11-26-2007, 03:31 PM
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November 26th
1862 ~ Lewis Carroll sent the handwritten manuscript of “Alice's Adventures Underground” to 10-year-old Alice Liddell.
1894 ~ Birthday of Norbert Wiener, mathematician, founder of cybernetics.
1922 ~ Birthday of Charles M. Schulz, Cartoonist.
1939 ~ Birthday of Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock & Roll.
1942 ~ The film Casablanca premiered in New York City.
1942 ~ President Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning in December.
1968 ~ Cream played their farewell concert.
1976 ~ The Band played their farewell concert.
1983 ~ £25m in gold was stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow airport.
2003 ~ Last ever flight by Concorde.
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