Major events that happened around the world on this day in history.
1924: Macy's Parade
In 1924, Macy's first Thanksgiving Day parade — billed as a "Christmas Parade" — took place in New York.
1942: World War II
In 1942, during World War II, the Vichy French navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon (too-LOHN') to keep them out of the hands of German troops.
1945: George C. Marshall & Harry S. Truman
In 1945, General George C. Marshall was named special U.S. envoy to China by President Harry S. Truman to try to end hostilities between the Nationalists and the Communists.
1973: Gerald R. Ford
In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned.
1978: Moscone-Milk Assassinations
On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH'-nee) and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor Dan White. (White served five years for manslaughter; he committed suicide in Oct. 1985.)
1989: Avianca Jet Crash
In 1989, a bomb blamed on drug traffickers destroyed a Colombian Avianca Boeing 727, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.
1999: Ulster Unionists
In 1999, Northern Ireland's biggest party, the Ulster Unionists, cleared the way for the speedy formation of an unprecedented Protestant-Catholic administration.
2000: George W. Bush
In 2000, a day after George W. Bush was certified the winner of Florida's presidential vote, Al Gore laid out his case for letting the courts settle the nation's long-count election.
2009: Space Shuttle Atlantis
Ten years ago: Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned from the International Space Station with a smooth touchdown.
2009: Tiger Woods
Ten years ago: Tiger Woods crashed his SUV outside his Florida mansion, sparking widespread attention to reports of unfaithfulness to his wife, Elin Nordegren. (The couple divorced the following year.)
2014: OPEC
Five years ago: Reflecting its lessening oil clout, OPEC decided to keep its output target on hold and sit out falling crude prices.
2014: P. D. James
Five years ago: Mystery writer P.D. James, 94, died in Oxford, England.
2018: Cindy Hyde-Smith & Mike Espy
One year ago: Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith won a divisive runoff over Democrat Mike Espy, who had hoped to become the state’s first African-American senator since Reconstruction; Hyde-Smith survived a video-recorded remark that had been criticized as racist.
2018: President Donald Trump
One year ago: President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all federal subsidies to General Motors because of its planned massive cutbacks in the U.S.
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