James Cook became the first European to visit the island of Maui, in 1778. While there, he soaked up some rays, caught some totally righteous waves and made it with a hot wahine. Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was completed in 1805. The heaviest rainfall ever recorded was at Basse Terre, Guadaloupe, in 1970, when 1.5 inches fell in one minute. Last year, ten coordinated attacks in Mumbai killed 164 people and injured 250.
Born today: William Cowper (1731-1800), Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), Cyril Cusack (1910-1993), Tina Turner (1939), John McVie (1945), Hilary Benn (1953) and Keith Vaz (1956).
In addition to being Thanksgiving Day here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave™, it is Independence Day in Mongolia.
