America celebrates its first official day of thanksgiving, "The Nutcracker" debuts, the first "Pink Panther" short premieres, the first nuclear power plant in America goes online, all on this day.
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United States Department of Energy
1957: The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania goes online. It was the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. It was taken out of service in 1982.