The US Senate approved participation in the United Nations (1945), the first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Virginia (1619), the International Space Station’s first phase was completed (1998), Woodrow Wilson sailed for the Paris Peace Conference (1918), the first psychological report on bullet shock was presented (1917), the first Sunday newspaper was published in Great Britain (1791), suttee was made illegal in India (1829), Terry Anderson was released from captivity in Lebanon (1991), the first Burger King opened in Miami (1954), and the Mary Celeste was discovered (1872).
The US Senate has approved US participation in the United Nations. (1945) The United Nations had officially been born about two months earlier, when its charter had been signed by the United States, United Kingdom, USSR, China and France, among other nations. One of the first major US actions in the United Nations was to urge the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to Korea in 1950.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in the United States. (1619) Although the modern holiday derives from the 1621 Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a group of settlers in Virginia had included Thanksgiving in their charter. They celebrated the legally obligatory day for the first time on December 4th. Unfortunately, the arrangement lasted less than three years, which is why the modern holiday is based on the date of Plymouth’s first Thanksgiving.
The first phase of assembly of the International Space Station has been completed. (1998) The American-built “Unity” node was connected to the Russian-built “Zarya”, which was already in orbit. With these two pieces attached, other ships could dock at the space station and housing units could be attacked.
Woodrow Wilson sailed for the Paris Peace Conference. (1918) Wilson spent six months in Paris working with other leaders on the Treaty of Versailles while simultaneously developing the League of Nations. Wilson was the first president to travel overseas while in office.
First psychological report on bullet shock presented. (1917) Psychiatrist WH Rivers presented his paper “The Repression of War Experience” at the British Royal School of Medicine. The paper was groundbreaking in detailing the symptoms of shell shock, as well as the possible causes and treatments for it. It laid the groundwork for developing treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The first Sunday newspaper is published. (1791) The Observer, was published in Great Britain. It was originally a flop and left the publisher, WS Bourne, heavily in debt. New ownership turned it around, and The Observer became a well-known newspaper with a high circulation. Two hundred years later, The Observer was also the first newspaper to offer its information via podcast.
The British make suttee illegal in India. (1829) Suttee, the practice of a widow burning herself on her husband’s pyre, was abolished and those who helped a woman commit suttee could be tried for murder.
American hostage Terry Anderson has been released from Lebanon. (1991) Anderson, a Beirut journalist, was held captive by Hezbollah’s Shia Muslims for nearly seven years. Hezbollah militants captured Anderson along with a group of other Americans, but he was held captive longer.
The first Burger King opened in Miami, Florida. (1954) Three years later, the signature “Whopper” was added to the menu and business took off. There are over 11,000 Burger Kings in more than 60 countries.
The Mary Celeste has been discovered. (1872) One of the most famous “ghost ships”, the Mary Celeste, was discovered floating empty at sea. The crew was gone, though all food supplies and personal effects were intact. Mystery remains an archetype for maritime disappearances.
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