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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1853: Bat Masterson, who would become known as a buffalo hunter, U.S. marshal, Army scout, gambler, frontier lawman and journalist in the Old West, is born in Henryville, Canada East, in what is Quebec today.