Thanksgiving - Last Thursday in November

Time: Tuesday Oct 31, 1939

Place: U.S.

Details: On October 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a presidential proclamation changing the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November, for business reasons.

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