Dates in History

National Author’s Day and National Family Literacy Day
Start off the month with two important occasions – November 1 is both National Author’s Day and National Family Literacy Day. Combine them both and share one of your favorite author’s work with your kin.

Cliché Day
Tired of the same old sayings? Well, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles on Cliché Day, November 3, a time to put away the tired and the hackneyed and think of a new turn of phrase.

Sandwich Day
Slice it, pile it and eat on Sandwich Day, November 3, the birth anniversary of John Montague, Fourth Earl of Sandwich.

Use Your Common Sense Day
November 4, philosopher Will Roger’s birthday, is Use Your Common Sense Day, in honor of his saying, “Common sense ain’t all that common.”

National Younger Reader’s Day
National Younger Reader’s Day is on November 13.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the first Presidential Library on November 19, 1939 in Hyde Park, New York.

Thanksgiving Day and Buy Nothing Day
Of course, Thanksgiving Day is November 22; on the day after you can either celebrate Black Friday with a shop-a-thon or stay home and commemorate Buy Nothing Day – either one is the perfect start to your holiday season!