1803—US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase.
1817—1st Mississippi “Showboat,” leaves Nashville on maiden voyage.
1820—Spain sells part of Florida to US for $5 million.
1864—US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
1873—P.T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring “Greatest Show on Earth,” as a national holiday.
1898—NC Mutual & Provident Insurance Company forms.
1903—US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada.
1926—Hurricane in Cuba, kills 600.
1939—“All the Things You Are” recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1947—Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years.
1955—“Peter Pan” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 149 performances.
1956—“No Time for Sergeants” opens on Broadway, starring Andy Griffith.
1964—“Golden Boy” opens at Magestic Theater NYC for 569 performances.
1973—OPEC oil embargo begins.
1973—US president Nixon fires Watergate accuser Archibald Cox.
1979—John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston.
1989—US Senate impeaches US District Judge Alcee L. Hastings.
1996—Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series.
1998—Comedian Richard Pryor is awarded the 1st ever Mark Twain Prize for American Humour.
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