{"id":35347,"date":"2017-11-26T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35347"},"modified":"2017-11-22T08:38:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:38:20","slug":"this-day-in-history-first-thanksgiving-day-proclaimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=35347","title":{"rendered":"This Day In History &#8212; First Thanksgiving Day proclaimed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>November 26<\/h3>\n<p>1789<br \/>\nThe first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.<\/p>\n<p>1922<br \/>\nHoward Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.<\/p>\n<p>1940<br \/>\nThe Nazis began to force Warsaw&#8217;s Jews to live in a walled ghetto.<\/p>\n<p>1950<br \/>\nChina entered the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>1975<br \/>\nLynette &#8220;Squeaky&#8221; Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Ford.<\/p>\n<p>1998<br \/>\nTony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.<\/p>\n<p>2000<br \/>\nKatherine Harris certified George W. 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