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November Arrives, Veterans Day Is Nov. 11

InkFreeNews.com Posted Nov 01, 2022  Updated: Nov 1, 2022 @ 4:23 PM
By Lasca Randels
InkFreeNews

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

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 1 – Day of the Dead
Nov. 11– Veterans Day
Nov. 24 – Thanksgiving Day

THANKSGIVING TRIVIA:

  • Americans prepare approximately 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving. On Christmas, an additional 22 million families serve turkey as part of their holiday meal.
  • The first Thanksgiving lasted three days. The Thanksgiving holiday currently takes place over one day — two if you count Black Friday. But the original Pilgrims really went all out. In November 1621, the settlers’ first corn harvest proved so successful that Governor William Bradford reportedly invited the Plymouth colonists’ Native American allies to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Members of the Wampanoag tribe came bearing food to share. They had so much bounty, the revelers decided to extend the affair.
  • A Thanksgiving turkey mix-up led to the invention of frozen TV dinners. In 1953, a Swanson employee accidentally ordered a huge shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys (260 tons, to be exact). Salesman Gerry Thomas found a way to deal with the excess turkey, taking inspiration from the prepared foods served on airplanes. He came up with the idea of filling 5,000 aluminum trays with the turkey – along with cornbread dressing, gravy, peas and sweet potatoes to complete the offering. The 98-cent meals were a hit, especially with kids and increasingly busy households.

 

RECIPES FOR THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS:

 

THIS MONTH IN MUSIC:

  • Nov. 10, 2008 — Coldplay was declared the biggest-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards held in Monaco. The band picked up the prize, along with the Rock Act Of The Year award, after their current album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’ topped charts around the globe. Other winners included: Leona Lewis for Best Pop Female and Best New Artist, Amy Winehouse was the winner in the Female Pop/Rock award and Alicia Keys was named best in the R&B category. Lil’ Wayne received the Hip-Hop/Rap Artist award and Akon was declared the Biggest Internet Artist Of The Year.
  • Nov. 10, 2007 — For the first time, country(ish) artists occupied the top three spots on the U.S. albums chart: Carrie Underwood with “Carnival Ride,” Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with “Raising Sand” and Gary Allan with “Living Hard.”
  • Nov. 1, 1969 — After a seven-year absence, Elvis Presley returned to Billboard’s No. 1 position with “Suspicious Minds.”
  • Nov. 9, 1967 — The first issue of “Rolling Stone” was published in San Francisco and came with a free “roach clip.”

 

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY:

  • Nov. 19, 1978 — The biggest mass suicide in history occurred as Reverend Jim Jones led over 900 followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana. Members of his religious cult were ordered to drink a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Those who refused were forcibly injected. Precipitating the tragedy a day earlier, California Congressman Leo J. Ryan, along with four associates and several reporters, had been shot to death during an ambush at a nearby airstrip. They were attempting to return home after investigating the cult’s remote jungle location. Jones and his mistress killed themselves after watching his entire membership die. Only a few cult members managed to escape.
  • Nov. 22, 1963 — At 12:30 p.m., on Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas, President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade slowly approached a triple underpass. Shots rang out. The President was struck in the back, then in the head. He was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital where fifteen doctors tried to save him. At 1 p.m., John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, was pronounced dead. On board Air Force One, at 2:38 p.m., Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President.
  • Nov. 21, 1783 — The first free balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis Francois Laurent d’Arlandes ascended in a Montgolfier hot air balloon. Their flight lasted about 25 minutes and carried them nearly six miles at a height of about 300 feet over Paris. Benjamin Franklin was one of the spectators.

 

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