Historical Events
1789
The first US Thanksgiving Day is observed.
1832
The first horse-drawn streetcar begins operating in New York City.
1941
FDR officially proclaims the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day.
1965
France becomes the third country to put a satellite in orbit.
2008
Terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, kill 164 people.
Famous Birthdays
1607
John Harvard
English minister whose donations founded Harvard University.
1894
Norbert Wiener
American mathematician who established the science of cybernetics.
1898
Karl Ziegler
German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1939
Tina Turner
American singer known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" for songs like What's Love Got to Do with It.
1966
Natasha Bedingfield
British singer known for Unwritten.
