Also on this day: Americans observe a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.The first college social fraternity, the Kappa Alpha Society, is formed at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. Former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth dies in Battle Creek, Mich.The National Hockey League is founded in Montreal, succeeding the National Hockey Association.U.S.