Thanksgiving Day becomes an official holiday, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is published, the NHL is formed, "Casablanca" premieres, and the Concorde lands for the last time, all on this day.
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1943: The HMT Rohna, a troop ship carrying U.S. troops, is sunk by a Luftwaffe air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria, killing 1,138 men. The sinking is the largest loss of U.S. troops at sea in a single incident.