On this day in 1476, Vlad III Dracula became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
On this day in 1778, Captain James Cook became the first European to set foot on Maui.
On this day in 1789, a national Thanksgiving Day was observed in the US. This was a recommendation from President George Washington and approved by Congress.
On this day in 1842, the University of Notre Dame was founded.
On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation making the final Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving each year.
And, in Chuckery, Ohio in 1894, it was reported that Bertha Congrove is recovering from typhoid fever.
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