THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DECLARED THE FIRST NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY 1922 – LORD CARNAVON AND HOWARD CARTER OPEN KING TUT’S TOMB (THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1323 B.C.) 1941 – FDR SIGNED
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Monday – November 25, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1783 – GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADS THE TROOPS INTO NYC AS THE LAST BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE (The British had taken NYC in 1776.) 1952 – AGATHA CHRISTIE’S ‘THE MOUSETRAP’ OPENED IN LONDON
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1906 – S.O.S. IS ADOPTED AS A UNIVERSAL DISTRESS SIGNAL 1942 – ‘CASABLANCA’ PRIEMERED IN NYC 1963 – PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS KILLED IN DALLAS 1990 – BRITISH PRIME MINSTER MARGARET THATCHER
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Wednesday – Nov. 20, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – NJ RATIFIED THE BILL OF RIGHTS — THE FIRST STATE TO DO SO 1945 – THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS BEGIN IN NUREMBERG 1962 – JFK AGREED TO LIFT
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Monday – November 18, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1626 – ST. PETER’S CATHERDRAL IN ROME IS DEDICATED 1865 – TWAIN’S FIRST STORY IS PUBLISHED — REMEMBER ‘THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY 1928 – MICKEY MOUSE MAKES HIS
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Friday – November 14, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1851 – ‘Call me Ishmael…” HERMAN MELVILLE’S ‘MOBY DICK’ IS PUBLISHED 1889 – NELLIE BLY STARTS HER QUEST TO GO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS (SHE DID IT
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1835 – TEXANS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO — THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC 1940 – WALT DISNEY’S ‘FANTASIA’ DEBUTED IN THEATERS (YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN A THEATER) 1942 – THE
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