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Celebrate a holiday or special day every day in November. Learn about holidays you never heard of. Be sure to check back every day for recipes, crafts, games and lots more fun things to do. Enjoy! (The link next to the day provides more information about the events.)

November Icons - These icons match the events on the November Fundays Calendar.

They are designed to be used as each event is learned about. The icons can be glued onto the November Coloring Calendar.

November Seasonal Specials:

Veteran's Day Printables; Quiz
Thanksgiving Printables; Thanksgiving Lesson; Quiz

November 1st - White House, Weather and Masks

• President 1st Occupies the White House
• National Weather Service Established
• Hockey Mask Invented
• National Deep Fried Clams Day

November 2nd - Presidents, Dakotas and Boone

• James K. Polk's Birthday
• Warren G. Harding's Birthday
• South Dakota Admission Day
• North Dakota Admission Day
• Daniel Boone's Birthday

November 3rd - Sandwiches, Dogs in Space and Texas

• Sandwich Day
• First Dog in Space, 1957; Solar System Printables
• Stephen Fuller Austin's Birthday
• Culture Day: Japan

November 4th - Cash Registers, Light Bulbs and Mummies

• Cash Register Patented
• Edison's Incandescent Light Bulb
• King Tut Tomb Discovery, 1922
• Laura Lane Welch Bush's Birthday
• First Wagon Train Reached California
• National Candy Day

November 5th - Gunpowder, Basketball and Doughnuts

• Guy Fawkes Day

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Won 3rd Term
• 1946 - First Shattered Backboard
• National Donut Day

November 6th - Basketball, Music and Nachos

• Basketball Day - James Naismith's Birthday
• John Philip Sousa's Birthday
• Saxophone Day
• National Nachos Day

November 7th - Republicans, Radium and Bears

• Republican Symbol
• Marie Curie's Birthday
• Former First Lady Wins Public Office
• Hug A Bear Day
• Magazine Day

November 8th - Montana, X-Rays and Mexico

• X-Ray Discovery Day
• Cortes Conquers Mexico
• Montana Admission Day

November 9th - Berlin Wall, Panama Canal and Boston Fire

• 1989 - Berlin Wall Opened
• 1st President to Visit Foreign Country
• 1872 - Boston Fire

November 10th - Motorcycles, Badlands and Marines

• World's First Motorcycle, 1885
• Badlands National Park Established
• Marine Corps Birthday, 1775

November 11th - Veterans, Washington, and First Ladies

• Veteran's Day
• Tomb of the Unknowns dedicated, 1921
• Washington Admission Day
• Abigail Smith Adams Birthday

November 12th - National Parks, Gold Medals and First Ladies

• Arches National Park Established
• Nadia Comaneci's Birthday
• Letitia Christian Tyler's Birthday

November 13th - Kindness, Jeeps and The Draft

• World Kindness Day
• Jeep Prototype Submitted to Army
• Holland Tunnel Anniversary
• Military Draft Lowered to 18
• National Geography Awareness Week

November 14th - Streetcars, Yale and Teddy Bears

• First Horse-drawn Streetcar
• Yale Goes Coed
• National American Teddy Bear Day

November 15th - Refrigerators, Oceans and Recycling

• National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
• Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific Ocean
• America Recycles Day
• Brazil: Republic Day
• Trombones 1st in U.S.

November 16th - Oklahoma, Buttons and Fast Food

• Oklahoma Admission Day
• Button Day
• National Fast Food Day
• Have a Party with your Bear Day

November 17th - Washington D.C., Peace and Hiking

• Congress in Washington D.C.
• World Peace Day
• Take a Hike Day
• Homemade Bread Day

November 18th - William Tell, Bridges and Telephone

• William Tell Day
• Main Span of Golden Gate Bridge Joined
• Push Button Telephone Debuts
• Uniform Time Zone Plan

November 19th - Gettysburg, Garfield and Pencils

• Gettysburg Address Delivered, 1863
• James A. Garfield's Birthday, 1831
• Paper-Wrapped Pencil Patented

November 20th - Traffic Signals, Telescopes and Revolutions

• Traffic Signal Patented, 1923
• Edwin Powell Hubble's Birthday, 1889
• First English child born at Plymouth Colony
• Mexican Revolution Day

November 21st - North Carolina, Gingerbread and Hello

• North Carolina Statehood Day
• Gingerbread Day
• World Hello Day
• First Manned Hot Air Balloon Flight, 1783
• World Television Day

November 22nd - Assassinations, Stealth Bombers and Snowmobiles

• Thanksgiving
  Thanksgiving Printables
• John F. Kennedy Assassinated, 1963
• First Snowmobile Patented
• Stealth Bomber Unveiled
• Go For a Ride Day

November 23rd - Presidents, Jukeboxes and Cranberries

• Franklin Pierce's Birthday
• Jukebox Invented
• Eat a Cranberry Day

November 24th - Presidents, Authors and Sardines

• Zachary Taylor's Birthday
• Frances Hodgson Burnett's Birthday
• National Sardines Day

November 25th - Dynamite, Reindeer and Parfait

• Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer released, 1949
• Nobel Patents Dynamite
• National Parfait Day

November 26th - Flossing, Lions and Tombs

• National Flossing Day
• King Tutankhamen's Tomb Opened, 1922
• 1st Lion on Exhibition in America
• National Cake Day

November 27th - The Nobel Prize, Train Stations and Anticipation

• Nobel Prize Established
• Penn Station Opened
• Pins and Needles Day

November 28th - Skywriting, Races and Magellan

• Magellan reached the Pacific, 1521
• First skywriting in the U.S., 1922
• First Gas-powered Automobile Race

November 29th - Square Dancing, Authors and Chocolates

• Louisa May Alcott's Birthday, 1832
• Square Dance Day
• National Chocolates Day

November 30th - Mark Twain, Mason Jars and Mousse

• Mark Twain's Birthday, 1835
• Mason Jars Patented, 1958
• National Mousse Day

National Adoption Month
Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
Mini Units

Related Resources:
November Daily Journal Writing Prompts (Buy Direct)
Thanksgiving Thematic Unit (Buy Direct)
Thanksgiving Notepad (Buy Direct)