1789 – Washington proclaims first national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26.
1849 – American author Edgar Allen Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1872 – Bloomingdale’s department store in New York opens.
1899 – J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
1913 – US Federal Income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson.
1922 – 1st facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C.
1940 – US forms parachute troops.
1942 – FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization.
1954 – “Father Knows Best” premieres.
1955 – “Mickey Mouse Club” premieres.
1957 – Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems is ruled not obscene.
1960 – San Francisco’s White House department store is the 1st to accept BankAmericard.
1968 – Howard Sacklers “Great White Hope” premieres in NYC.
1974 – Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1974 – Watergate criminal trial begins.
1984 – US government shuts down due to lack of agreement over passage of bills.
1993 – Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox.
2003 – Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy is attacked by one of the show tigers, canceling the show for good.
2008 – The $700 billion bailout bill for the US financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
2017 – US President Trump visits Puerto Rico devastated by hurricane Maria.
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