Thursday November facts
While investigating facts about Thursday November 28 and Thursday November 19 2020, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Thanksgiving as we know it today was started by George Washington, and made a federal holiday by Abraham Lincoln, and later moved to the last Thursday of November by FDR
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Other countries that celebrate Thanksgiving include: Germany - they celebrate the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in early October; Grenada - they celebrate Thanksgiving Day on October 25th; Korea - they celebrate Korean Thanksgiving Day in late September or early October; Japan - they celebrate Labor Thanksgiving on November 23rd; Liberia - they celebrate Thanksgiving on the first Thursday of November; and Norfolk Island celebrates Thanksgiving on the last Wednesday of November.
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In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering what was the date on the last thursday of november 2016. Here are 9 of the best facts about Thursday November 28 2019 and Thursday November 21 2019 I managed to collect.
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In the 1930's FDR moved Thanksgiving to the second-to-last Thursday in November (today) to increase Christmas shopping. Everyone hated the idea and the day became known as Franksgiving.
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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be the national day for Thanksgiving.
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Franksgiving" was coined in 1939 after FDR divided the country by moving Thanksgiving to the next to last Thursday in November as an attempt to boost retail sales. He reversed the decision in 1941 after half the country refused to celebrate it.
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In 1941 Federated Department Store Inc. (now known as Macy's), convinced Congress and FDR that changing Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday would extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy. Congress agreed, creating Black Friday.
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"Last Thursdayism", a skeptical hypothesis posted on Usenet on November 2, 1992 that states that the universe was created last Thursday, with human memory, history books, fossils, etc. intact.
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In 1939, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November, to the fourth Thursday. Since Lincoln set the original date, Republicans were furious, calling the last Thursday "Republican Thanksgiving" and the fourth Thursday "Franksgiving" or "Democratic Thanksgiving"
