{"slug": "thanksgiving-united-states", "label": "Thanksgiving (United States)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2913791", "qid": "Q2913791", "description": "holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1621, 1888], "span_label": ["1621 CE", "1888 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Thanksgiving Day (United States)"], "related": [{"slug": "plymouth-colony", "label": "Plymouth Colony", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "christmas", "label": "Christmas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ulysses-s-grant", "label": "Ulysses S. Grant", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-year-s-day", "label": "New Year's Day", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 (September 29 O.S.) – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (three days), later regarded as the First Thanksgiving, noted for the temporary peace between the English and the local Indians. The celebration is believed by later historians to have coincided with Michaelmas, observed on September 29 by the Anglican Communion on the calendar used in England at the time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#October–December", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 (probable date) – The second Thanksgiving is celebrated in Plymouth Colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#July–September", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States, as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#October–December", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#October", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – American President Ulysses S. Grant signs an act making the United States Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day federal holidays in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#June", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – The celebration of Thanksgiving (United States) and the first day of Hanukkah coincide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#November", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › November"}}]}