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NOVEMBER 26 — 1941 FDR establishes Thanksgiving Holiday, Thanksgiving in America; 1956 CIA forms Operation Gladio in Italy; 1982 Game of Tag – boxers Larry Holmes v Randall “Tex” Cobb NOVEMBER 26 1941 – FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday. …But

NOVEMBER 25 — 1753  Happy birthday American Revolution spy Robert Townsend; 1835 Happy birthday Andrew Carnegie;  1950 great Appalachian Storm;  1874 Greenback Party convenes in Indiana NOVEMBER 25 1835 – Happy birthday Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

NOVEMBER 24 — 1784 Happy Birthday Zachary Taylor; 1971 Highjacker extorts $200G and parachutes out of plane into hurricane NOVEMBER 24 1784 Happy birthday Zachary “Old Zack” Taylor, #12. …Born in Orange County, VA in 1784, Taylor was a distant

NOVEMBER 23 — 1876 Senator Boss Tweed extradited from Spain; 1963 World mourns for JFK; 1778 Gen. Washington starts getting intel from his Culper spy network; 2016 Love scores 34 points in 1st quarter for Cavs NOVEMBER 23 1804 Happy

NOVEMBER 22 — 1963 Assassination of JFK; 1910 Federal Reserve is quietly conceived at Jeckyl Island Club meeting; SPORTS: 1986 Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champ, 1981 Chargers beat Raiders 55-10 NOVEMBER 22 1963 – No you certainly can’t. Those were

NOVEMBER 21 — 1620 Mayflower anchors at Provincetown; 1975 Congress investigates assassination attempts on Castro; 1989 Happy Birthday greatest NFL kicker Justin Tucker; 2016 The Button King passes away NOVEMBER 21 1986 – Ollie North starts feeding documents into the

NOVEMBER 20 — 1925 Happy Birthday Robert F. Kennedy; 1895 Frederick Blaisdell patents the pencil; 1982 The Play (as in….The Play) NOVEMBER 20 1925 – Happy  birthday Bobby Kennedy! Robert Francis, one of the youngest of seven Kennedy children, was

NOVEMBER 19 — 1834 Happy Anniversary Franklin and Jane Pierce; 1966 HARP shoots 400 lb. projectile 112 miles up; 1863 Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address NOVEMBER 19 1834 – Happy anniversary Franklin and Jane Pierce. Jane Means Appleton was born March

NOVEMBER 18 — 1978 Mass suicide at Jonestown; 1901 Happy Birthday George Gallup (pollster); 1874 Happy Birthday Carrie White, lived up to 116; 2007 New England Pats continue domination with 56-10 victory over Bills NOVEMBER 18 1978 –Mass suicide at

NOVEMBER 17 — 1863 Siege of Knoxville begins; 2015 Niles Village, Illinois, purchases Leaning Tower;990 Gary Erickson invents the Cliff Bar; 2015 Gingerbread Lane goes on display in NYC NOVEMBER 17 1963 – Siege of Knoxville begins at Campbells’ Station.