The world’s largest luxury goods corporation, Louis Vuitton (LVMH), bought jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion.
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The UK approved the first American patent.
The crew aboard the International Space Station celebrated Thanksgiving.
A deadly cyclone struck east India killing over 300,000 people and destroying 20,000 ships.
USPTO received a trademark for the Kleenex brand name.
President John F. Kennedy's funeral was held in Washington, D.C.