- 1629] Pass the cranberry: The Massachusetts Bay Colony celebrates what's recognized as the 1st Thanksgiving. White meat or dark???
- 1776] Declaring our independence: Militia officer John Nixon gives the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence to a crowd gathered at Independence Square in Philadelphia...
- 1889] WSJ sighting: The Wall Street Journal is published for the 1st time...
- 1947] Ground breaking begins: For the building of the U.N. in Manhattan...
- 1981] Confirmation Day: The Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice...
- 1985] Madonna Unplugged: Madonna poses nude in Playboy and Penthouse. Soon to be 10-year old A-Rod hides his copies under his bed...
- 1986] Not kosher: Kurt Waldheim is inaugurated as president of Austria despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes...
- 1997] Fen-Phen, 'Feh': The Mayo Clinic and the government warn that the diet-drug "fen-phen" could cause serious heart and lung damage...
- 2000] Beaned by a 'Rocket': Yankee pitcher Roger Clemens beans Met catcher Mike Piazza which is a warm up for throwing a bat chard at Piazza in a 2000 World Series game...
- 2006] "Happy Trails": To June Allyson who passes away from pulmonary respiratory failure at the age of 88...
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