TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1789, President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, a day of Thanksgiving to express gratitude for the creation of the United States of America.

In 1932, Iraq became independent of British administration.

In 1941, Germany’s Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin that Russia had been “broken” and would “never rise again.”

In 1955, “Captain Kangaroo” and “The Mickey Mouse Club” premiered on television.

In 1995, a jury in Los Angeles found actor and former football star O.J. Simpson not guilty of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman.

In 2001, the Senate approved an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam.

In 2003, a tiger attacked magician Roy Horn of “Siegfried & Roy” during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving the superstar illusionist in critical condition on his 59th birthday.

In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sportsmemorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.

In 2017, visiting Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump congratulated the U.S. island territory for escaping the higher death toll of what he called “a real catastrophe like Katrina.”