- 1582] Wedding Bells: Young Will Shakespeare having already asked Anne Hathaway, "wouldst thou taketh thine hand in holy matrimony" and gotten a "yea, merrily", walks down the aisle with Anne as Bard and Bardess tie the knot poetically (11/28)...1940] Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz conga down the aisle to a latin beat (11/30)...1960] Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee become America's favorite married couple when they swing down the aisle (12/1). Sadly they will divorce in 1967...1982] Miles Davis and Cecily Tyson tie the knot in an on again/off again marriage until Davis' death (11/26)...1993] Another odd couple work their way down the aisle as James Carville and Mary Matalin marry (11/26)...
- 1789] 1st Thanksgiving: A day of Thanksgiving is set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the U.S. Constitution (11/26)...
- 1910] A New York original: The original Pennsylvania Station opens to the public, where the 8th Avenue Post Office is now located. One day that location may house a new Penn Station (11/27)...
- 1925] Debuted on this date: The longest running live music show debuts on WSM Nashville when host George Dewey Hay invites an 83-year old Civil War veteran to play fiddle for an hour. The 'WSM Barn Dance' begins (11/28). In 1927 its name is changed to the "Grand Ole Opry". Willie Nelson will make his debut 39 years to the date that the 'Barn Dance' debuted (1964)...1939] New York's LaGuardia Airport begins operations as a plane from Chicago lands at 12:01 a.m. (11/30)...1942] "Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman debuts at the Hollywood Theater in Manhattan (11/26)...1948] "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" debuts on NBC-TV (11/29)...
- 1934] A Thanksgiving Day tradition begins: The Detroit Lions begin an annual NFL tradition, dropping a 19-16 decision to da Bearsss. It was the first NFL game aired on national radio. Brent Mus-sorry, Graham McNamee did the play-by-play (11/29). A Lions win over Tennessee would be Detroit's first win this season...
- 1942] Down in flames: A devastating and deadly fire destroys the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston, taking nearly 500 lives (11/28)...
- 1948] Get the picture?: The first Polaroid camera is sold (11/28). Today that camera would be worth a fortune...
- 1978] City Hall massacre: San Francisco mayor George Moscone and City Hall Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist, are shot to death inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White (11/27). Sean Penn plays Milk ina soon-to-be released movie of the event...
- 1981] "Happy Trails": Natalie Wood drowns in a boating accident off Santa Catalina Island at the age of 43. Natalie who was with husband R.J. (Wagner) and Christopher Walken, could not swim (11/29)...1986] Leading man Cary Grant dies of a stroke at 82 (11/29)...1994] 1960s war protester Jerry Rubin dies two weeks after being hit by a car. Rubin was 56 (11/28)...1996] After performing on stage, Tiny Tim collapses and dies from congestive heart failure at 71 (11/30)...2001] Beatle George Harrison loses his battle with cancer at 58 (11/29)...2007] Washington Redskins free safety Sean Taylor, 24, is murdered in his Miami home (11/27)...2007] Daredevil motorcycle rider Evel Knievel passes away from a terminal lung disease at 69 (11/30)...
- 2003] A presidential turkey delivery: George Bush plays commander-in-chief and brings Thanksgiving turkey to our troops in a clandestine trip to Iraq (11/27)...For more on November 26 -30th: C L I C K:
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
(Thanksgiving Edition) November 26 - 30, 2008
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