Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Famous November Birthdays

Famous November Birthdays

November 1, 1935- Gary Player, PGA golfer
November 1, 1942- Larry Flynt, magazine publisher
November 1, 1957- Lyle Lovett, country singer
November 1, 1960- Fernando Valenzuela,  MLB baseball pitcher
November 1, 1972- Jenny McCarthy, actress
November 2, 1734- Daniel Boone, Kentucky frontiersman
November 2, 1755- Marie Antoinette, queen of France
November 2, 1795- James K. Polk, 11th U.S. President (1845-1849)
November 2, 1865- Warren G. Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921-1923)
November 2, 1913- Burt Lancaster, actor
November 2, 1920- Ann Rutherford, actress
November 2, 1924- Ray Walston, actor
November 2, 1938- Pat Buchanan, journalist, presidential candidate
November 2, 1942- Stephanie Powers, actress, starred in  "Hart To Hart"
November 3, 1793- Stephen Austin, defeated Mexican army and founded Texas
November 3, 1922- Charles Bronson, actor
November 3, 1933- Michael Dukakis, presidential candidate, Governor of Massachusetts
November 3, 1949- Larry Holmes, champion heavyweight boxer
November 3, 1952- Roseanne, Emmy winning actress, comedian
November 3, 1953- Dennis Miller, comedian, SNL
November 3, 1956- Phil Simms, NFL NY Giants quarterback, sportscaster
November 4, 1879- Will Rogers, actor, cowboy
November 4, 1916- Walter Cronkite, TV journalist
November 4, 1918- Art Carney, actor
November 4, 1937- Loretta Swit, actress  played Margaret "Hot Lips" on TV series "M*A*S*H"
November 4, 1954- Yanni, composer
November 4, 1969- Matthew McConaughey, actor
November 5, 1911- Roy Rogers, the "King of the Cowboys", born Leonard Franklin Slye
November 5, 1913- Vivien Leigh, actress
November 5, 1931- Ike Turner, singer
November 5, 1941- Art Garfunkel, singer , duo "Simon & Garfunkel"
November 5, 1941- Elke Sommer, actress
November 5, 1963- Tatum O'Neal, actress
November 6, 1854- John Philip Sousa, composer, band conductor
November 6, 1916- Ray Conniff, bandleader
November 6, 1946- Sally Field, actress
November 6, 1955- Maria Shriver, TV journalist
November 7, 1867- Marie Curie, chemist, physicist
November 7, 1918- Billy Graham, evangelist
November 7, 1922- Al Hirt, jazz musician
November 7, 1938- Barry Newman, actor
November 8, 1656- Edmund Halley, astronomer, mathematician
November 8, 1847 Bram Stoker, novelist, wrote horror novel Dracula
November 8, 1922- Christian Barnard, surgeon, performed the first heart transplant
November 8, 1931- Morley Safer, TV journalist
November 8, 1933- Esther Rolle, actress
November 8, 1949- Bonnie Raitt, singer, musician
November 8, 1968- Courtney Thorne-Smith, actress
November 9, 1913- Hedy Lamarr, actress
November 9, 1918- Spiro T. Agnew, The only U.S. Vice President to resign while in office.
November 9, 1934- Carl Sagan, astronomer
November 9, 1942- Tom Weiskopf,  PGA golfer
November 9, 1969- Sean Combs, rapper "Puff Daddy"
November 10, 1925- Richard Burton, actor
November 10, 1932-Roy Scheider, actor
November 10, 1956- Sinbad, actor
November 10, 1959- Mackenzie Phillips, actress, TV series "One Day at a Time"
November 11, 1885- George S. Patton, WWII general
November 11, 1896- Charles "Lucky" Luciano, gangster
November 11, 1922- Kurt Vonnegut Jr., novelist
November 11, 1925- Jonathan Winters, actor, comedian
November 11, 1951- Fuzzy Zoeller, PGA golfer
November 11, 1962- Demi Moore, actress starred in movie "Ghost"
November 11, 1974- Leonardo DiCaprio, actor, starred in "Titanic"
November 12, 1815- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leader of women's suffrage
November 12, 1866- Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary leader
November 12, 1908- Harry A. Blackmun,  U.S. Supreme Court Justice
November 12, 1929- Princess Grace (Grace Kelly), actress, princess of Monaco
November 12, 1945- Neil Young, singer, songwriter
November 12, 1961- Nadia Comaneci, champion Olympic gymnast
November 12, 1967- David Schwimmer, actor,  "Ross" on TV series "Friends"
November 12, 1968- Sammy Sosa, MLB baseball slugger
November 12, 1970- Tonya Harding, figure skater, woman boxer
November 13, 1850- Robert Louis Stevenson, writer
November 13, 1932- Richard Mulligan, actor
November 13, 1947- Joe Mantegna, actor
November 13, 1949- Whoopi Goldberg, TV and moive actress, comedian
November 13, 1959- Tracy Scoggins, actress
November 14, 1765- Robert Fulton, invented the steamboat
November 14, 1840- Claude Monet, painter
November 14, 1889- Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India
November 14, 1896 -Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States
November 14, 1900- Aaron Copland, composer
November 14, 1908- Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator led 1950's anti-Communism probes
November 14, 1929- McLean Stevenson, actor
November 14, 1948- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
November 14, 1954- Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor, Secretary of State for Bush Administration
November 15, 1891- Erwin Rommel, German World War II General
November 15, 1919- Joseph Wapner, Television judge
November 15, 1929- Ed Asner, actor
November 15, 1932- Petula Clark, singer
November 15, 1940- Sam Waterston, actor, lawyer "Jack McCoy" on TV series "Law & Order"
November 15, 1957- Kevin Eubanks, "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Band Leader
November 16, 1909- Burgess Meredith, actor the "Penguin" in "Batman"
November 16, 1935- Elizabeth Drew, journalist
November 16, 1967- Lisa Bonet, actress
November 16, 1977- Oksana Baiul, champion Olympic figure skater
November 17, 1925- Rock Hudson, actor
November 17, 1938- Gordon Lightfoot, singer, songwriter
November 17, 1942- Martin Scorsese, director
November 17, 1944 -Danny DeVito, actor
November 17, 1944- Lorne Michaels, producer, "Saturday Night Live"
November 17, 1944-Tom Seaver, baseball pitcher
November 17, 1980- Isaac Hanson, singer
November 18, 1908- Imogene Coca, actress, comedian
November 18, 1918- Cameron Mitchell, actor
November 18, 1923- Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space
November 18, 1928 - Mickey Mouse's Birthday
November 18, 1939- Margaret Atwood, author
November 18, 1942- Linda Evans, actress, "Krystle Carrington" on TV series "Dynasty"
November 18, 1953- Kevin Nealon, comedian, "SNL"
November 19, 1752- George Rogers Clark, soldier, frontiersman
November 19, 1831- James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President, assassinated during first year in office (1881)
November 19, 1905- Tommy Dorsey, "Big Band" bandleader
November 19, 1917- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
November 19, 1933- Larry King, TV talk show, journalist
November 19, 1936- Dick Cavett, actor
November 19th, 1938 - Ted Turner, broadcasting
November 19th, 1942 - Calvin Klein, Fashion Designer
November 19, 1949 Ahmad Rashad, NFL football player, sportscaster
November 19th, 1961- Meg Ryan, actress, "Sleepless in Seattle"
November 19th, 1962- Jodie Foster, actress
November 20, 1866- Kenesaw Mountain Landis, first baseball commissioner
November 20, 1889- Edwin Hubble, astronomer
November 20, 1900- Chester Gould, cartoonist, created "Dick Tracy"
November 20, 1920- Gene Tierney, actress
November 20, 1925- Robert F. Kennedy, Brother of President John F. Kennedy, presidential candidate
November 20, 1932- Richard Dawson, actor, gameshow host, "Hogans' Heroes"
November 20, 1939- Dick Smothers, actor, comedian, "The Smothers Brothers"
November 20, 1956- Bo Derek, actress
November 21, 1694- Voltaire, philosopher
November 21, 1893- Harpo Marx, actor, comedian, one of the "Marx Brothers"
November 21, 1920- Stan Musial, MLB baseball player
November 21, 1927- Joseph Campanella, actor
November 21, 1943- Marlo Thomas, actress starred in TV series "That Girl", daughter of Danny Thomas
November 21, 1945- Goldie Hawn, actress, "Laugh-In"
November 21, 1961- Mariel Hemingway, actress
November 21, 1963- Nicollette Sheridan, actress
November 21, 1966- Troy Aikman, NFL Dalls Cowboys quarterback
November 21, 1969- Ken Griffey Jr., MLB baseball homerun slugger
November 22, 1890- Charles de Gaulle, President of France
November 22, 1921- Rodney Dangerfield, actor, comedian
November 22, 1932- Robert Vaughn, actor, starred in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."
November 22, 1943- Billie Jean King, champion tennis player
November 22, 1958- Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
November 22, 1967- Boris Becker, champion tennis player
November 23, 1804- Franklin Pierce, 14th U.S. President (1853-1857)
November 23, 1859- William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, Wild West outlaw
November 23, 1887 -Boris Karloff, actor
November 23, 1945- Susan Anspach, actress
November 23, 1954- Bruce Hornsby, singer/musician
November 24, 1784 Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. President, died in office. Got sick eating cherries and milk. (1849-1850)
November 24, 1864- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter
November 24, 1888- Dale Carnegie, inspirational author, lecturer, wrote "How to Win Friends and Influence People",, more
November 24, 1925- William F. Buckley Jr., author, columnist
November 24, 1940- Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner
November 25, 1835- Andrew Carnegie, financier, banker
November 25, 1914- Joe DiMaggio, MLB baseball player
November 25, 1920- Ricardo Montalban, actor
November 25, 1947- John Larroquette, actor
November 25, 1960- John F. Kennedy Jr., son of President Kennedy, magazine editor, died in plane crash
November 25, 1981- Barbara and Jenna Bush, twin daughters of President George W. Bush
November 26, 1912- Eric Sevareid, journalist, news correspondent
November 26, 1922- Charles Schulz, cartoonist, created "Peanuts"
November 26, 1933- Robert Goulet, singer
November 26, 1938- Rich Little, comedian
November 26, 1939- Tina Turner, singer
November 27, 1853- Bat Masterson, gambler, lawman
November 27, 1917- "Buffalo Bob" Smith, TV personality, hosted "Howdy  Doody Time"
November 27, 1942- Jimi Hendrix, musician, songwriter
November 27, 1957- Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, daughter of President Kennedy, author
November 28, 1929- Berry Gordy, founded Motown
November 28, 1909- Hope Lange, actress
November 28, 1938- Gary Hart, senator, Democratic party presidential candidate
November 28, 1943- Randy Newman, singer, songwriter
November 28, 1949- Paul Shaffer, bandleader for David Letterman Show
November 28, 1959- Judd Nelson, actor
November 29, 1932- Jacques Chirac, President of France
November 29, 1940- Chuck Mangione, composer, musician
November 29, 1955- Howie Mandel, actor, comedian
November 29, 1964- Kim Delaney, actress
November 30, 1835- Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", author "Tom Sawyer"
November 30, 1874- Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain  WWII
November 30, 1926- Richard Crenna, actor
November 30, 1929- Dick Clark, TV personality, "American Bandstand"
November 30, 1936- Abbie Hoffman, political activist
November 30, 1937- Robert Guillaume, actor
November 30, 1952- Mandy Patinkin, actor, singer
November 30, 1955- Billy Idol, singer
November 30, 1962- Bo Jackson, played two major league sports: baseball and football
November 30, 1965- Ben Stiller, actor, director
November 30, 1978- Clay Aiken, American Idol 2 finalist

November 2011 Monthly Observances

November 2011 Monthly Observances


Adopt A Senior Pet Month  
American & National Diabetes Month
American Indian Heritage Month
Aviation History Month
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Child Safety Protection Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Family Stories Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Greens and Plantains Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
International Drum (Percussion) Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD's Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Adoption Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Home Care & Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Model Railroad Month
National (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sleep Comfort Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Plum and Pomegranate Month
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Real Jewelry Month
Spinach and Squash Month
Sweet Potato Awareness Month  
NoSHAVEmber US - Beard Month
Movember (Australia - Moustache Month )
Prematurity Awareness Month
Vegan Month

Solar and Lunar

Full Moon on  the 10th  is called "Beaver Moon" by Native Americans of New England and the Great Lakes because at this time of the year those little beavers are industriously preparing for winter.
November 25 will also have a partial Solar Eclipse.  This will be visible  in southern Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Tasmania, New Zealand, Antarctica and North America.



Moon Phases, November 2011

First Quarter – November 2, 16:38
Full Moon – November 10, 20:16
Last Quarter – November 18, 15:09
New Moon – November 25, 06:10


 

November 2011 Weekly Observances

November  2011 Weekly Observances

Week 1 (1-7)
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
National Fig Week
Give Wildlife A Break Week
National Patient Accessibility Week
World Communication Week


Week 2 (8-14)
Chemistry Week
Health Information and Technology Week: 6-12
International Fraud Awareness Week: 6-12
National Nurse Practioner's Week: 6-12
National Rad Tech Week: 6-12
Dear Santa Letter Week
National Young Reader's Week: 7-11
Pursuit of Happiness Week
World Kindness Week: 8-14


Week 3 (15-21)
American Education Week: 13-19
Game and Puzzle Week
Geography Awareness Week: 13-19
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 13-19
National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 14-20
National Farm-City Week: 18-24


Week 4 (22-28)
National Bible Week: 20-26
National Family Week: 20-26
National Game & Puzzle Week: 20-26
Better Conversation Week: 21-27
Church/State Separation Week: 22-26

Holidays in November

Nov   1 All Saints Day (Christian)


















Nov   2 All Souls Day (Christian)













Nov   6 Daylight Savings Time

Fall Back












Nov 6 Eid al-Adha (Islamic)

Nov 11 Verterans Day

Armistice Day
Remembrance Day (Canada)














Nov 24  Thanksgiving Day

















Nov 26  Al Hijra (Islamic New Year’s Day)

November 2011 Daily Observances

Nov 1
All Saints' Day
Give Up Your Shoulds Day
National Authors' Day
National Family Literacy Day
National Go Cook For Your Pets Day


Nov 2
All Souls Day
Cookie Monster Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Traffic Directors Day
Look for Circles Day
Deviled Egg Day


Nov 3
Cliché Day
Housewife's Day 
National Men Make Dinner Day
Sandwich Day


Nov 4
King Tut Day
National Chicken Lady Day
Use Your Common Sense Day
National Medical Science Liaison Awareness Day


Nov 4-6
Pumpkin Chunkin Days


Nov 5
Book Lovers Day
Gunpowder Day
Guy Fawkes Day
Sadie Hawkins Day (First Saturday)


Nov 6
Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
Daylight Saving Fall Back
Eid-Al Ahada
Marooned without a Compass Day
Saxophone Day
Zero Tasking Day


Nov 7
Job Action Day
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day


Nov 8
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Dunce Day
Election Day
National Parents As Teachers Day
X-ray Day


Nov 9 - 10
Kristallnacht


Nov 9
Chaos Never Dies Day
National Young Reader's Day


Nov10
Area Code Day
Forget-Me-Not Day
Marine Corps Birthday
Sesame Street Day


Nov 11
Death/Duty Day
Veterans Day
National Gaming Day (Libraries)


Nov 12 
Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Domino Day 

 
Nov 12-14
National Donor Sabbath Days


Nov 13
International Tongue Twister Day
National Indian Pudding Day
World Kindness Day


Nov 14
Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
National American Teddy Bear Day
National Girls Day
Operating Room Nurse Day
Spirit of NSA (National Speakers Association)
Universal Children's Day
World Diabetes Day
World Orphans Day


Nov 15
America Recycles Day
Clean Your Refrigerator Day
I Love to Write Day
National Bundt (Pan) Day
National Philanthropy Day


Nov 16
Button Day
Have a Party With Your Bear Day
International Day for Tolerance
National Educational Support Professionals Day
Prematurity Awareness Day 


Nov17
Electronic Greeting Card Day
Great American Smokeout
Guinness World Record Day
Homemade Bread Day
GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems) 
Great American Smokeout
National Unfriend Day
Take A Hike Day
Use Less Stuff Day
World Peace Day  


Nov18
Married To A Scorpio Support Day
Mickey Mouse Day
Occult Day
Push-button Phone Day


Nov 19
Equal Opportunity Day
Gettysburg Address Day
Family Volunteer Day
Have A Bad Day Day

National Adoption Day
National Day of Play
National Survivors of Suicide Day
World Toilet Day


Nov 20
Absurdity Day
African Industrialization Day
Beautiful Day
Children's Day
Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day
Name Your PC Day
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Universal Children's Day
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims


Nov 21
False Confession Day
World Hello Day
World Television Day
Alascattalo Day


Nov 22
Go For a Ride Day
Humane Society Anniversary Day


Nov 23
Eat a Cranberry Day
Dr. Who Day
Fibonacci Day
National Cashew Day
Tie One On Day


Nov 24
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
D.B. Cooper Day 
Thanksgiving Day
National Day of Mourning
Turkey-free Thanksgiving


Nov 25 - 26
Buy Nothing Day


Nov 25
Black Friday
Flossing Day
Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
Maize Day
National Parfait Day
Shopping Reminder Day
Sinkie Day
You're Welcomegiving Day 
National Native American Heritage Day

 
Nov 26
International Aura Awareness Day
Islamic New Year


Nov 27
National Day of Listening
Pins and Needles Day


Nov 28
Cyber Monday
Make Your Own Head Day
Red Planet Day


Nov 29
Electronic Greetings Day
International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People
Square Dance Day


Nov 30
Computer Security Day
National Meth Awareness Day
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
Stay Home Because You're Well Day