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Today in history: Nov. 26
Associated Press : November 23, 2012 : Updated: November 23, 2012 5:14pm
1789: Nov. 26 was a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
1842: The founders of the University of Notre Dame arrived at the school's present-day site near South Bend, Ind.
1933: A judge in New York decided the James Joyce book "Ulysses" was not obscene and could be published in the U.S.
1941: A Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii.
1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gas rationing, beginning Dec. 1.
1965: France launched its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule into orbit.
1992: The British government announced that Queen Elizabeth II had volunteered to start paying taxes on her personal income, and would take her children off the public payroll.