Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789

On November 26, 1789

President George Washington proclaimed the day an official National Day of Thanksgiving for the United States of America.

This Day in History - November 26

1898

The Titanic of New England, the SS Portland, sunk off the coast of Maine.

1922

British archaeologists entered the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

2011

NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory probe, which carried the Curiosity Rover to Mars.

783 AD

The Queen Adosinda of Asturias was placed in a convent at San Juan de Pravia for the rest of her life.

1867

J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.

What Happened on Nov 26?

What Happened in 1789?