1789
\nThe first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.<\/p>\n
1922
\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
1940
\nThe Nazis began to force Warsaw’s Jews to live in a walled ghetto.<\/p>\n
1950
\nChina entered the Korean War.<\/p>\n
1975
\nLynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Ford.<\/p>\n
1998
\nTony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.<\/p>\n
2000
\nKatherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner in Florida’s presidential balloting.<\/p>\n
Eugene Ionesco
\n1909\u20131994, French playwright.<\/p>\n
Ellen G. White
\nreligious figure ()<\/p>\n
John Harvard
\nfounder of Harvard College (1607)<\/p>\n
Sarah Moore Grimke
\nabolitionist (1792)<\/p>\n
Mary Edwards Walker
\nsurgeon and feminist (1832)<\/p>\n
Katharine Drexel
\nRoman Catholic nun and saint (1858)<\/p>\n
Willis Carrier
\nair conditioning pioneer (1876)<\/p>\n
Norbert Wiener
\nmathematician and educator (1894)<\/p>\n
Charles Schulz
\ncartoonist (1922)<\/p>\n
Robert Goulet
\nsinger, actor (1933)<\/p>\n
Tina Turner
\nrhythm and blues singer (1939)<\/p>\n
Lil’ Fizz
\nrapper, actor (1985)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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