Also on this day: Americans observe a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.The first college social fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, is formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
Former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies in Battle Creek, Mich.The National Hockey League is founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.U.S.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivers a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura, setting forth U.S.
demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.” The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers leaves the Kuril Islands,.
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