Today is November 19 2015

- National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day: More

- Soup Day in Germany: More

• Great American Smokeout: More
  Thursday Before Thanksgiving. Began in 1977.
• Have a Bad Day Day : More
  A day against saying or hearing 'Have a Nice Day'.
• National Play Monopoly Day: More
• Equal Opportunity Day: More
  aka Gettysburg Address Day
• Rocky and Bullwinkle Day: More
  Date of the original run in 1964.

• Health
  • World Toilet Day: More
    A U.N. day of awareness of the need for worldwide sanitation.
  • National PH Advocacy Day: More
    Focusing on Pulmonary Hypertension. 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. Pulmonary hypertension can be a severe disease with a markedly decreased exercise tolerance such as heart failure.'.
  • Stop Pressure Ulcer Day: More
    By the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. From Wikipedia: 'Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, bedsores and decubitus ulcers, are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction. The most common sites are the skin overlying the sacrum, coccyx, heels or the hips, but other sites such as the elbows, knees, ankles or the back of the cranium can be affected.'.
  • Children's Grief Awareness Day: More
    Focusing on the need for grief support services. The Thursday before Thanksgiving.
• Other
  • International Men's Day: More
    Started in 1992 and restarted in 1999. From Wikipedia: 'The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day include focusing on men's and boys' health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models'. .
  • Women's Entrepreneurship Day: More
    From Wikipedia: 'Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is a day on which the work of women entrepreneurs is observed and discussed, held on the nineteenth of November of each year. The inaugural event was held in New York City at the United Nations, with additional events being held simultaneously in several other countries'.
  • World Philosophy Day: More
    A UNESCO day since 2002. The concept is to encourage all people around the world to share their ideological heritage and open their minds to new ideas and thoughts.
  • George Rogers Clark Day: : More
    In Ohio. From Wikipedia: 'George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War.'

• In 1493, Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
  From Wikipedia: 'When Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico during his second voyage on November 19, 1493, the island was inhabited by the Taíno. They called it Borikén (Borinquen in Spanish transliteration). Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of St John the Baptist. Having reported the findings of his first travel, Columbus brought with him this time a letter from King Ferdinand empowered by a papal bull that authorized any course of action necessary for the expansion of the Spanish Empire and the Christian faith. Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus, founded the first Spanish settlement, Caparra, on August 8, 1508. He later served as the first governor of the island. Eventually, traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, and San Juan became the name of the main trading/shipping port.
  
  At the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish people began to colonize the island. Despite the Laws of Burgos of 1512 and other decrees for the protection of the indigenous population, some Taíno Indians were forced into an encomienda system of forced labor in the early years of colonization. The population suffered extremely high fatalities from epidemics of European infectious diseases'.
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• In 1863, President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  
  Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to other presentations that day, was one of the greatest and most influential statements of national purpose. In just over two minutes, Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union sundered by the secession crisis, with "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens. Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality.
  
  Beginning with the now-iconic phrase "Four score and seven years ago"—referring to the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776—Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States as stated in the Declaration of Independence. In the context of the Civil War, Lincoln also memorialized the sacrifices of those who gave their lives at Gettysburg and extolled virtues for the listeners (and the nation) to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy: that "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
  
  Despite the speech's prominent place in the history and popular culture of the United States, the exact wording and location of the speech are disputed. The five known manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's hand differ in a number of details, and also differ from contemporary newspaper reprints of the speech. Modern scholarship locates the speakers' platform 40 yards (or more) away from the Traditional Site within Soldiers' National Cemetery at the Soldiers' National Monument and entirely within private, adjacent Evergreen Cemetery'
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• In 1895, The first U.S. patent for a pencil (China marker) and a pencil making machine is issued to Fredrick Blaisdell.
  - At FamousDaily: More
• In 1959, 'Rocky and His Friends' debuts on ABC.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (known as Rocky and His Friends during the first two seasons and as The Bullwinkle Show for the last three seasons) is an American animated television series that originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and NBC television networks. Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the series is structured as a variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their adventures are the two Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right (a parody of old-time melodrama), Peabody's Improbable History (a dog named Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman traveling through time), and Fractured Fairy Tales (classic fairy tales retold in comic fashion), among others.
  
  Rocky and Bullwinkle is known for quality writing and wry humor. Mixing puns, cultural and topical satire, and self-referential humor, it appealed to adults as well as children. It was also one of the first cartoons whose animation was outsourced; storyboards were shipped to Gamma Productions, a Mexican studio also employed by Total Television. The art has a choppy, unpolished look and the animation is extremely limited even by television animation standards at the time, yet the series has long been held in high esteem by those who have seen it; some critics described the series as a well-written radio program with pictures.
  
  The show was shuffled around several times (airing in afternoon, prime time, and Saturday morning timeslots), but was influential to other animated series from The Simpsons to Rocko's Modern Life. Segments from the series were later recycled in the Hoppity Hooper show.
  
  There have been numerous feature film adaptations of the series' various segments, such as the 2000 film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle which blended live-action and computer animation and the 1999 live-action film Dudley Do-Right, which both received poor reviews and were financially unsuccessful. By contrast, an animated feature film adaptation of the "Peabody's Improbable History" segment, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, was released to positive reviews in 2014.
  
  Mr. Peabody and Sherman are currently starring in a new reboot series picked up for 78 episodes.
  
  In 2013, Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show were ranked the sixth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time by TV Guide'.
  - At Wikipedia: More
• In 1959, The Ford Motor Company discontinues the Edsel.
  - At FamousDaily: More
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• In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at the Oceanus Procellarum (the 'Ocean of Storms'). They become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
  From Wikipedia: 'Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.
  
  Unlike the first landing on Apollo 11, Conrad and Bean achieved a precise landing at their expected location, the site of the Surveyor 3 unmanned probe, which had landed on April 20, 1967. They carried the first color television camera to the lunar surface on an Apollo flight, but transmission was lost after Bean accidentally destroyed the camera by pointing it at the Sun. On one of two moonwalks, they visited the Surveyor and removed some parts for return to Earth. The mission ended on November 24 with a successful splashdown'.
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• In 1999, The People's Republic of China launches Shenzhou 1, its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
  From Wikipedia: 'Shenzhou 1 launched on November 19, 1999, was the first unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft. The spacecraft used was not equipped with a life support system or an emergency escape system. After orbiting the Earth 14 times, the command for retrofire was sent by the Yuanwang 3 tracking ship off the coast of Namibia at 18:49 UTC. After a successful reentry it landed about 415 km east of its launch pad and 110 km north-west of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia.
  
  The first Shenzhou spacecraft was different from those later used. Instead of featuring unfolding solar panels, Shenzhou 1 was equipped with fixed solar cells. During this first flight there were also no orbit changes. According to Qi Faren the chief designer of the spacecraft, only 8 of the 13 sub-systems on board the spacecraft were operational. Shenzhou 1 was designed primarily to test the Long March 2F rocket. The only systems and capabilities tested on the spacecraft were the separation of the modules, attitude control, lifting body reentry, the heat shield, and ground recovery.
  
  The spacecraft is thought to have carried 100 kg of seeds to investigate the effects on them of the space environment. It is also thought that the front of the Orbital Module was equipped with a dummy ELINT package, with Shenzhou 2 onwards equipped with fully functional models.
  
  It was announced in June 1999 that the flight would take place in October of that year. At about the same time images were released on a Chinese military internet forum of the Long March 2F launcher and the Vehicle Assembly Building that would be used. After a reported propellant explosion at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (though the explosion was denied by Chinese officials) the launch was pushed back'.
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Two food holidays for tomorrow:
- 'National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day'.
[The Hankster says] I prefer my caffeine in coffee.

- 'Soup Day in Germany'.
[The Hankster says]: German potato soup with some crusty bread and a little sauerkraut on the side, yummy.


Tomorrow is the 'Great American Smokeout'. Thursday Before Thanksgiving. Began in 1977.

'Have a Bad Day Day '. A day against saying or hearing 'Have a Nice Day'.
[The Hankster says] It's about time. Oh, and as for tomorrow, have a nice day. Come on, you new that was coming.

Oh boy. tomorrow is 'National Play Monopoly Day'.
[The Hankster says] My friend Don and I played it so often as kids, we made up harder rules and called the resulting game Mon-O-Po-ly

It's 'Equal Opportunity Day' tomorrow . A.K.A. Gettysburg Address Day.

Please take off your hats and remain standing for a moment of silence. Tomorrow is 'Rocky and Bullwinkle Day'. Start date of the original run in 1964.
[The Hankster says] This show made me what I am today.


Awareness / Observance Days on: November 19
o Health
- 'World Toilet Day'. A U.N. day of awareness of the need for worldwide sanitation.

- 'National PH Advocacy Day'. Focusing on Pulmonary Hypertension. 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. Pulmonary hypertension can be a severe disease with a markedly decreased exercise tolerance such as heart failure.'.

- 'Stop Pressure Ulcer Day'. By the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. From Wikipedia: 'Pressure ulcers, also known as pressure sores, bedsores and decubitus ulcers, are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue that usually occur over a bony prominence as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction. The most common sites are the skin overlying the sacrum, coccyx, heels or the hips, but other sites such as the elbows, knees, ankles or the back of them can be affected.'.

- 'Children's Grief Awareness Day'. Focusing on the need for grief support services. The Thursday before Thanksgiving.

o Other
- 'International Men's Day'. Started in 1992 and restarted in 1999. From Wikipedia: 'The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day include focusing on men's and boys' health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models'. .

- 'Women's Entrepreneurship Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is a day on which the work of women entrepreneurs is observed and discussed, held on the nineteenth of November of each year. The inaugural event was held in New York City at the United Nations, with additional events being held simultaneously in several other countries'.

- 'World Philosophy Day'. A UNESCO day since 2002. The concept is to encourage all people around the world to share their ideological heritage and open their minds to new ideas and thoughts.

- 'George Rogers Clark Day: '. In Ohio. From Wikipedia: 'George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War.'


Historical events in the past on: November 19

In 1493, Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).'.

In 1863, President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address.'.

In 1895, The first U.S. patent for a pencil (China marker) and a pencil making machine is issued to Fredrick Blaisdell.'.

In 1959, The Ford Motor Company discontinues the Edsel.'.



In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at the Oceanus Procellarum (the 'Ocean of Storms'). They become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.'. In 1999, The People's Republic of China launches Shenzhou 1, its first Shenzhou spacecraft.'.

No. 1 song

• Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones: More
  'Yesterday' has been displaced by 'Get Off of My Cloud', which will hold the no. 1 spot until November 20 1965, when 'I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes', takes over.

Top movie

• The Cincinnati Kid More
  Having displaced 'King Rat', it will be there until the weekend box office of November 28 1965 when, 'Harum Scarum', takes over.

• FamousBirthdays.com: November 19 Birthdays More
• FamousDaily.com: November 19 History More
• History.com: Historical Events on 19th November More
• HistoryOrb.com: Famous Deaths on 19th November More
• On-This-day.com history 19th November More
• On-This-day.com music history 19th November More
• Wikipedia.com: History November 19 More

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. '

'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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If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago, or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
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Best selling books of 1965 More

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: More
• NOAA: - National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: More
• Listen to Old Radio Shows: (streaming mp3 with schedule) More
• NASA TV: (video feed) More
  NASA TV schedule: More
• Public Domain eBook Links

  Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More

• Podcast: A Moment of Science. Approximately 1 minute general science facts.
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• Podcast: The Naked Scientists. Current science, medicine, space and other science
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• Podcast: Quirks & Quarks. Current science news.
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• Articles and videos: Universe Today. Current space and astronomy news.
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• Old Picture of the Day - "Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph."
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Below, are listed several holiday sites that I reference in addition to other holiday researches.

US Government Holidays

• 2015 Postal Holidays More
• 2015 Official Federal Holidays More

Holidays Worldwide

• List of holidays by country More
• Holidays and Observances around the World More