1619 – 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1674 – Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago.
1783 – General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce’s Tavern, NYC.
1812 – Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa., patents a horse-drawn mower.
1843 – Manilla paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Massachusetts.
1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1915 – Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County, Ga.
1923 – Cecil B. DeMille’s first version of “The Ten Commandments” premieres.
1933 – FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration.
1945 – 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB).
1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
1964 – Baseball approves a free-agent draft.
1970 – Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%.
1977 – Dianne Feinstein is named as San Francisco’s 1st female & Jewish mayor.
1986 – Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound” premieres in NYC.
1990 – Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon in NYC.
1996 – NASA’s 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral.
2004 – 13th SEC Championship Game: #3 Auburn beats #15 Tennessee, 38-28.
2014 – The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began.
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