The Battle of Mogadishu begins in Somalia, as American Special Operations Forces clash with Somali militia in the streets of Mogadishu. 18 American servicemen are killed in the fighting, part of a greater United Nations mission in Somalia.
President Abraham Lincoln establishes the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving. In 1941, however, President Franklin D. Roosevelt would change the holiday's observation to the fourth Thursday of the month.
O.J. Simpson found not guilty
A Los Angeles County jury finds O. J. Simpson not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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