1607

 Based on History Channel, English colonist at the Fort St. George assembled for a harvest feast and prayer meeting with the Abenaki Indians of Maine

1876

According to History Channel, The very first Thanksgiving football game was played between Princeton and Yale. The Thanksgiving tradition quickly caught on with the football tradition and by 1893, 40,000 spectators would go watch the Princeton-Yale Thanksgiving game in New York’s Manhattan Field.

1989

According to History Channel, George W. Bush was the one who began the annual White House tradition of officially pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey.

1963

According to History Channel, People claimed Abraham Lincoln or Harry Turrman were the first presidents to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey but John. F Kennedy, who spared the life of a 55-pound turkey. 

1939

According to History Channel, Thanksgiving was set to be on the 30th to leave 24 days until Christmas, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order moving it a week earlier to November 23

1541

According to History Channel, The very first Thanksgiving was observed by Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, accompanied by 1,500 men in full armor.