Today is Wednesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2008. There are 35 days left in the year. On this date

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2008. There are 35 days left in the year. On this date in 1789, a day of thanksgiving is set aside by President Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

In 1825, the first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, is formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1883, former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies in Battle Creek, Mich. In 1933, a judge in New York decides the James Joyce book “Ulysses” is not obscene and can therefore be published in the United States. In 1942, President Roosevelt orders nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1. In 1942, the motion picture “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, has its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York. In 1943, during World War II, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, is hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men are killed. In 1949, India adopts a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth. In 1950, China enters the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea. In 1965, France launches its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule into orbit. In 1973, President Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 181‚Ñ2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

November 26, 1983: The Rev. Jesse Jackson will bring his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president to Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church, 1812 Oak Hill Ave.

Linda Darnell Johnson, a senior at Campbell Memorial High School, is crowned Miss Cinderella at the 28th annual Cinderella Ball at Mr. Anthony’s.

WBA lightweight champion Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini scores a technical knockout over Johnny Torres at 2:28 of the first round of their 10-round nontitle bout at Caesar’s Place in Las Vegas. In the next fight on the card, heavyweight champion Larry Holmes wins over Marvis Frazier in the same time of the first round.

November 26, 1968: Two well-dressed gunmen rob Rozinak Wholesale Jewelry on the eighth floor of the Home Savings & Loan building of an undetermined amount of rings and other jewelry.

The Youngstown Symphony Society asks Mahoning County commissioners for $30,000 toward renovation of the Warner Theater.

Judianne Tate, a Youngstown State University senior, wins first place in five-state vocal competition for college students at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

November 26, 1958: A trust fund for various public charities will be established under the will of William H. Kilcawley, secretary- treasurer of the Standard Slag Co..

Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, helps launch Youngstown’s U.S. Savings Bond Drive at the Hotel Pick-Ohio.

Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan says he will seek an unprecedented fourth term in office.

November 26, 1933: Alfred Liebman, manager of the Home Owners Loan Corp. in Youngstown, says between $4.5 million and $5 million worth of “distressed” mortgages held in Mahoning County will be transferred to his office. Most of the mortgages are held by City Trust & Savings Co. and Dollar Savings & Trust Co.

With three minutes before the final gun, Rayen’s Tom Robinson intercepts a forward pass and runs in the only touchdown of the game to lead Rayen to a 6-0 victory over South High School in the annual Thanksgiving game.

Atty. W. P. Barnum urges Youngstown to find a suitable site for development of a new airport. “It is ridiculous … to waste CWA labor raking leaves in the parks when the labor could be used to develop an airport which would have lasting value,” Barnum says.