snipped-for-privacy@eircom.net (Henry) wrote in news:telecom24.537.14@telecom- digest.org:
Patrick Towns>> Just as a historical note, it was forty-two years ago this weekend
>> (Thanksgiving weekend, 1963) ...
> Sorry, PAT. It was the week before Thanksgiving.
> The assassination was on a Friday and I was in school. There is no
> school on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Ergo...
> Cheers,
> Henry
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Maybe you are correct; it was a long
> time ago (as you and I both know in our ancient ages!) Something I am
> not clear on, however: Thanksgiving is always a variable date holiday.
> It _always_ comes on Thursday, but is it the _last_ Thursday in
> November or the _fourth_ Thursday in November (sometimes there are
> five Thursdays.)? I know that now and again merchants complain when
> there is a 'late Thanksgiving' as they get 'cheated' out of a week
> of Christmas sales. What is the exact rule? And do you remember when
> Memorial Day used to _always_ be May 30, no matter what day of the
> week it was? If it came on Sunday sometimes, then we kids in school
> felt 'cheated' because we did not get an extra holiday from school.
> But if it fell on Wednesday, our parents felt 'cheated' since it was
> impossible to drive any distance on holiday and get back home on the
> same day (so as to not miss next day's work or kid's school day, etc.) > PAT]
Either way, Thanksgiving 1963 was on the fourth, and last, Thursday:
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