First things first.
- There will be 60 days remaining in the year and only 54 until Christmas.
- November's birth flower is the chrysanthemum. A red chrysanthemum means 'I love you'. A white chrysanthemum means innocence, purity, and pure love. A yellow chrysanthemum means slighted love.
- November birth stone's are Citrine and Topaz. The warm color of Citrine is said to be a gift from the sun and it's believed to be a healing gemstone. Topaz is most desired in its rich orange Imperial Topaz color but it is found in a variety of rich colors like blue, pink and yellow.
Two food holidays for tomorrow:
- 'National Deep Fried Clams Day'.
[The Hankster says] My favorite way of eating them.
- 'National Vinegar Day'.
[The Hankster says] We would be in a pickle of a mess without it.
Tomorrow begins 'Daylight Saving Time Ends'. First Sunday in November. For next year 2016, in the US, it will go like this: Begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 13 and ends at 2:00 AM on Sunday, November 6.
[The Hankster says] Every year I get out of bed a 2 AM on DST day. After setting the clock back 1 hour, I wonder what ever possessed me to get up at 1 AM.
Here is the answer about what to do with that extra 60 minutes tomorrow. It will be 'Zero Tasking Day (first Sunday in November) '. Created by Nancy Christie as a time to relax with the extra 60 minutes you have due to Daylight Saving Time.
[The Hankster says] Since it is an hour of nothing to do, I think I had better set the clock back more often.
If they didn't write 'um, you couldn't read 'um. Tomorrow is 'National Authors’ Day'. Started by Nellie Verne Burt McPhersonin 1928. The idea is to write and thank an author as she did. Since 1949 by The United States Department of Commerce.
Tomorrow will be 'World Vegan Day'. Celebrates the November 1, 1994 50th anniversary of the UK Vegan Society. From Wikipedia: 'Veganism is both the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of veganism is known as a vegan'.
[The Hankster says] Halloween candy is vegan, right?
Still got some unfulfilled resolutions?Tomorrow is for you. It will be 'Give Up Your Should Day'. A day to ease stress by giving up some of your 'should's.
[The Hankster says] OK, maybe a New Years Resolution is more of a 'will do' instead of a 'should do', but it's close.
Awareness / Observance Days on: November 01
o Health
- 'World Periwinkle Day'. Concerns Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness. From Wikipedia: 'Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an increase of blood pressure in the pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, or pulmonary capillaries, together known as the lung vasculature, leading to shortness of breath, dizziness, fainting, leg swelling and other symptoms.
- ' Parkinson's Awareness Week'. In New Zealand. From Wikipedia: 'Parkinson's disease (PD, also known as idiopathic or primary parkinsonism, hypokinetic rigid syndrome (HRS), or paralysis agitans) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system mainly affecting the motor system. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain. The causes of this cell death are poorly understood'.
- 'International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a difficult-to-treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy that most often appears between the second and sixth year of life. LGS is characterized by a triad of signs including frequent seizures of multiple types, an abnormal EEG pattern of less than 2.5 Hz slow spike wave activity, and moderate to severe intellectual impairment.
- 'National Brush Day'. Since 2013. On the day after Halloween. It focuses on children's oral care.
- 'Drowsy Driving in the News'. By the National Sleep Foundation.
- 'National Family Caregivers Day'. Kicks off National Family Caregivers Month
o Animal and Pets
- 'National Cook for Your Pets Day'.
- 'National Bison Day'. Started in 2012 and is a proposed national holiday.
o Other
- 'D. Hamilton Jackson Day'. In the US Virgin Islands. Honors the prominent civil rights leader.
- 'National Family Literacy Day'. Kicks off National Family Literacy Month
- 'Extra Mile Day'. By the Extra Mile America (nonprofit organization. Created in 2009 by Shawn Anderson.
Historical events in the past on: November 01
In 1848, In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.'.
In 1867, The Magazine, Harper's Bazaar publishes for the first time.'.
In 1870, The US Weather Bureau is founded.' From Wikipedia: 'In 1870, the Weather Bureau of the United States was established through a joint resolution of Congress signed by President Ulysses S. Grant with a mission to 'provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories...and for giving notice on the northern (Great) Lakes and on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the
approach and force of storms.' The agency was placed under the Secretary of War as Congress felt 'military discipline would probably secure the greatest promptness, regularity, and accuracy in the required observations.' Within the Department of War, it was assigned to the U.S. Army Signal Service under Brigadier General Albert J. Myer. General Myer gave the National Weather Service its first name: The Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce.
In 1931, Dupont introduces synthetic rubber (Neoprene).'.
In 1897, The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.'.
In 1911, The first dropping of a bomb from an aircraft in combat, during the Italo-Turkish War occurs. From Wikipedia: '... dropped four grenades on Taguira and Ain Zara in history's first aerial bombing'.
In 1941, FDR puts the Coast Guard under control of the Navy.'.
In 1968, The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.'.
In 1982, Honda is the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States.'.
In 1985, Microsoft launched Microsoft Windows for the first time.'.
In 1993, European Union goes into effect.'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in November
Food
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pomegranate Month
Sweet Potato Awareness Month
Teff and Millet Month
Vegan Month
Animal / Pet
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
Adopt A Turkey Month
Manatee Awareness Month
National Adoption Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Pet Diabetes Month
Health
American and National Diabetes Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Movember (Mens Health)
National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National COPD Month
National Diabetes Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness and Appreciation Month
National PPSI Aids Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Other
American Indian Heritage Month
Aviation History Month
Family Stories Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Entrepreneurship Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Memoir Writing Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Runaway Prevention Month
National Scholarship Month
Picture Book Month
Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month
World Sponge Month
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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