NOVEMBER 2012 Holidays and Events Calendar

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Saturday

1 - All Saints' Day
- Give Up Your Shoulds Day
- Nat'l Authors' Day
- Nat'l Men Make Dinner Day
- Nat'l Family Literacy Day

2 - All Souls Day
- South Dakota Statehood
- North Dakota Statehood
- James Polk Bday
- Warren Harding Bday

3
-Cliché Day
- Sadie Hawkins Day
-Sandwich Day

4
- Daylight Savings Ends
- Use Your Common Sense Day
- Zero Tasking Day

5
- Job Action Day

6
- Saxophone Day
- Election Day

7
- Nat'l Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

8
- Nat'l Parents as Teachers Day
- X-ray Day
- Montana Statehood

9
- Domino Day
- Kristallnacht

10
-Area Code Day
- Marine Corps Bday
- Nat'l Day of Play

11
- Veterans Day
- Remembrance Day (UK, Canada)
- Washington Statehood

12
- Veterans Day (Observed)
- World Orphans Day

13
- Nat'l Young Reader's Day

14 – World Diabetes Day
- Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
- Nat'l Teddy Bear Day
- Educational Support Professionals Day

15
- America Recycles Day
- I Love to Write Day
- Sadie Hawkins Day
- Guinness World Record Day

16
- Int'l Day for Tolerance
- Oklahoma Statehood

17
- Homemade Bread Day
- Great American Smokout
- Nat'l Unfriend Day
- Nat'l Adoption Day
- Nat'l Day of Play

18
- Mickey Mouse Day
- William Tell Day

19
-James Garfield Bday
- Have a Bad Day Day
- World Toilet Day
- Gettysburg Address Delivered 1863

20
- Name Your PC Day
- Children's Day

21
- North Carolina Statehood
- Alascattalo Day
- World Hello Day
- World TV Day

22
- Human Society Anniversary Day
- Thanksgiving
- JFK Assassinated

23 - Black Friday
- Franklin Pierce Bday
- Nat'l Native American Day
- Fibonacci Day

24
- D.B Cooper Day
- Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
- Small Business Saturday
- Zachary Taylor Bday

25
- Int'l Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- You're Welcomegiving Day

26
- Cyber Monday

27
- Nat'l Day of Listening

28
- Red Planet Day
- Magellan reached the Pacific 1521

29
- Electronic Greetings Day
- Louisa May Alcott's Bday

30 - Computer Security Day
- Stay Home Because You're Well Day
- Nat'l Meth Awareness Day
- Mark Twain Bday

Weekly Observances

·         National Fig Week: 1-7

·         National Patient Accessibility Week: 1-7

·         World Communication Week: 1-7

·         Sherlock Holmes Weekend: 2-4 (Also March 16-18)

·         Health Information and Technology Week: 4-10

·         International Fraud Awareness Week: 4-10

·         National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 4-10

·         National Nurse Practioner's Week: 4-10

·         Give Wildlife A Break Week: 5-9  (First Week)

·         Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13

·         Pursuit of Happiness Week: 7-13

·         American Education Week: 11-17  (Always Week Before Thanksgiving)

·         Geography Awareness Week: 11-17  (2nd Full Week)

·         National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 11-17

·         National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 12-18  ((2nd Week M-Sun.)

·         World Kindness Week: 12-18

·         National Young Reader's Week: 12-16  (2nd Full Week)

·         National Farm-City Week: 16-22 (Week Always Ends on Thanksgiving Day)

·         National Bible Week: 18-24 (Sunday before Thanksgiving)

·         National Family Week: 18-24

·         National Game & Puzzle Week: 18-24

·         Better Conversation Week: 19-25

·         Church/State Separation Week: 22-26

Monthly Observances

·         Adopt A Senior Pet Month

·         American & National Diabetes Month

·         American Indian Heritage Month  (See also August)

·         Aviation History Month

·         Banana Pudding Lovers Month

·         Diabetic Eye Disease Month

·         Epilepsy Awareness Month

·         Family Stories Month

·         Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month

·         Greens and Plantains Month

·         Historic Bridge Awareness Month

·         International Drum (Percussion) Month

·         Lung Cancer Awareness Month

·         MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)

·         Military Family Appreciation Month

·         National Adoption Month

·         National Family Caregivers Month

·         National Georgia Pecan Month

·         National Home Care & Hospice Month

·         National Inspirational Role Models Month

·         National Life Writing Month

·         National Native American Heritage Month

·         National Novel Writing Month

·         National Peanut Butter Lovers Month

·         National Pet Cancer Awareness Month

·         National Roasting Month

·         National Scholarship Month

·         PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month

·         Spinach and Squash Month

·         NoSHAVEmber (US - Beard Month or Movember (Australia - Moustache Month )

·         Vegan Month