There are 35 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day.

ON THIS DATE

In 1789, a day of thanksgiving was set aside by President George Washington to observe the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

In 1883, former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan.

In 1942, the motion picture "Casablanca", starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere in New York.

In 1949, India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British Commonwealth.

In 1973, President Richard Nixon's personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 18½-minute gap in a key Watergate tape.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

"Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route." — Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse (1886-1952).