• The construction of the Taj Mahal mausoleum was completed.
  • U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared the fourth Thursday of November as “Thanksgiving Day.”
  • Russian poet Sergey Yesenin was born.
  • The SOS distress signal was officially adopted.
  • The first video recording on magnetic tape took place in Los Angeles.
  • The official reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic occurred.