This day in history November 26, 2019-Franksgiving?
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Started by metmike - Nov. 27, 2019, 12:35 a.m.

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1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.  Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.



2000George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.

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By metmike - Nov. 27, 2019, 12:38 a.m.
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Franksgiving


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franksgiving


In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the Thanksgiving holiday one week earlier than normal, believing that doing so would help bolster retail sales during one of the final years of the Great Depression. This led to much upheaval and protest, causing some to deride the holiday as Franksgiving. The term Franksgiving is a portmanteau of Franklin and Thanksgiving and was coined by Atlantic City mayor Charles D. White in 1939. Since 1941, Thanksgiving has taken place on the fourth Thursday of November.