gained more yardage than any previous player in collegiate history. 1973 - Rose Mary Woods, U.S. President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, told a federal court she had accidentally erased over eighteen minutes of a ‘Watergate tape’ made June 20, 1972. The recording was of a crucial conversation at an Oval-Office meeting between Nixon and Chief of Staff Bob Haldeman just three days after the Watergate break-in. 1974 - Catfish Hunter meets with Charlie Finley in the American Arbitration Association office in New York City for a hearing to determine the validity of Hunters breach-of-contract claim. Hunter contends that Finley failed to pay $50,000, half of Hunters salary, to a life insurance fund. The case will go to arbitration. 1975 - Fred Lynn becomes the first rookie to win Most Valuable Player honors, taking the American League award. Lynn batted .331 with 21 home runs, 105 RBI, and league-leading figures in runs (103), doubles (47), and slugging (.566). 1975 - Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme, Manson-family devotee, was found guilty by a federal jury of trying to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. Fromme, 27, had attempted to shoot the president in Sacramento CA Sep 5 with a hand gun. Secret service agents wrestled the weapon from her. 1980 - Mike Schmidt is a unanimous choice as National League Most Valuable Player. The slugging third baseman hit .286 with career highs of 48 home runs and 121 RBI. 1982 - Howard Cossell called his last boxing match. 1994 - The Eagles’ Hell Freezes Over, signaling the band’s reunion (after fourteen years), hit #1 (for two weeks) on U.S. album charts. 1998 - Hulk Hogan announced that he was retiring from pro wrestling and would run for president in 2000.
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