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December 26, 1941

On December 26, 1941, u.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Michel Roux, Maulana Karenga, Andreas Khol would arrive in the same year.

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1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.

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On December 26, 1941

  1. 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States.

    President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II.

  2. 1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.

    WWII-era speech in Washington, D.C.

    S. Congress was a 30-minute World War II-era radio-broadcast speech made in the chamber of the United States Senate on December 26, 1941. S.

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Michel Roux 1941– French-English chef and author (died 2020)
Maulana Karenga 1941– American philosopher, author, and activist, created Kwanzaa
Andreas Khol 1941– German-Austrian lawyer and politician
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley 1941– British party planner, writer and socialite (died 2020)
Dorothy Hyman 1941– English sprinter
Michel Roux 1941– French-English chef and author (died 2020)

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