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 26, Nov. 1941
Lead story: FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving
holiday

 President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed a bill
officially establishing
the fourth Thursday in
November as
Thanksgiving Day.
 26, Nov. 1862
Library: Alice in Wonderland manuscript is sent as a
Christmas present
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 26, Nov. 1898:
Disaster: Winter storm paralyzes southern New
England

 A powerful early winter storm battered the

New England coast on this day in 1898, killing
at least 450 people in New York, Connecticut
and Massachusetts.
 
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 The first cloverleaf interchange was built in the

United States, at the junction of NJ Rt. 25 (now
U.S. Rt. 1) and NJ Rt. 4 (now NJ Rt. 35) in
Woodbridge, New Jersey, is featured on the cover of
this week's issue of the Engineering News-Record.
(By contrast, a piece on the under-construction
Hoover Dam was relegated to the journal's back
pages.)
 26, Nov. 1941
World War II: Japanese task force leaves for
Pearl Harbor

 On this day in 1941, Adm.

Chuichi Nagumo lead the
Japanese First Air Fleet, an
aircraft carrier strike force,
toward Pearl Harbor, with the
understanding that should
"negotiations with the United
States reach a successful
conclusion, the task force will
immediately put about and
return to the homeland."
 26, Nov. 1942
Hollywood: Casablanca premieres in NYC

 On this day in 1942,

Casablanca, a World
War II-era drama
starring Humphrey
Bogart and Ingrid
Bergman, premiered in
New York City; it will
go on to become one of
the most beloved
Hollywood movies in
history
 26, Nov. 1946:
Sport: Football trailblazer Art Shell is born

 On November 26,
1946, Art Shell was
born in Charleston,
South Carolina.
 26, Nov. 1989
Music: MTV Unplugged premieres

 The television series

MTV Unplugged,
featuring stripped-
down acoustical
performances, made its
broadcast premiere on
this day in 1989


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The Combat Look

Combat boots had hung

around the fringes of
fashion since the 1940s.
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1995 post-apocalyptic epic/drama film
action science fiction directed by, produced
film. The film was by, and starring Mel
directed by Kevin Gibson.
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Attack, Everything
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Marianne Faithful
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