Fall colors in Warsaw. InkFreeNews photo by Lasca Randels

Staff Report

WARSAW — With the arrival of November, here are some holidays and events taking place as well as trivia associated with this month.

In the original Roman calendar, November was the ninth month of the year. It got its name from the Latin word “novem” which means nine. However, it became the eleventh month when the Romans added January and February to the start of the year.

The November birthstone is Topaz and Citrine. The birth flower is Chrysanthemum. 

Zodiac signs are Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) and Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

HOLIDAYS

• Nov. 11 — Veterans Day
  Nov. 25 — Thanksgiving Day

November is also known as:

• Adoption Awareness Month
• Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
• American Diabetes Month
• National Blog Posting Month
• COPD Awareness Month
• Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis Awareness Month
• Epilepsy Awareness Month
• Fun with Fondue Month
• Georgia Pecan Month
• Holy Souls in Purgatory Month
• Homeless Youth Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• Model Railroad Month
• Native American Heritage Month
• No Shave November
• National Novel Writing Month
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
• Pepper Month
• Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
• National Pomegranate Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• Raisin Bread Month
• Real Jewelry Month
• Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• Stuffing Month
• Sweet Potato Awareness Month
• Transgender Awareness Month

TRIVIA

• Nov. 9,1999 — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the biggest-selling artists of the century in the United States: The Beatles have sold the most albums (106 million), Garth Brooks is the best-selling male solo act and Barbra Streisand the best-selling female. Elton John’s 1997 “Candle In The Wind” is the best-selling single of the century, and the best-selling album is the Eagles’s Greatest Hits 1971-1975.
• Nov. 2, 1988 — Def Leppard released their sixth single from the monumental album Hysteria–“Armageddon It”.
• Nov. 9, 1965 — At 5:16 p.m., the Great Blackout of the Northeast began as a tripped circuit breaker at a power plant on the Niagara River caused a chain reaction, sending power surges knocking out interconnected power companies down the East Coast. The blackout affected over 30 million persons, one-sixth of the entire U.S. population. Electricity also failed in Ontario and Quebec.
• Nov. 4, 1922 — King Tut’s tomb was discovered at Luxor, Egypt, by British archaeologist Howard Carter after several years of searching. The child-King Tutankhamen became pharaoh at age 9 and died around 1352 B.C. at age 19. The tomb was found mostly intact, containing numerous priceless items now exhibited in Egypt’s National Museum in Cairo.
• Nov.10, 1775 — The U.S. Marine Corps was established as part of the U.S. Navy. It became a separate unit on July 11, 1789.
• Nov. 19, 1703 — The “Man in the Iron Mask,” a prisoner of Louis XIV in the Bastille prison in Paris, died. The prisoner may have been Count Matthioli, who had double-crossed Louis XIV, or may have even been the brother of Louis XIV. His true identity has been the cause of much intrigue, and was celebrated in literary works such as Alexandre Dumas’ The Viscount Bragelonne.

EVENTS

• Fall leaf pick-up in the corporate city limits of Warsaw will officially begin Monday, Nov. 1. Large piles of leaves raked to the curb or alley by 7 a.m. will be picked up on your regular trash day. 
• Nov. 6 — 7th Annual Run for Autism 5K and 1 Mile Walk
• Nov. 11 — Veterans Day program, 10:30 a.m. at Center Lake Pavilion in Warsaw