On this day: November 26

POSTED: 09:03 PM PST Nov 25, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 25, 2012 

Thanksgiving Day becomes an official holiday, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is published, the NHL is formed, "Casablanca" premieres, and the Concorde lands for the last time, all on this day.

OTD November 26 - Yasser Arafat
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Reuters

1988: The U.S. denies an entry visa to Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat, who was seeking permission to travel to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. The assembly would later vote to move the meeting to Geneva, Switzerland.

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