- 1789: President Washington proclaimed the first Thanksgiving Day
                  would be observed Nov 26.
                - 1863: President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November to
                  be Thanksgiving Day.
                - 1872: Bloomingdale's department store in New York opened.
                - 1899: J.S. Thurman patented the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
                - 1906: S.O.S. was adopted as a warning signal by the first
                  conference on wireless telegraphy.
                - 1913: The Federal Income Tax was signed into law.
                - 1922: Rebecca Felton of Georgia became the first woman in the
                  Senate.
                - 1929: Yugoslavia was formed when the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and
                  Slovenes changed its name.
                - 1940: The U.S. formed parachute troops.
                - 1941: Adolf Hitler said in a speech that Russia was "broken" and
                  would "never rise again."
                - 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt formed the Office of Economic
                  Stabilization.
                - 1945: Elvis Presley made his first public appearance. He was 10
                  years old.
                - 1954: Guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was born in Dallas (d: 1990;
                  helicopter crash).
                - 1962: The last Mercury mission, with astronaut Wally Schirra on the
                  Sigma VII, blasted off.
                - 1985: Space shuttle Atlantis made its maiden flight.
                - 1990: East and West Germany reunited, ending 45 years of division.
                - 1995: A California court cleared O.J. Simpson of murder charges.
                - 1997: The third powerful earthquake in a week rocked central Italy,
                  causing more damage to the frescoed interior of the 13th-century
                  Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Neve Campbell, 25, actress, "Party of Five"
                - Chubby Checker, 57, singer, "The Twist"
                - Marques Haynes, 72, NBA player, "The World's Greatest Dribbler,"
                  Harlem Globetrotters' ace
                - Roy Horn, 54,  Las Vegas entertainer, animal preservationist of
                  Siegfried and Roy fame
                - Tommy Lee, 36, heavy metal drummer, Motley Crue
                - Gore Vidal, 73, novelist/playwright, "Lincoln"
                - Jack P. Wagner, 39, actor, "Melrose Place"
                - Dave Winfield, 47, MLB outfielder, selected in four major sports
                  league drafts in 1973 - NFL, NBA, ABA, and MLB; chose baseball and
                  played in 12 All-Star Games over 20-year career