Today is Monday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2018. There are 35 days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Nov. 26, the 330th day of 2018. There are 35 days left in the year.

Associated Press

On this date in:

1789: Americans observe a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

1825: The first college social fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, is formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.

1883: Former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies in Battle Creek, Mich.

1941: U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivers a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.”

1942: The Warner Bros. motion picture “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, has its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.

1973: President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 181/2-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

2000: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris certifies George W. Bush the winner over Al Gore in the state’s presidential balloting by a 537-vote margin.

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1993: Planned Parenthood of the Mahoning Valley endorses a national anti-terrorism partnership to combat threats of violence at clinics that provide abortions.

A 32-year-old burglary suspect is in critical condition in St. Elizabeth Hospital after being shot by Henry J. Thompson, 62, who said the man broke into his East Side home and surprised him about 10 p.m.

Youngstown ranks 41st among 75 cities nationwide that were rated for the quality of their environments. Among six Ohio cities, Toledo had the best readings and Cincinnati the worst.

1978: An administrative shakeup is underway at Trumbull County’s anti-poverty agency, the Warren-Trumbull Community Services Agency, with director John W. Daniel and assistant director Levin Williams urged by the board to take two-week vacations.

The Youngstown State University Penguins break a fourth-quarter tie with a pass from Bill Fink to Jim Ferranti and go on to defeat Nebraska-Omaha 21-14 at Fitch Stadium. Coach Bill Narduzzi’s squad will face Eastern Illinois in the NCAA Division II semifinals.

Attorney General Griffin Bell effectively blocks scrutiny of his role in the Lykes-LTV merger by refusing to release government documents on the merger.

1968: Margaret Hubbard of Bon Air Avenue is attacked and robbed of her purse containing $2,000 as she returned home from shopping at Mahoning Plaza.

Judianne Tate, a senior at Youngstown State University Dana School of Music, wins first place in a five-state vocal competition at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Cyclops Corp. wants to acquire control of Sharon Steel Corp. in a stock-exchange offered to Sharon stockholders.

1943: A lull in war orders resulting from shifting needs of the armed forces will cause Youngstown district steel production to drop to its lowest level of the war, about 92 percent of capacity.

Fifty-four Italian boys and men are massacred by German machine-gunners in retaliation for the killing of one soldier and wounding of another by an uncle who was protecting his niece from abduction. The young woman, Maria Cafaro, is the daughter of Gabriel Cafaro, a naturalized American living in Rutland, Vt.

Ursuline High gridders topple Woodrow Wilson, 12-7, in the scholastic season finale before 7,000 fans on a Thanksgiving Day perfect for football.