52 BC - Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
1739 - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the finish of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736–1739.
1778 - British Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
1789 - George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
1918 - King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
1932 - Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Famous Birthdays:
1797 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1863 - Pyotr Kuzmich Kozlov, explorer
1889 - Carl von Ossietzky, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1945 - Tony Brown, footballer
1971 - Kevin Richardson, singer
1984 - Ashlee Simpson, singer
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