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Today is Day 331 of 2024
1731
Poet William Cowper born
in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
1778
An
expedition led by Captain James Cook
reached Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
Thus
becoming the first European to see Maui.
1863
Thanksgiving was
first observed as a regular American holiday.
Proclaimed by President Lincoln,
the event would be observed annually on the fourth Thursday in
November.
1865
Lewis Carroll's
Alice in Wonderland published.
1909
Romanian-born French dramatist Eugène
Ionesco born in Slatina, Romania.
1922
Cartoonist Charles Schultz
(Peanuts) born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The tomb of the Boy King, Tutankhamen, is discovered in Egypt by Lord Carnarvon of England and Howard Carter of the United States.
1942
The Michael
Curtiz-directed film Casablanca
premieres in New York City.
This Day at the New Yorker
