1789 – Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on November 26.
1849 – American author Edgar Allan 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.
1863 – Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
1872 – Bloomingdale’s department store in NY 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.
1948 – NFL becomes 1st sport televised as sport of week.
1955 – “Mickey Mouse Club” premieres.
1960 – US sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show” premieres on CBS (run till 1968).
1961 – “Dick Van Dyke Show” premieres on CBS-TV.
1970 – “Coco” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances.
1971 – Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000.
1974 – Watergate criminal trial begins.
1984 – US government shuts down due to lack of agreement over passage of bills.
1990 – George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades.
1997 – Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pittsburgh Penquins.
2008 – O.J. Simpson found guilty of charges of kidnapping and armed robbery.
2014 – 83 million accounts are compromised after a cyber attack on JP Morgan Chase & 9 other financial institutions.