Third country to launch its own satellite (France), 1965
Battle of Verdun ended, 1916
First Thanksgiving Day declared (George Washington), 1789
“Casablanca” opened, 1942
Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian operatic soprano, died, 1963
Ford roadsters cost $260, 1925
Sven Anders Hedin, Swedish explorer and scientist, died, 1952
Cream’s farewell concert, 1968
Albert DeSalvo, “The Boston Strangler”, stabbed to death, 1973
US Draft lottery established, 1969
Japanese carrier force left its bases and headed for Pearl Harbor, 1941
China entered the Korean War, 1950
Oliver Ellsworth, third chief justice of the US Supreme Court, died, 1807
“Alice in Wonderland” published, 1865
Nazis forced 500,000 Jews into a ghetto surrounded by an 8 foot wall, 1940
Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist, died, 1883