President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the US.
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Jimi Hendrix wrote 'Purple Haze' backstage at the Upper Cut Club, London.
The Detroit Pistons NBA team broke records after losing their 27th consecutive basketball game.
Jack Ruby's gun, which was used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald, sold for $220,000 in an auction.
The horror film 'The Exorcist,' based on book and screenplay by William Peter Blatty, premiered.
Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium.