Bat Masterson 1853 - U.S. Army scout, lawman, gambler, journalist
- 1789 - U.S. President Washington set aside this day to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
- 1825 - The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed at Union College in Schenectady, NY.
- 1867 - J.B. Sutherland patented the refrigerated railroad car.
- 1917 - The National Hockey League (NHL) was officially formed in Montreal, Canada.
- 1922 - In Egypt, Howard Carter peered into the tomb of King Tutankhamen.
- 1940 - The Nazis forced 500,000 Jews of Warsaw, Poland to live within a walled ghetto.
- 1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. In 1939 Roosevelt had signed a bill that changed the celebration of Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November.
- 1975 - Lynette"Squeaky" Fromme was found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento, CA, for trying to assassinate U.S. President Ford on September 5.
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