On this day in history
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1738: Pierre de La Vérendrye rides up the Assiniboine River valley with his sons to build Fort La Reine at Portage La Prairie.
1789: George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the US.
1863: The last Thursday in November is declared Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
1872: The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
1919: Dominion Stores grocery chain is incorporated.
1927: Prime Minister Mackenzie King inaugurates the first transatlantic telephone service to the UK by chatting with British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
1985: The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.
1995: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
2000: Pierre Trudeau is given a state funeral at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal.
