Re: John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby

> Patrick Townson <ptownson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note:

> 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.)?

By definition, it's the fourth. That's usually the last but, as you
note, some years there are five.

Cheers,

Henry

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