November 22 - Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

We're thankful for Miss Melanie.

This Day In History

1574

Discovery of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.

1718

Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.

1869

In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever built, and the only one still surviving today.

1928

The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

1935

The China Clipper, the first transpacific mail and passenger service, takes off from Alameda, California for its first commercial flight. It reaches its destination, Manila, a week later.

1977

British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

1987

Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

1991

Beauty and the Beast is released in theaters.

1995

Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.

Famous Birthdays

1709

Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)

1744

Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)

1808

Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)

1819

Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot), English novelist, journalist and translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era (d. 1880)

1898

Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)

1909

Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)

1913

Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)

1932

Robert Vaughn, American actor

1940

Terry Gilliam, American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe

1943

Billie Jean King, American tennis player

1956

Richard Kind, American actor

1973

Chad Trujillo, American astronomer
1984
Scarlett Johansson, American actress