EVENTS:
- 1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
- 1835 – The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
- 1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
- 1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1942 – Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
- 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world’s third nuclear power.
- 1990 – German reunification: The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
- 2013 – The Gambia withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2015 – 42 killed and 33 missing in Kunduz hospital airstrike operated by Médecins Sans Frontières.
- 2021 – Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.[8]
- 2022 – Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. [9]
- 2024 – Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India.
BIRTHS:
- 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
- 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
- 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
- 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer
- 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player
- 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer
- 1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer
- 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player
- 2001 – Anton Lundell, Finnish ice hockey player
- 2001 – Max Plath, Australian rugby league player
- 2001 – C. J. Stroud, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
