Today In History
Today is Thursday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2017. There are 38 days left in the year.
This is Thanksgiving Day.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1942: During World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”).
ON THIS DATE
› 1765: Frederick County, Maryland, became the first colonial American entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.
› 1804: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
› 1889: The first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. (The coin-operated device consisted of four listening tubes attached to an Edison phonograph.)
› 1903: Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in “Rigoletto.”
› 1936: Life, the photojournalism magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published.
› 1945: Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, was set to expire by day’s end.
› 1971: The People’s Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is
87. Actress Elmarie Wendel is 89. Actor Franco Nero is 76. Actress Susan Anspach is 75. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is
73. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 70. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is 67. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 63. Former Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 62. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 58. Actor John Henton is 57. TV personality Robin Roberts (“Good Morning America”) is 57. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is
51. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 51. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is 50. Actor Oded Fehr is 47. Rapper-actor Kurupt (Tha Dogg Pound) is 45. Actor Page Kennedy is 41. Actress Kelly Brook is 38. Actor Lucas Grabeel is 33. TV personality Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is 30. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 25. Actress Olivia Keville (TV: “Splitting Up Together”) is 15.