2006: Thanksgiving Day
2010: Acadian Day (La.)
Born 1804: Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. president)
1835: Horseshoe manufacturing machine patented
1876: The Intercollegiate Football Association formed
Born 1883: Jose Clemente Orozco (painter)
Born 1887: Boris Karloff (actor)
Born 1888: Harpo Marx (comedian & actor)
1889: The first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco
1936: The first issue of LIFE debuted
1945: Food rationing ended
Born 1954: Bruce Hornsby (musician)
Born 1959: Dominique Dunne (actress)
Born 1980: Jonathan Papelbon (baseball player)
Died 1990: Roald Dahl (author)
Born 1992: Jordan Fry (actor)
Born 1992: Miley Cyrus (actress & singer)
Died 1992: Roy Acuff (country music singer)
2004: Newsman Dan Rather announced he would step down in March as the anchor of the CBS Evening News after nearly a quarter-century in the job
Died 2012: Larry Hagman (actor)



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