| 1619 | America’s 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va) |
| 1674 | Father Marquette builds 1st dwelling in what is now Chicago |
| 1783 | At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington |
| formally bids his officers farewell. | |
| 1791 | Britain’s Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published |
| 1812 | Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower |
| 1843 | Robert Schumann’s “Das Paradies und die Peri,” premieres in Leipzig |
| 1881 | The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. |
| 1927 | Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem |
| 1927 | Dmitri Shostakovich’s 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow |
| 1931 | “Frankenstein” the movie opens at Mayfair Theater in NYC |
| 1954 | The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States |
| 1985 | “Les Miserables” opens at Palace Theatre, London |
| 1991 | Pan American World Airways ceased operations |
| 1994 | Tony Kushner’s”Angels in America-Perestroika” closes at W Kerr NYC after |
| 216 performances |
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