🦃 Thanksgiving history quiz
How well do you know the story of Thanksgiving? Guess the year for each moment, then tap to see the answer and a fun fact.
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George Washington proclaims the first national day of thanksgiving
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1789He set aside Thursday, November 26, 1789, as a day of public thanksgiving, the first under the new Constitution.
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Sarah Josepha Hale, who later campaigned for a national Thanksgiving, publishes 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
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1830Hale spent years writing to presidents asking for a national Thanksgiving holiday before Lincoln finally agreed.
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Giant balloons appear in the Macy's parade for the first time
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1927Felix the Cat led the first group of balloons, which replaced the live zoo animals of earlier parades.
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The Detroit Lions play their first Thanksgiving Day game
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1934They hosted the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving 1934, starting a tradition that still runs every year.
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Congress makes the fourth Thursday of November the official date of Thanksgiving
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1941President Franklin Roosevelt signed the law in December 1941, after two years of confusion over 'Franksgiving'.
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Swanson introduces the TV dinner, starring turkey
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1953The first Swanson TV dinners came in aluminum trays with turkey, cornbread stuffing, peas and sweet potatoes.
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The Dallas Cowboys play their first Thanksgiving Day game
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1966Dallas beat the Cleveland Browns on Thanksgiving 1966. The Cowboys and Lions have hosted Thanksgiving games ever since.
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'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' first airs on TV
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1973Snoopy and Woodstock serve the gang toast, popcorn, pretzels and jelly beans for Thanksgiving dinner.
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The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line starts answering cooks' questions
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1981In its first season, six home economists answered about 11,000 calls about cooking turkey.
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George H. W. Bush makes the presidential turkey pardon an official tradition
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1989Presidents had received turkeys for decades, but Bush was the first to formally 'pardon' one and send it to a farm.
Like guessing years? TimeTurtle is a free daily game: you're a time-traveling turtle visiting 5 moments in history. Slide to the year and see how close you land.
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