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TODAY IN HISTORY:
1787 – The newly completed United States Constitution was voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.
1789 – The first Federal Congress passed a resolution to ask President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. Several days later Washington issued a proclamation that named Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a “Day of Public Thanksgiving.” On December 26, 1941, the date for Thanksgiving Day was set as the fourth Thursday of November.
1820 – The tomato was publicly proven safe when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson stood on the steps of the Salem, NJ, courthouse and ate a large number of them without any adverse effects.
1835 – The Detroit Free Press began publication.
1850 – The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment.
1892 – The first nighttime football game under electric lights took place in the United States. The game was between the Mansfield State Normal School and the Wyoming Seminary.
1895 – “The Detroit Free Press” became a daily newspaper.
1912 – In Michigan, the Muskegon High School football team beat Hastings High 216-0. It was believed at the time to be the most lopsided high school football game in world history.
1922 – The first stop-and-go traffic signal was installed in Grand Rapids, MI at the Fulton-Sheldon-Monroe intersection. Prior to the installation, the traffic signal was manually operated.
1924 – Two U.S. Army planes completed the first around-the-world flight when they landed in Seattle, WA. It took 175 days to complete the trip.
1928 – Sir Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
1951 – CBS made the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product was discontinued less than a month later.
1955 – The World Series was seen on TV in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1961 – The TV show “Dr. Kildare” debuted on NBC.
1961 – The TV show “Hazel” premiered on NBC.
1963 – The animated antics of “Tennessee Tuxedo and his Tales” began as the cartoon premiered on TV.
1963 – The song “She Loves You”, by the Beatles, was played on the radio in New York, NY, by Murray The K. It was the first time a Beatles song was played in the U.S.
1974 – First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland to remove a lump in her breast.
1980 – The thirteen part TV series “Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”, starring Carl Sagan, premiered on PBS.
1983 – The movie “The Big Chill” premiered in theaters.
1987 – The TV show “Star Trek:The Next Generation” premiered. It would run until May 23, 1994.
1990 – The handheld video game, “The Game Boy”, was released in Europe.
1991 – Former Washington, DC Mayor, Marion Barry, was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of crack cocaine.
1997 – The DVD format was introduced at the Audio Engineering Society convention.
2001 – The movie “Zoolander” premiered in theaters.
2004 – The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.
2004 – Nate Olive and Sarah Jones arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to complete the first known continuous hike of the 1,800 mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They started their journey on June 8.
2004 – Randy Travis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2008 – SpaceX launched the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1, into orbit.
2009 – The iTunes Music Store reached 2 billion applications downloaded.
2012 – Facebook hit 1 billion users.
2015 – NASA scientists announced the discovery of flowing water on the planet Mars.
2021 – After an 18 month delay, the James Bond film “No Time To Die”, the last starring Daniel Craig, premiered.
2022 – Hurricane Ian made landfall in Cayo Costa State Park, FL as a category four hurricane, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida’s costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years.
BIRTHDAYS:
Stuart Kauffman – 86 years old (1939) – Biologist and academic
Warren Lieberfarb – 82 years old (1943) – Businessman
Richie Karl – 81 years old (1944) – Golfer
Marcia Muller – 81 years old (1944) – Journalist and author
Jeffrey Jones – 79 years old (1946) – Actor
Rhonda Hughes – 78 years old (1947) – Mathematician and academic
Vernee Watson-Johnson – 76 years old (1949) – Actress
Christina Hoff Sommers – 75 years old (1950) – Author and philosopher
John Sayles – 75 years old (1950) – Novelist, director, and screenwriter
Christopher Buckley – 73 years old (1952) – Satirical novelist
Steve Largent – 71 years old (1954) – Football player and politician
George Lynch – 71 years old (1954) – Guitarist and songwriter
Bill Cassidy – 68 years old (1957) – Politician and physician
Laura Bruce – 66 years old (1959) – Artist
Tom Byrum – 65 years old (1960) – Golfer
Jennifer Rush – 65 years old (1960) – Singer-songwriter
Gregory Jbara – 64 years old (1961) – Actor and singer
Quentin Kawānanakoa – 64 years old (1961) – Lawyer and politician
Anne White – 64 years old (1961) – Tennis player
Laurie Rinker – 63 years old (1962) – Golfer
Chuck Taylor – 63 years old (1962) – Journalist
Steve Blackman – 62 years old (1963) – Wrestler and martial artist
Johnny Dawkins – 62 years old (1963) – Basketball player and coach
Greg Weisman – 62 years old (1963) – Voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Janeane Garofalo – 61 years old (1964) – Comedian, actress, and screenwriter
Maria Canals-Barrera – 59 years old (1966) – Cuban-American actress
Mira Sorvino – 58 years old (1967) – Actress
Moon Zappa – 58 years old (1967) – Actress and author
Ben Greenman – 56 years old (1969) – Journalist and author
Piper Kerman – 56 years old (1969) – Author and memoirist
Mike DeJean – 55 years old (1970) – Baseball player
Joseph Arthur – 54 years old (1971) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dita Von Teese – 53 years old (1972) – Model and dancer
Brian Rafalski – 52 years old (1973) – Ice hockey player
Lenny Krayzelburg – 50 years old (1975) – Russian-American swimmer
Bonzi Wells – 49 years old (1976) – Basketball player
Young Jeezy – 48 years old (1977) – Rapper
Peter Cambor – 47 years old (1978) – Actor
Bam Margera – 46 years old (1979) – Skateboarder, actor, and stuntman
Taki Tsan – 46 years old (1979) – American-Greek rapper and producer
Marlon Parmer – 45 years old (1980) – Basketball player
Greg Anderson – 44 years old (1981) – Pianist and composer
Jerrika Hinton – 44 years old (1981) – Actress
Emeka Okafor – 43 years old (1982) – Basketball player
St. Vincent – 43 years old (1982) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Melody Thornton – 41 years old (1984) – Singer-songwriter and dancer
Ryan Zimmerman – 41 years old (1984) – Baseball player
Daniel Platzman – 39 years old (1986) – Musician
Dominic Waters – 39 years old (1986) – Basketball player
Hilary Duff – 38 years old (1987) – Singer-songwriter and actress
Jason Jordan – 37 years old (1988) – Wrestler
Olivia Jordan – 37 years old (1988) – Actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder
Hana Mae Lee – 37 years old (1988) – Actress, model, and fashion designer
Darius Johnson-Odom – 36 years old (1989) – Basketball player
Elvyonn Bailey – 34 years old (1991) – Sprinter
Alex Landi – 33 years old (1992) – Actor
Caleb Martin – 30 years old (1995) – Basketball player
Cody Martin – 30 years old (1995) – Basketball player
Kayla Day – 26 years old (1999) – Tennis player
Frankie Jonas – 25 years old (2000) – Actor, singer, and songwriter
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