November 26: This Day in History

Featured Fact, 1789:
President George Washington proclaims the Thanksgiving holiday -- November 26, a Tuesday -- as a day of national thanksgiving for the U.S. Constitution. However, it was not until 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to fall on the last Thursday of November, that the traditional holiday was celebrated nationally.

Also Today:
1865: Alice in Wonderland is published.
1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamun (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.
1975: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, is found guilty of trying to assassinate President Ford.

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