This Month In History - November

Historical Timeline

Nov. 1: 1755 - Lisbon is levelled by a deadly earthquake, claiming 100,000 lives.

• 1848 - The first medical school for women opened in Boston. The Boston Female Medical School was founded by Samuel Gregory with just twelve students. In 1874, the school merged with the Boston University School of Medicine, becoming one of the first co-ed medical schools.
• 1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman survived an assassination attempt by two Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to shoot their way into Blair House; the president’s home while the White House was being refurbished.
• 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu were killed in a military coup.

Nov. 2: 1483 - Henry Stafford, the second Duke of Buckingham, is beheaded at age 28 in Salisbury Market Place for his part in a plot to overthrow King Richard III.

Nov. 3: 1903 - Panama declared itself independent of Colombia following a revolt engineered by the U.S.

• 1957 - Soviet Russia launched the world’s first inhabited space capsule, Sputnik II, which carried a dog named Laika.

Nov. 4: 1922 - King Tut’s tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt by British archaeologist Howard Carter after several years of searching. The child-King Tutankhamen became pharaoh at age nine and died around 1352 B.C. at age 19. The tomb was found mostly intact, containing numerous priceless items now exhibited in Egypt’s National Museum in Cairo.

• 1842 - Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.
• 1862 - Richard Gatling patented his first rapid-fire machine gun which used revolving barrels rotating around a central mechanism to load, fire, and extract the cartridges.

Nov. 5: 1733 - The first issue of the New York Weekly Journal was published by John Peter Zenger, a colonial American printer and journalist. A year later, he was arrested on charges of libeling New York’s royal governor.

• 1911 - Aviator C.P. Snow completed the first transcontinental flight across America, landing at Pasadena, California. He had taken off from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17th and flew a distance of 3,417 miles.

Nov. 6: 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th U.S. President and the first Republican. He received 180 of 303 possible electoral votes and 40 percent of the popular vote.

Nov. 7: 1811 - General William H. Harrison led 1,000 Americans in battle, defeating the Shawnee Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe Creek near Lafayette, Indiana.

• 1885 - Canada’s first transcontinental railway, the Canadian Pacific, was completed in British Columbia.
• 1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term defeating Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt died less than a year later on April 12, 1945.
• 1967 - Carl Stokes became the first African American mayor in the U.S., elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1990 - Mary Robinson became Ireland’s first female president.

Nov. 8: 1519 - Cortes conquered Mexico. After landing on the Yucatan Peninsula in April, Cortes and his troops had marched into the interior of Mexico to the Aztec capital and captured Aztec Emperor Montezuma.

• 1895 - X-rays (electromagnetic rays) were discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen at the University of Wuerzburg in Germany.
• 1939 - An assassination attempt on Hitler failed at the Buergerbraukeller in Munich. A bomb exploded soon after Hitler had exited following a speech commemorating the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Seven others were killed.

Nov. 9: 1872 - The Great Boston Fire started in a dry goods warehouse then spread rapidly in windy weather, destroying nearly 800 buildings. Damage was estimated at more than $75 million. The fire’s bright red glare could be seen in the sky for nearly 100 miles.

• 1965 - At 5:16 PM, the Great Blackout of the Northeast began as a tripped circuit breaker at a power plant on the Niagara River caused a chain reaction sending power surges knocking out interconnected power companies down the East Coast. The blackout affected over 30 million persons, one sixth of the entire U.S. population. Electricity also failed in Ontario and Quebec.
• 1989 - The Berlin Wall was opened up after standing for 28 years as a symbol of the Cold War. The 27.9 mile wall had been constructed in 1961.

Nov. 10: 1775 - The U.S. Marine Corps was established as part of the U.S. Navy. It became a separate unit on July 11, 1789.

Nov. 11: 1938 - Irving Berlin’s God Bless America was first performed. He had written the song especially for radio entertainer Kate Smith who sang it during her regular radio broadcast. It soon became a patriotic favorite of Americans and was one of Smith’s most requested songs.

• 1992 - The Church of England voted to allow women to become priests.

Nov. 12: 1867 - A major eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy began, lasting several months.

• 1923 - Adolf Hitler was arrested in Germany after the failed Beer Hall Putsch.

Nov. 13: 1927 - The Holland Tunnel was opened to traffic. The tunnel runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City and was the first underwater tunnel built in the United States. It is comprised of two tubes, each large enough for two lanes of traffic.

• 1942 - The five Sullivan Brothers from Waterloo, Iowa, were lost in the sinking of the cruiser USS Juneau by a Japanese torpedo off Guadalcanal during WWII in the Pacific. Following their deaths, the U.S. Navy changed regulations to prohibit close relatives from serving on the same ship.
• 1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.

Nov. 14: 1666 - The first experimental blood transfusion took place in Britain, utilizing two dogs.

• 1770 - Scottish explorer James Bruce discovered the source of the Blue Nile on Lake Tana in northwest Ethiopia.

Nov. 15: 1777 - The Articles of Confederation were adopted by Continental Congress.

• 1864 - During the American Civil War, Union troops under General William T. Sherman burned Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1881 - The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada was formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Five years later the organization was renamed the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
• 1889 - Brazil became a republic.
• 1943 - During the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler ordered Gypsies and part-Gypsies to be sent to concentration camps. The number of Gypsies killed by Nazis is estimated up to 500,000.
• 1969 - The largest antiwar rally in U.S. history occurred as 250,000 persons gathered in Washington D.C., to protest the Vietnam War.

Nov. 16: 1918 - Hungary was proclaimed an independent republic following the break up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

• 1989 - South African President F.W. de Klerk announced the abandonment of the Separate Amenities Act, thus opening the country’s beaches to all races.

Nov. 17: 1558 - Queen Elizabeth I ascended the throne of England at the age of 25, reigning until 1603 when she was 69. Under her leadership, England became a world power, defeating the Spanish Armada, and witnessed a golden age of literature featuring works by William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser and others.

• 1800 - The U.S. Congress met for the first time in the new capital at Washington, D.C. President John Adams then became the first occupant of the Executive Mansion, later renamed the White House.
• 1869 - The Suez Canal was formally opened after more than 10 years of construction.
• 1993 - NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 234 to 200.

Nov. 18: 1477 - William Caxton printed the first book in the English language, the Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers.

• 1883 - A Connecticut school teacher, Charles F. Dowd, proposed a uniform time zone plane for the U.S. consisting of four zones.

Nov. 19: 1493 - Puerto Rico was discovered by Columbus during his second voyage to the New World.

• 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during ceremonies dedicating 17 acres of the Gettysburg Battlefield as a National Cemetery. Famed orator Edward Everett of Massachusetts preceded Lincoln and spoke for two hours. Lincoln then delivered his address in less than 2 minutes. Although many in attendance were at first unimpressed, Lincoln’s words have come to symbolize the definition of democracy itself.
• 1939 - Construction of the first presidential library began as President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone next to his home in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt donated the land, but public donations funded the library building which was dedicated on June 30, 1941.
• 1978 - The biggest mass suicide in history occurred as Reverend Jim Jones led over 900 followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana. Members of his “Peoples Temple” religious cult were ordered to drink a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Those who refused were forcibly injected. Precipitating the tragedy a day earlier, California congressman Leo J. Ryan, along with four associates and several reporters, had been shot to death during an ambush at a nearby airstrip. They were attempting to return home after investigating the cult’s remote jungle location. Jones and his mistress killed themselves after watching his entire membership die. Only a few cult members managed to escape.
• 1996 - Pope John Paul II and Cuban leader Fidel Castro held their historic first meeting in the Vatican.
• 1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives began an impeachment inquiry of President Bill Clinton, only the third presidential impeachment inquiry in U.S. history; the other two being of President Andrew Johnson in 1868 and President Richard Nixon in 1974.

Nov. 20: 1789 - New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

• 1917 - The first use of tanks in battle occurred at Cambrai, France, during WWI. Over 300 tanks commanded by British General Sir Douglas Haig went into battle against the Germans.
• 1980 - In China, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, went on trial with nine others on charges of treason.
• 1992 - Fire erupted inside Queen Elizabeth’s residence at Windsor Castle causing extensive damage.

Nov. 21: 1783 - The first free balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis Francois Laurent d’Arlandes ascended in a Montgolfier hot air balloon. The flight lasted about 25 minutes and carried them nearly six miles at a height of about 300 feet above Paris, France. Benjamin Franklin was one of the spectators.

• 1920 - The IRA (Irish Republican Army) shot and killed 14 British soldiers in Dublin in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.”

Nov. 22: 1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco Da Gama, leading a fleet of four ships, became the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, while searching for a sea route to India.

• 1718 - Blackbear the pirate (Edward Teach) was killed off the coast of North Carolina after a long and prosperous career. Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia had sent two sloops to put an end to him. The sailors encountered Blackbear and Lt. Robert Maynard killed him in the fight that followed.
• 1963 - At 12:30 PM, on Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade slowly approached a triple underpass. Shots rang out. The President was struck in the back, then in the head. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where fifteen doctors tried to save him. At 1 PM, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States was pronounced dead. On board Air Force One, at 238 PM, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President.

Nov. 23: 1910 - Johan Aldred Ander was convicted of murdering Victoria Hellsten during a robbery of a currency exchange. He was the only person in Swedish history to be executed using a guillotine. Capital punishment in the country was abolished for all peacetime crimes in 1921 and for all crimes in 1973.

• 2009 - Maguindanao massacre occurs in the Philippines. Considered to be the worst attack on journalists in recorded history, the massacre occurred in the southern Philippines, when 57 citizens and journalists en route to register votes in Esmael Mangudadatu for the upcoming gubernatorial elections, were killed by gunmen and buried. 34 journalists were killed on the day.

Nov. 24: 1859 - Charles Darwin’s book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was first published, theorizing that all the living creatures descended from a common ancestor.

• 1874 - Joseph Glidden patented his invention of barbed wire.
• 1969 - The U.S. Army announced that Lt. William L. Calley had been charged with premeditated murder in the massacre of civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai in March of 1968. Calley was ordered to stand trial by court martial and was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison. However, he was later commuted to three years of house arrest by President Richard Nixon.

Nov. 25: 1963 - Three days after his assassination, John F. Kennedy was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

• 1995 - By a margin of less than one percent, Ireland voted to legalize divorce, the closest vote in the nation’s history.

Nov. 26: 1703 - A “Great Storm” lasting two days struck southern England, flooding the Thames and Severn Rivers, killing at least 8,000 persons.

• 1789 - The first American holiday occurred, proclaimed by President George Washington to be Thanksgiving Day, a day of prayer and public thanksgiving in gratitude for the successful establishment of the new American republic.
• 1940 - During the Holocaust, Nazis began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland, sealing in 400,000 inhabitants while denying them adequate food, sanitation, and housing.

Nov. 27: 1924 - First Macy’s Thanksgiving’s Day Parade; now an annual parade in New York City presented by the American-based department store chain Macy’s. It features floats, giant balloons, marching bands, and popular music and dance performers. For many Americans, watching this parade on Thanksgiving morning is a hardwired annual custom, ranking alongside turkey and gravy, y Nov. 28: 1520 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait (of Magellan) located at the southern tip of South America, thus crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

• 1934 – FBI agents killed bank robber George “Baby Face” Nelson near Barrington, Illinois.

Nov. 28: 1821 - Panama declared itself independent from Spain and joined the fledgling nation of Gran Colombia

• 1942 - Fire erupted inside the Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston killing nearly 500 persons who had become trapped inside.

Nov. 29: 1864 - U.S. Army troops led by Colonel John Chivington attacked and killed at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians at Sand Creek, Colorado after they had already surrendered.

• 1929 - American explorer Richard Byrd and Bernt Balchen completed the first airplane flight to the South Pole.

Nov. 30: 1939 - Finland was invaded by more than 20 Russian divisions in the Winter War.

Famous Birthdays

Nov. 1, 1972: Jenny McCarthy - pinup model, MTV personality, and anti-vaccine activist born at Little Company of Mary Hospital in the southwest Chicago suburb of Evergreen Park, Illinois (USA).

Nov. 2, 1734: Daniel Boone, American frontiersman born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, near present day Reading.

Nov. 2, 1795: James K. Polk, 11th U.S. President born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. He declined to be a candidate for a 2nd term, saying he was “exceedingly relieved” at the completion of his presidency.

Nov. 2, 1966: David Schwimmer - Actor (“Friends”), born in Flushing, Queens, New York City to attorneys Arthur and Arlene Schwimmer.

Nov. 2, 1974: Nelly - Rap/hip-hop artist born in Austin, Texas

Nov. 4, 1916: Walter Cronkite (d. 2009), was born in St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a leading correspondent for United Press International during WWII. From 1962 to 1981, he was the anchorman of the CBS Evening News and was widely regarded as America’s most trusted journalist.

Nov. 4, 1969: Matthew McConaughey, American actor born in Uvalde, Texas.

Nov. 5, 1955: Kris Jenner - American television personality, businessperson, and socialite born in San Diego, California.

Nov. 6, 1988: Emma Stone - American actress born in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Nov. 7, 1867: Marie Curie - Polish French physicist and chemist born in Warsaw, Poland.

Nov. 7, 1918: Billy Graham - Christian evangelist was born near Charlotte, North Carolina. After his conversion at a revival meeting at age 16, he embarked on a career of preaching and has become known worldwide.

Nov. 7, 1996: Ella Marija Yelich-O’Connor, professionally known as “Lorde” born in New Zealand. She is a singer-songwriter celebrated for her unique approach to pop music and introspective lyrics

Nov. 8, 1656: Edmund Halley (d. 1742), astronomer and mathematician was born in London, England. He sighted the Great Comet of 1682 (now named Halley’s Comet) and foretold its reappearance in 1758. Halley’s Comet appears once each generation with the average time between appearances being 76 years. It is expected to be visible again in 2061.

Nov. 8, 1847: Bram Stoker (d. 1912), Dracula author was born in Dublin, Ireland.

Nov. 8, 1966: Gordon Ramsay - Scottish chef, writer, and television presenter born in Johnstone, Scotland

Nov. 11, 1974: Leonardo DiCaprio - American actor and film producer born in Hollywood, California.

Nov. 12, 1934: Charles Manson - American criminal, cult leader, and musician born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Nov. 12, 1980: Ryan Gosling - Canadian actor born in London, Ontario, Canada.

Nov. 12, 1982: Anne Hathaway - American actress born in New York City, New York.

Nov. 14, 1765: Claude Monet - (d. 1926) born in Paris, France. The French painter pioneered the impressionist style in his landscapes including the Haystacks, Poplars, and Rouen Cathedral series.

Nov. 17, 1944: Danny DeVito - American actor, comedian, director, and producer born in Neptune Township, New Jersey.

Nov. 19, 1831: James A. Garfield - (d. 1881) 20th U.S. President was born in Orange, Ohio. He served from March 4 to September 19, 1881. He was shot by a disgruntled office seeker while walking into the railway station in Washington D.C., on the morning of July 2, 1881. Garfield survived until September 19, 1881, when he succumbed to blood poisoning.

Nov. 19, 1917: Indira Gandhi (d. 1984) Indian Prime Minister born in Allahabad, India. She served from 1966-1975 and later from 1980 to 1984, when she was assassinated by her own bodyguards as she walked to her office. Her only surviving son, Rajiv, became the next prime minister. In 1991, he too was assassinated while campaigning for re-election.

Nov. 20, 1889: Edwin Hubble, American astronomer was born in Marshfield, Missouri. He pioneered the concept of an expanding universe. The Hubble Space Telescope was named in his honor. It was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, allowing astronomers to see farther into space than they had ever seen from telescopes on Earth.

Nov. 20, 1925: Robert F. Kennedy (d. 1968) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and served as his attorney general. Following the assassination of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy became a U.S. Senator from New York. In 1968, he sought the Democratic nomination for president and appeared headed for victory, but was shot and killed by an assassin in Los Angeles, California, just after winning the California primary.

Nov. 20, 1942: Joe Biden - 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017) born in Scranton, Ohio.

Nov. 22, 1984: Scarlett Johansson - highly successful American actress and singer notable for being the highest-grossing lead actor in film history. She was born in Manhattan, New York.

Nov. 23, 1804 (d. 1869) Franklin Pierce, born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. He served from March 4 1853 to March 3 1857 as U.S. President. He was not re-nominated by the Democratic party for a second term.

Nov. 23, 1992: Miley Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress (Hannah Montana) born in Nashville, Tennessee.

Nov. 24, 1946: Ted Bundy - 20th century American serial killer born in Burlington, Vermont.

Nov. 26, 1939: Tina Turner - Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll was a highly successful actress and author. Known for her powerful vocals, raspy voice, and electrifying stage presence, she broke racial barriers in rock music. As one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, she sold an estimated 100 million records, solidifying her iconic status.

Nov. 27, 1940 - Bruce Lee - Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, born at the San Francisco Chinese Hospital in California.

Nov. 27, 1942: Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist, singer and songwriter born in Seattle, Washington.

Nov. 29: 1988: Russell Wilson - American football quarterback

Nov. 30, 1874: Winston Churchill, born in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England. Before WWII, he held a number of high level political offices in Britain including First Lord of the Admiralty. In May 1940, he became Prime Minister, stating, “I have nothing to offer but blood, tears, toil, and sweat.” His inspirational speeches, combined with his political skills and military strategy carried Britain through the war, and helped the Allies overcome the Nazi onslaught and defeat Hitler.

Notable Deaths

Nov. 2, 2012: Cassius, world’s largest crocodile who lived in captivity at 5.5 meters, dies in Queensland, Australia at about 121 years old. Cassius died from old age, natural causes.

Nov. 20, 1975: Francisco Franco, died from heart failure

Nov. 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas, Texas (USA)

Nov. 22, 1963: C.S. Lewis, dies from renal failure

Nov. 24, 2024: Bob Bryar, American drummer of My Chemical Romance, 2004-10 “Welcome to the Black Parade”, found dead in his Tennessee home after not having been seen for several weeks at age 44. His cause of death ultimately was undetermined.

Nov. 25, 2016: Fidel Castro, dies from Parkinson’s disease brought on by natural causes in his sleep

Nov. 29, 1780: Maria Theresa, dies from a stroke

Nov. 30, 2013: Paul Walker, actor, died at 40 years old in a horrific car accident.

Nov. 30, 2018: George H.W. Bush, died from vascular Parkinson’s syndrome

National Days/Holidays

And Internationally Observed Days

Nov. 1: All Saints’ Day

• Author’s Day
• Dia De Los Angelitos
• International Scented Candle Day
• National Calzone Day
• National Cinnamon Day
• National Cook For Your Pets Day
• Prime Meridian Day
• Vinegar Day
• World Vegan Day
• Antigua and Barbuda’s National Day
• Daylight Saving Time Ends
• National Bison Day
• National Wine Tasting Day

Nov. 2: All Souls’ Day

• Cookie Monster Day
• Dia de los Muertos
• National Deviled Egg Day
• World Ballet Day

Nov. 3: Give Someone a Dollar Day

• Japanese Culture Day
• National Housewife’s Day
• National Sandwich Day
• World Jellyfish Day
• Dominica’s National Day
• Federated States of Micronesia’s National Day
• Micronesia’s National Day
• Panama’s National Day

Nov. 4: King Tut Day

• National Candy Day
• National Easy-Bake Oven Day
• National Use Your Common Sense Day
• Roast Dinner Day
• Tonga’s National Day

Nov. 5: Bank Transfer Day

• National Chinese Take Out Day
• National Donut Appreciation Day
• World Tsunami Awareness Day
• American Football Day
• Hawaiian Sweet Bread Day
• Eat Healthy Day
• National Stress Awareness Day

Nov. 6: National Basketball Day

• National Nachos Day
• National Men Make Dinner Day

Nov. 7: Love Your Lawyer Day

• National Jersey Friday

Nov. 8: Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

• International Day of Remembrance
• National Cappuccino Day
• National STEM/STEAM Day
• Save The World Day
• Wine Tourism Day

Nov. 9: Go To An Art Museum Day

• World Freedom Day
• Cambodia’s National Day
• International Tongue Twister Day

Nov. 10: International Accounting Day

• Sesame Street Day
• World Immunization Day
• United States Marine Corps Birthday
• Odd Socks Day

Nov. 11: National Education Day

• Singles Day
• Veterans Day
• Angola’s National Day
• Poland’s National Day

Nov. 12: Happy Hour Day

• National French Dip Day
• World Pneumonia Day
• National Chicken Soup For The Soul Day

Nov. 13: National Mom’s and Dad’s Day

• World Kindness Day
• International Guinness World Records Day
• World Quality Day
• World Usability Day

Nov. 14: Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day (LuLu)

• National Family PJ Day
• National Pickle Day
• National Spicy Guacamole Day

Nov. 15: America Recycles Day

• National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
• Pack Your Mom’s Lunch Day

Nov. 16: Have A Party With Your Bear Day

• International Day For Tolerance
• National Fast Food Day

Nov. 17: Homemade Bread Day

• National Farm Joke Day
• National Testosterone Awareness Day
• World Prematurity Day
• International Students’ Day
• The Little Mermaid Day
• Myanmar’s National Day

Nov. 18: Apple Cider Day

• Married To A Scorpio Support Day
• Mickey Mouse’s and Minnie Mouse’s Birthdays
• Latvia’s National Day
• Morocco’s National Day
• Oman’s National Day

Nov. 19: Equal Opportunity Day

• International Men’s Day
• World Toilet Day
• Monaco’s National Day
• GIS Day - Geographic Information Systems Day
• World COPD Day

Nov. 20: Future Teachers of America Day

• National Pay Back Your Parents Day
• World Children’s Day
• Red Cup Day
• Use Less Stuff Day
• World Pancreatic Cancer Day
• World Philosophy Day

Nov. 21: National Gingerbread Cookie Day

• National Stuffing Day
• World Fisheries Day
• World Hello Day
• World Television Day
• World Vasectomy Day

Nov. 22: Love Your Freckles Day

• Start Your Own Country Day
• Humane Society Anniversary Day
• National Stop the Violence Day
• Lebanon’s National Day
• Family Volunteer Day
• International Aura Awareness Day
• International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
• National Adoption Day

Nov. 23: National Espresso Day

• Thankful For My Dog Day

Nov. 24: Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

• Jo Koy Day
• National Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
• National Brand Day

Nov. 25: International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women

• Suriname’s National Day

Nov. 26: Good Grief Day

• World Lewis Day
• Drinksgiving (aka “Blackout Wednesday”)
• Friendsgiving Day
• What Do You Love About America Day

Nov. 27: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day

• Pie In The Face Day
• Turtle Adoption Day
• Thanksgiving Day

Nov. 28: National French Toast Day

• Albania’s National Day
• Timor-Leste’s National Day
• Mauritania’s National Day
• Black Friday
• Buy Nothing Day
• International Systems Engineer Day
• National Leftovers Day
• National Native American Heritage Day
• Sinkie Day (aka “Dine Over Your Kitchen Sink Day”)
• You’re Welcome-giving Day

Nov. 29: National Tuxedo Cat Day

• Customer Is Wrong Day
• International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People
• Throw Out Your Leftovers Day

Nov. 30: National Mason Jar Day

• National Meth Awareness Day
• National Personal Space Day
• Barbados’s National Day