Good Morning *Thanksgiving is 7 Days Away Edition*

Rise and Shine I survived the snow.









1315 Swiss soldiers ambush and slaughter invading Austrians in the battle of Morgarten.

1533 The explorer Francisco Pizarro enters Cuzco, Peru.

1626 The Pilgrim Fathers, who have settled in New Plymouth, buy out their London investors.

1777 The Articles of Confederation, instituting perpetual union of the United States of America, are adopted by Congress.

1805 Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and their party reach the mouth of the Columbia River, completing their trek to the Pacific.

1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike discovers the Colorado Peak that bears his name, despite the fact that he didn't climb it.

1864 Union Major General William T. Sherman's troops set fires that destroy much of Atlanta's industrial district prior to beginning Sherman's March to the Sea.

1881 The American Federation of Labor is founded.

1909 M. Metrot takes off in a Voisin biplane from Algiers, making the first manned flight in Africa.

1917 Kerensky flees and Bolsheviks take command in Moscow.



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