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Looks like Nov 7 was a slow day for holidays and historical events. I guess the holiday makers were busy planning and our forefathers were out hunting for Turkeys. Just came to me. I wonder what the politically correct term for forefather is today. Hang on a minute, I'll look it up ...... Yes, foreperson is a word, but I bet it hasn't been for long.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be ' National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day'. I prefer the dark, semisweet and bittersweet flavors. OK, OK, I'll say it. Sometimes you feel like a nut sometimes you don't. There, are you happy now?
All I can say is that the Teddy Bears must have a strong union. Tomorrow is ' Hug a Bear Day'. Now, this year we have taken them on a picnic, taken them to work and honored their name sake.
Tomorrow is the birthday of the first notary in the American Colonies. So it will also be ' Notary Public Day'. His name was Thomas Fugill and he was appointed in 1639.
Mignon McLaughlin once said 'There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.' Ah, but we can count on others who have chronicled the past for us. Where we were or if we were makes no difference, if but one person records what was, so we can consider it now. . Take, for instance, November 7.
In 1932, The radio show 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' premiered. The TV show began in 1979 and ran for two years. The original story/book was Armageddon 2419 A.D, published in 1928 and written by Philip Francis Nowlan . The book is in the public domain and can be found on many of the free eBook sites on the web. The TV series can be found on several paid sites. Some of the radio shows can be found on the Internet Archive (archive.org) for free. The story also ran many years as a comic strip.
In 1967, The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishes the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
In 1994, The student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, called WXYC, provides the first ever internet radio broadcast.
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November is:
November origin (from Wikipedia): 'November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian
Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was
the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name
(from the Latin novem meaning 'nine') when January and February were added
to the Roman calendar.
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'November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in
the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere
is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice
versa.'
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