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 - Bat Masterson
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Library of Congress

1853: Bat Masterson, who would become known as a buffalo hunter, U.S. marshal, Army scout, gambler, frontier lawman and journalist in the Old West, is born in Henryville, Canada East, in what is Quebec today.

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