On Nov. 26, 1825, the first college social fraternity was formed at Union College in Schenectady, New York.

In 1883, Sojourner Truth died in Michigan.

In 1917, the National Hockey League was founded.

In 1933, a judge ruled the James Joyce book “Ulysses” was not obscene.

In 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive.

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

In 2011, NASA’s Curiosity rover blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on a 354 million-mile journey to Mars.

In 2016, Tony Award- winning character actor Fritz Weaver died in New York at age 90.