Hello, November

 The Month of November

 

Sky Watch

Nov. 19-Full Moon

Venus very visible on the 7^th in the southwest.

Jupiter visible on the 11^th.

 

Holidays

Veterans Day

World Diabetes Day

Thanksgiving

American Indian Heritage Month

Good Nutrition Month
Aviation Month

National Stamp Collecting Month

National Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Symbols of November

Birthstone: Topaz and citrine

Flower: Chrysanthemum

Fun Facts about November

 

It is the last month of the Fall season.

November in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to May in the Southern Hemisphere.

Elections are held in the United States on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

The third Thursday of November is the Great American Smokeout. Smokers are encouraged by the American Cancer Society to stop smoking on this day.

Some Christian churches celebrate All Saint's Day on the first day of November and All Souls Day on the 2nd.

American football is the main sport watched in the United States during this month.

Most, if not all, of the leaves have fallen off the trees by the end of November.

Famous Birthdays

• Jonathan Swift, author of "Gulliver's Travels": November 30, 1667
• Mark Twain, American author and humorist: November 30, 1835
• British statesman Sir Winston Churchill: November 30, 1874
• American artist Georgia O'Keeffe: November 15, 1887
• Famed TV journalist Walter Cronkite: November 4, 1916
• The first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi: November 19, 1917
• Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Anne Sexton: November 9, 1928
• Bruce Lee, martial artist and film star: November 27. 1940
• Celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay: November 8. 1966