First national Thanksgiving Day in United States proclaimed by President George
Washington, November 26, 1789.

Daniel Boone, American frontiersman, born November 2, 1734.

A Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Portola reached San Francisco Bay, November 2, 1769.

James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States, born near Pineville, N.C., November 2, 1795.

Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States, born near Blooming Grove, Ohio, November 2, 1865.

North Dakota became the 39th state, November 2, 1889.

South Dakota became the 40th state, November 2, 1889. 

Erie Canal formally opened at New York, November 4, 1825.

Will Rogers, American humorist, born November 4, 1879.

John Philip Sousa, American bandmaster, born November 6, 1854.

First intercollegiate football game in United States, Rutgers v. Princeton, at Rutgers, November 6, 1869.

Gen. William Henry Harrison defeated Indians in Battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811. 

Montana became the 41st state, November 8, 1889.  

Arctic explorer Donald MacMillan born November 10, 1874.

Washington became the 42nd state, November 11, 1889.

Armistice signed ending World War I, November 11, 1918.

Veterans Day first celebrated in United States, November 11, 1954. 

Robert Fulton, American inventor, born November 14, 1765.

Claude Monet, French painter, born November 14, 1840.

Draft of Articles of Confederation approved by Congress, November 15, 1777.

Oklahoma became the 46th state, November 16, 1907.

Congress first met in Washington, D.C., November 17, 1800.

Suez Canal opened, November 17, 1869/

United States and Panama signed treaty providing for Panama Canal, November 18, 1903.

Frontiersman George Rogers Clark born November 19, 1752.

James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, born November 19, 1831.

Abraham Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863.  

U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963.

Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, born in Hillsboro, N.H., November 23, 1804.
 
Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States, born near Barboursville, Va., November 24, 1784.   

Mark Twain, American author, born November 30, 1835.