NOVEMBER
MONTH-LONG OBSERVANCES
Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Apple Month
Aviation History Month
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Child Safety and Protection Month
Christmas Seals Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Family Stories Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Good Nutrition Month
Great American SmokeOut
Greens and Plantains Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
I am So Thankful Month
International Drum Month
Latin American Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD’s Tie One On for Safety Holiday Campaign
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Adoption Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Month
National Diabetes Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Long-Term Care Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Model Railroad Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Peanut Butter Lover's Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sleep Comfort Month
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Native American Heritage Month
NoSHAVEmber
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Plum and Pomegranate Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Real Jewelry Month
Spinach and Squash Month
Sweet Potato Month
TMJ Awareness Month
Vegan Month
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
First Week
Chemistry Week
Diabetes Education Week
Intimate Apparel Week
National Allied Health Week
National Fig Week
National Patient Accessibility Week
Sherlock Holmes Weekend
World Communication Week
Second Week
Dear Santa Letter Week
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week
Health Information and Technology Week
International Fraud Awareness Week
Kid’s Goal-Setting Week
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
National Children's Book Week
National Drug Facts Week
National Nurse Practitioner Week
National Radiation Tech Week
Operating Room Nurse Week
Pursuit of Happiness Week
Third Week
American Education Week
Geography Awareness Week
Lung Cancer Awareness Week
National Farm-City Week
National Global Entrepreneurship Week
National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week
National Young Readers Week
World Kindness Week
Fourth Week
National Adoption Week
National Better Conversation Week
National Bible Week
National Deal Week
National Family Week
National Game and Puzzle Week
National Teens Don’t Text and Drive Week
Fifth Week
Travelers with Disabilities Awareness Week
November 1st
Aishwarya Rai’s Birthday (1973)
All Saint's Day
Book Lover's Day
Give Up Your “Shoulds” Day
Lyle Lovett's Birthday (1957)
National Author's Day
National Family Literacy Day
National Go Cook for Your Pets Day
Nutty Pecan Day
Prime Meridian Day
Stephen Crane’s Birthday (1871)
Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day
Zero Tasking Day
November 2nd
All Soul’s Day
Cookie Monster Day
Daniel Boone's Birthday (1734)
Digital Scrapbooking Day
ELECTION DAY
Flight of the Spruce Goose (1947)
Look for Circles Day
Marie Antoinette’s Birthday (1755)
National Deviled Egg Day
Piggy Bank Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Pumpkin Chucking Days
Traffic Director’s Day
November 3rd
Bean Day
Cliché Day
Dennis Miller’s Birthday (1953)
Housewife's Day
International Gaming Day
International Tongue Twister Day
Ken Berry's Birthday (1933)
Sadie Hawkins Day
Sandwich Day
November 4th
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Laura Bush’s Birthday (1946)
King Tut Day
Mischief Night
National Candy Day
National Chicken Lady Day
National Men Make Dinner Day
Sterling North's Birthday (1906)
Use Your Common Sense Day
Waiting for Barbarians Day
Will Roger's Birthday (1879)
Yanni’s Birthday (1954)
Zero Tasking Day
November 5th
Art Garfunkel’s Birthday (1941)
Gun Powder Day
Guy Fawkes Day
Job Action Day
National Donut Day
Roy Rogers’ Birthday (1911)
Sam Shepard’s Birthday (1943)
Vivian Leigh's Birthday (1913)
November 6th
Basketball Day
Charles Dow’s Birthday (1851)
Election Day
Guiness World Records Day
John Phillip Sousa's Birthday (1854)
I Love Nachos Day
Marooned without a Compass Day
Ray Conniff’s Birthday (1916)
Sally Field’s Birthday (1946)
Saxophone Day
November 7th
Albert Camus' Birthday (1913)
Fala Day
Hug-a-Bear Day
International Tongue Twister Day
Joni Mitchell's Birthday (1943)
Magazine Day
Marie Curie's Birthday (1867)
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
Republican Elephant Day
November 8th
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Bonnie Raitt's Birthday (1949)
Bram Stoker's Birthday (1847)
Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Dunce Day
Edmund Halley’s Birthday (1656)
Election Day
Harvey Wallbanger Day
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Birthday (1954)
Kristallnacht
Margaret Mitchell's Birthday (1900)
National Ample Time Day
National Parents as Teachers Day
Parker Posey's Birthday (1968)
X-Ray Day
November 9th
Carl Sagan's Birthday (1934)
Chaos Never Dies Day
Domino Day
Mary Travers’ Birthday (1936)
Neon Sign Day
Parade Day
November 10th
Area Code Day
Claude Rains’ Birthday (1889)
Forget Me Not Day
Gingerbread House Day
Josh Peck’s Birthday (1986)
Martin Luther’s Birthday (1483)
National Day of Play
Sesame Street Debuted in 1969
Tim Rice’s Birthday (1944)
Toothpaste Day
U.S. Marine Corps Established in 1775
Windows Day (Microsoft)
November 11th
Air Day
Death/Duty Day
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Birthday (1821)
George Patton’s Birthday (1885)
God Bless America first performed in 1938
Kurt Vonnegut's Birthday (1922)
Origami Day
Remembrance Day
World Kindness Day
November 12th
Anne Hathaway’s Birthday (1982)
Auguste Rodin's Birthday (1840)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day
Grace Kelly’s Birthday (1929)
Nadia Comaneci’s Birthday (1961)
National Pizza With the Works But No Anchovies Day
Veteran’s Day
World Orphans Day
November 13th
Chris Noth’s Birthday (1954)
Garry Marshall’s Birthday (1934)
International Tongue Twister Day
Mom's and Dad's Day
National Indian Pudding Day
National Young Reader’s Day
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Birthday (1850)
November 14th
Aaron Copeland’s Birthday (1900)
Claude Monet’s Birthday (1840)
Condoleeza Rice's Birthday (1954)
Brian Keith's Birthday (1921)
Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day
National Educational Support Professionals Day
National Girls Day
National Teddy Bear Day
Operating Room Nurse Day
Prince Charles' Birthday (1948)
Spicy Guacamole Day
William Steig's Birthday (1907)
World Diabetes Day
November 15th
America Recycles Day
Ed Asner’s Birthday (1929)
Georgia O'Keefe's Birthday (1887)
Great American Smokeout
Guiness World Record Day
I Love to Write Day
National Bundt Pan Day
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
National Philanthropy Day
Pack Your Mom Lunch Day
Robert Cavalli's Birthday (1940)
Use Less Stuff Day
November 16th
Button Day
Have a Party with your Bear Day
International Day for Tolerance
Prematurity Awareness Day
November 17th
Electronic Greeting Card Day
Homemade Bread Day
Lee Strasberg's Birthday (1901)
Martin Scorcese’s Birthday (1942)
National Adoption Day
National Family Volunteer Day
National Survivors of Suicide Day
National Unfriend Day
Rock Hudson’s Birthday (1925)
Take A Hike Day
World Peace Day
November 18th
Christian Siriano's Birthday (1985)
International Men’s Day
Margaret Atwood's Birthday (1939)
Mickey Mouse Day
Occult Day
Owen Wilson’s Birthday (1968)
Push-Button Phone Day
William Gilbert’s Birthday (1836)
William Tell Day
World COPD Day
November 19th
Calvin Klein's Birthday (1942)
Equal Opportunity Day
Have a Bad Day Day
Gettysburg Address Delivered by President Lincoln in 1863
Indira Gandhi's Birthday (1911)
Meg Ryan's Birthday (1961)
Pencil Day
Play Monopoly Day
Pop Tarts created in 1965
Rocco DiSpirito’s Birthday (1956)
Rocky and Bullwinkle Day
Tommy Dorsey’s Birthday (1905)
World Toilet Day
November 20th
Absurdity Day
Beautiful Day
Cat Days
Children’s Day
Edwin Hubble’s Birthday (1889)
Mexican Revolution Day
Name Your PC Day
National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
Richard Dawson’s Birthday (1932)
Time Card Clock Invented in 1888
Traffic Light Day
Universal Children’s Day
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 21st
Beaver Moon
Dave Hignite’s (My Husband) Birthday (1961)
False Confession Day
GIS Day
Harold Ramis’ Birthday (1944)
Marlo Thomas' Birthday (1943)
Pumpkin Pie Day
Tie One On Day
Voltaire's Birthday (1694)
World Hello Day
World Television Day
November 22nd
Abigail Adams’ Birthday (1744)
Go for a Ride Day
Hoagy Carmichael’s Birthday (1899)
Humane Society Anniversary Day
Jamie Lee Curtis’ Birthday (1958)
Start Your Own Country Day
Stop the Violence Day
Thanksgiving
Turkey-Free Thanksgiving Day
November 23rd
Black Friday
Boris Karloff's Birthday (1887)
Bruce Hornsby's Birthday (1954)
Buy Nothing Day
Dr. Who Day
Eat a Cranberry Day
Flossing Day
Maize Day
National American Heritage Day
National Cashew Day
Rick Bayless’ Birthday (1953)
Sinkie Day
November 24th
Arundhati Roy's Birthday (1961)
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
Dale Carnegie’s Birthday (1888)
Frances Hodgson Burnett's Birthday (1849)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Birthday (1864)
Scott Joplin’s Birthday (1868)
Small Business Saturday
Use Even if the Seal is Broken Day
November 25th
Amy Grant's Birthday (1960)
Blasé Day
International Aura Awareness Day
Marc Brown's Birthday (1946)
National Parfait Day
You're Welcome Day
November 26th
Charles Schulz's Birthday (1922)
College Fraternity Day
John Harvard’s Birthday (1607)
MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Natasha Bedingfield’s Birthday (1981)
National Cake Day
November 27th
Buffalo Bob Smith's Birthday (1917)
Jimi Hendrix's Birthday (1942)
Manalo Blahnik's Birthday (1942)
National Day of Listening
Pie in the Face Day
Pins and Needles Day
November 28th
Cyber Monday
Ed Harris’ Birthday (1950)
John Bunyan’s Birthday (1628)
John Galliano's Birthday (1960)
Jon Stewart’s Birthday (1962)
Make Your Own Head Day
Polaroid Camera Day
Red Planet Day
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Day
William Blake's Birthday (1757)
November 29th
Busby Berkeley’s Birthday (1895)
C S Lewis' Birthday (1898)
Chuck Mangione's Birthday (1940)
Electronic Greetings Day
Garry Shandling's Birthday (1949)
Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday (1832)
Square Dance Day
November 30th
Ben Stiller's Birthday (1965)
Computer Security Day
David Mamet’s Birthday (1947)
Dick Clark's Birthday (1929)
Jonathan Swift's Birthday (1667)
Lucy Maud Montgomery's Birthday (1874)
Mark Twain's Birthday (1835)
National Meth Awareness Day
Sacher Torte Day (also in December)
Sir Winston Churchill's Birthday (1874)
Stay At Home Because You're Well Day