EVENTS:
- 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
- 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. R. Ambedkar.
- 1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
- 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 2008 – Mumbai attacks by Pakistan-sponsored Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- 2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity
- 2012 – Aam Aadmi Party Indian political party formally started.
BIRTHS:
- 1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (d. 2012)
- 1923 – K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Rabi Ray, Indian politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
- 1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
- 1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Des Walker, English footballer
- 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
- 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
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