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Listed below are interesting holidays, celebrations, important dates, and events for November. Icons indicate an activity from one of Toolbox Training’s 100 Activities series of books or activity card sets. Hover over the icon for specific references to exact activities. You can also click on links for additional information on dates. Many of these connect directly to activities on the Toolbox Training blog, but some are off-site links. |
| 1 | All Saint's Day (Mexico) World Community Day Electric Lightbulb patented by Thomas Edison (1879) Author's Day Family Literacy Day
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| 2 | Kermit the Frog, the first of the Muppets, trademarked (1955) Sesame Street's Cookie Monster's Birthday Frontersman Daniel Boone's Birthday (1734)
Look-for-Circles Day
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Sandwich Day
Give-Someone-a-Dollar-Today Day
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Candy Day
Sadie Hawkins Day Cash register patented (1880)
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Saxophone Day Basketball Day
Marching Band Day
I-Love-Nachos Day Marooned-without-a-Compass Day
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| 7 | Magazine Day Hug a Bear Day Cook Something Bold Day
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| 8 | Parents As Teachers Day Dunce Day X-Ray Day (X-ray discovered in 1895)
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| 9 | Parade Day Go-to-an-Art-Museum Day Chaos Never Dies Day | |
| 10 | Forget-Me-Not Day Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps (1885) Sesame Street debuted on public television (1969) Trivial Pursuit game trademarked (1981)
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Veteran's Day Remembrance Day (Canada) Air Day
Nabisco trademarked (1901) | |
| 12 | Batman trademarked (1940) Pizza-with-the-Works-Except-Anchovies Day
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| 13 | World Kindness Day Moms and Dads Day Community Education Day Actor's Day
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| 14 | Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
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America Recycles Day
Philanthropy Day Pack Your Mom Lunch Day Clean-Out-Your-Refrigerator Day | |
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Button Day
Have a Party with Your Bear Day Fast Food Day
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Take a Hike Day
Homemade Bread Day | |
| 18 | Debut of animated character Mickey Mouse in animated short Steamboat Willie (1928) Teddy Bear Birthday (1902) Elmer’s glue trademarked (1952)
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| 19 | Gettysburg Address delivered by President Lincoln (1863) Have-a-Bad-Day Day Play Monopoly Day Birth of the Pop Tart (1965)
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| 20 | Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution (1910) Children's Day Future Teachers of America Day Absurdity Day Beautiful Day Peanut Butter Fudge Day Early version of the stoplight patented (1923)
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| 21 | World Hello Day False Confession Day
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| 22 | Stop the Violence Day Start-Your-Own-Country Day Go-for-a-Ride Day
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| 23 | You're Welcome Day Cashew Day
First use of color photos (1863)
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Whart Do-You-Love-about-America Day Birth of softball (1887) | |
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Parfait Day | |
| 26 | First Official Thanksgiving Day (1789) Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz's birthday (1922) Shopping Reminder Day
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| 27 | Pins and Needles Day Pie-in-the-Face Day
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| 28 | Author Mark Twain's Birthday (1835) French Toast Day
Red Planet Day
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King Tut's tomb opened (1922) Newspaper Day
Square Dance Day
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| 30 | Stay-at-Home-Because-You're-Well Day Mousse Day
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