On this day :

1941 FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday, 1776 Peyton Randolph laid to rest at William and Mary, 1931 First US cloverleaf appears on the cover of the Engineering NewsRecord, 1863 Mine Run campaign begins, 1950 Chinese counterattacks in Korea change nature of war, 1933 Vigilantes in California lynch two suspected murderers, 1898 Winter storm paralyzes southern New England, 1922 Archaeologists enter tomb of King Tut, 1942 Casablanca premieres in NYC, 1862 Alice in Wonderland manuscript is sent as a Christmas present, 1989 MTV Unplugged premieres, 1872 The Great Diamond Hoax is exposed, 2002 George W Bush pardons a turkey, 1946 Football trailblazer Art Shell is born, 1968 Air Force helicopter pilot rescues Special Forces team, 1916 TE Lawrence reports on Arab affairs, 1941 Japanese task force leaves for Pearl Harbor,