So a few of us here were talking the other day, and we got to wondering, "Why is Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States?"

I should have guessed it. If it were multiple choice I totally would have. The man who did more to change this country that just about any before him: President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Yep, FDR set the date in 1939, partially to allow an extra week of Christmas shopping in Novembers that had five Thursdays (like this year). Read all about it at his Presidential Library and Museum.