TUESDAY, Nov. 26,2024

1778-Captain Cook discovers Maui (Sandwich Islands)

1789-First national thanksgiving

1924-Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed

1949-India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic

1950-China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River

1966-First major tidal power plant opens at Rance estuary, France

1982-Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki

1983-Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million

1990-Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion

1990-Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait