Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the last Thursday of November and what better way to celebrate Thor’s Day than with a little feast and an anecdote from etaBlog.com If you’ve enjoyed some of our articles please make a comment or two. Your feedback on our anecdotes is always welcome! Here are a few things that happened on this day in history:
1789 – Thanksgiving is recommended by George Washington and observed by the United States. It didn’t become a national recognized holiday until almost 150 years later in 1941.
1939 – Tina Turner was born.
1942 – The film Casablanca premiers in New York City.
1968 – British rockers, Cream has a farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
2003 – The supersonic airliner, the Concorde, makes its final flight over Bristol, England.
2009 – the Moon on 26th November will be a waxing gibbous phase with 67% of the Moon’s visible disk illuminated.