rekordy: Thanksgiving (United States)

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Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November (which became the uniform date country-wide in 1941). The earliest Thanksgiving can occur is November 22; the latest is November 28. Outside the United States, it is called American Thanksgiving to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions. As the name implies, the holiday generally revolves around giving thanks and the centerpiece of most celebrations is a Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends. The modern national celebration dates to 1863 when Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our benefic…

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Minutes of the 1953 Thanksgiving Meeting Held at Chicago, November 27-28, 1953

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23 November 2006 Thanksgiving Day, USA

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Thursday 27 November 2003: Thanksgiving Day

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Thanksgiving Day : A Speech at a Royal Albert Hall Concert in celebration of American Thanksgiving Day November 23, 1944

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Marketing and Recruitment for the National DPP: November Thanksgiving Promotional Materials

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A common year starting on Thursday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Thursday, 1 January, and ends on Thursday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is D. The current year, 2026, is a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar, the last such year was 2015 and the next such year will be 2037, or, likewise, 2021 and 2027 in the obsolete Julian calendar, see below for more. This is the only common year with three occurrences of Friday the 13th: those three in this common year occur in February, March, and November. Leap years starting on Sunday share this characteristic, for the months January, April, and July. From February until March in this…

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Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.