Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1. | 1120 | The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England. | William & Versey Smith | When the Great Ship Went Down | Anthology of American Folk Music |
2. | 1703 | The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die. | Classics IV | Stormy | Stormy |
3. | 1758 | French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh. | Sufjan Stevens | Pittsfield | The Avalanche |
4. | 1783 | American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. | La Buena Vida | ¡Adiós muchachos! | Soidemersol |
5. | 1864 | American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City. | Yuka Honda | Driving Down by the Hudson River, We Saw the Blood Red Burning Sky | Memories Are My Only Witness |
6. | 1874 | The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by thePanic of 1873. | The Kingston Trio | Greenback Dollar | Capitol Collector's Series |
7. | 1926 | The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all. | Damien Jurado | Tornado | Rehearsals for Departure |
8. | N/A | Thanksgiving Day | Sam & Dave | I Thank You | I Thank You |
(Historical facts about November 25 are from Wikipedia.)
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