Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In Novemberby Nicole Humphrey | More from this Blogger 09 Oct 2006 12:32 PM Imagine the strange and jazzy layouts you can make celebrating some of these wild, wacky and unusual holidays. These have been collected and compiled from various sources over the years of my teaching and we celebrated many of them in the classroom. Celebrate them with your children and family and create fun and wacky layouts! The Month of November Aviation History Month International Drum Month National Peanut Butter Lovers Month (a month for me!) November 5th-9th is Dear Santa Letter Week November 14th-20th is American Education Week November 15th-21st is National Children's Book Week November 21st-27th is National Game and Puzzle Week November 21st-28th is National Bible Week November 23rd-29th is National Geography Awareness Week November 23rd-29th is National Leftover Awareness Week 1 New York City Marathon 2 Daniel Boone's Birthday 2 Election Day 2 National Deviled Egg Day 3 Housewife's Day 3 Frozen peas were first marketed 3 Sandwich Day, in honor of gambler John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who ate sandwiches to save time. 5 National Doughnut Day 5 National Gunpowder Day 6 Saxophone Day 6 James Naismith's Birthday, inventor of the basketball 7 Symbol for the Republican Party (the elephant) first appeared (1874) 8 Edmund Halley, astronomer/mathematician, who discovered Halley's Comet (born in 1656) 8 Dunce Day 9 Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Day (unveiled in 1984) 9 Lost Sock Memorial Day (are you serious?) 9 Astronomy Day 9 National Young Readers Day 10 Sesame Street had it first episode in 1969 10 U.S. Marine Corps Day (founded in 1775) 10 Forget-Me-Not Day 11 Veterans Day 11 Air Day 11"God Bless America", written by Irving Berlin, first performed in 1938 by Kate Smith 12 William "Fudge" Heffelfinder became first professional football player (1892) 12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, champion of women's rights (born in 1815) 12 National Pizza With the Works Day 13 National Indian Pudding Day 14 Operation Room Nurse Day 14 Nelly Bly ( a fake name used by newspaper reporter Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) started around the world 14 National American Teddy Bear Day 14 Georgia O'Keefe's Birthday (artist) 15 National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day 15 Remembrance Day 16 Button Day 16 Animal Day 16 Love a Tree Day 17 Opening of the Suez Canal (1869) 17 Take a Hike Day 17 Homemade Bread Day 17 National Farm Joke Day 18 Birth of Mickey Mouse (1928) 18 In 1993, South Africa adopted a new constitution; basic rights given to black people. 18 Birthday of the Teddy Bear (1902) 19 Have A Bad Day Day 19 Indira Ghandi Day 20 Astronomer, Edwin Hubble, was born in 1889 (Hubble Space Telescope is named for him) 21 National Stop the Violence Day 21 World Hello Day 21 President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963) 22 Start of the National Hockey League (1917) 23 National Cashew Day 24 What do you Love about America Day? 24 Scott Joplin's Birthday (pianist and composer) 25 Andrew Carnegie's Birthday (businessman) (born in 1835) 25 National Parfait Day 26 Buy Nothing Day 27 Black Friday, heavy shopping day, making a profit 27 Pins and Needles Day 27 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer and inventor (born in 1701)invented the thermometer and Celsius scale 29 Square Dance Day 30 Birth Anniversary of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)(1835-1910) 30 Stay at Home Because You're Well Day Visit the scrapbooking blog or my own blog to see many more great articles about scrapbooking! Related Links: Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In January Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In February Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In March Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In April Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In May Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In June Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In July Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In August Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In September Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In October Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In November Calendar of Strange Holidays and Other Events for Scrapbooking In December Learn more about Nicole Humphrey  Nicole Humphrey is a freelance writer, consultant for CTMH and a Sr. Blogger for families.com. She resides in St. Charles, Missouri with Mike and their five children and two furbabies. Relevantscrapbooking tags ideas | relationships | baby | wedding | Scrapbooking | christmas | family | Kids | children | holidays User Comments No comments on this article yet. Be the first to comment! Community Tags crazy holidays], November, strange holidays, Scrapbooking, weird holidays Discuss this article
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