November 12 in History November 12th is… Chicken Soup for the Soul Day Happy Hour Day National French Dip Day Pizza with the Works Except for Anchovies Day 1799 – Andrew Ellicott wrote the first known record of a meteor shower observed in the US. We now know they were the Leonids. 1847 – Sir […]
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November 11 in History November 11th is… Sundae Day Veterans Day (officially, although it is observed on the second Monday in November) 1111 – Most of the people alive at 11:11 11/11/1111 had no idea anything was interesting about that moment. 1215 – The Fourth Lateran Council met, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which
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November 10 in History November 10th is… US Marine Corps Birthday National Forget-Me-Not Day Vanilla Cupcake Day USMC stands for The United States Marine Corps, and November 10th has been chosen to celebrate and honor these brave men. The Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775, to aid the navy during The Revolutionary War.
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November 9 in History November 9th is… Chaos Never Dies day Microtia Awareness Day National Louisiana Day Scrapple Day Chaos Never Dies Day is celebrated on November ninth of each year. The idea that chaos is an ongoing problem in our society is fairly obvious to anyone from about the age of ten up. We
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November 8 in History November 8th is… National Cappuccino Day Harvey Wallbanger Day National Parents as Teachers Day National STEM/STEAM Day 392 – Roman Emperor Theodosius declared the Christian religion the official state religion. He also dissolved the order of the Vestal Virgins in Rome, which had been in place for almost 400 years. 1519
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November 7 in History November 7th is… Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day International Merlot Day National Retinol Day 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck the ground one afternoon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1665 – The
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November 6 in History November 6th is… Nachos Day Saxophone Day 1572 – A supernova was observed in a constellation known as Cassiopeia. Queen Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, King of Aethiopia, and mother of Princess Andromeda in Greek mythology. 1789 – Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop
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November 5 in History November 5th is… Donut (Doughnut) Day II National Love Your Red Hair Day 1530 – St. Felix’s Flood, Netherlands 1605 – Gunpowder Plot – an attempt to blow up English Parliament. Plot discovered and leader Guy Fawkes was tortured and later executed. He was caught with 36 barrels of gunpowder at the House
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November 4 in History November 4th is… Candy Day National Chicken Lady Day 1667 (Earthquake) Shamakhi (now Azerbaijan) estimated 80,000 people killed. 1841 – First wagon train arrived in California. They left Independence, Missouri on May 1, 1841. 1846 – The first U.S. patent (#4,834) for an artificial leg was granted to Benjamin F. Palmer
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