November 12

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on November 12, include:

• AFRMA Fancy Rat & Mouse Day - November 12, 2024
• Chicken Soup for the Soul Day 
  
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day 
  
• Happy Hour Day 
• National French Dip Day 
• National Pizza with Everything Day (Except Anchovies) 
• National Young Reader's Day - November 12, 2024 (Second Tuesday in November)
• World Pneumonia Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include November 12, are:

• Birth of Baha 'u 'Llah - Evening of November 11, 2024 to Evening of November 12, 2024
• Dear Santa Letter Week - November 7-13
• International Week of Science and Peace - November 10-16, 2024 (The week in which November 11 falls)
• National Book Awards Week - November 7-13, 2024
  
• National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week - November 9-17, 2024 (Begins on Second Saturday in November for 9 Days)
  
• National Nurse Practitioner's Week - November 10-16, 2024
• National Traffic Incident Response Week - November 11-15, 2024 (Observed for 5 days starting on 2nd Monday in November)
• National Young Reader's Week - November 11-15, 2024 (5 days starting on Monday of the 2nd Full Week in November)
• Operating Room Nurse Awareness Week - November 10-16, 2024 (Second Full Week in November) - Also Known as Perioperative Nurse Week
• Orangutan Caring Week - November 10-16, 2024
• Perioperative Nurse Week - November 10-16, 2024 (Second Full Week in November) - Also Known as Operating Room Nurse Awareness Week
• World Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 9-15, 2024 (Begins Second Saturday to Friday)
  
• World Kindness Week - November 10-16, 2024 (Always has the 13th of November in it)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include November 12, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our November Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of November.

NOTE: A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Pirates Fest - Cayman Islands National Festival - November 1-24, 2024 (Little Cayman - November 1-3, 2024; Grand Cayman - November 8-17, 2024; Cayman Brac - November 22-24, 2024) This is the Cayman Islands, National Festival and features different events such as street dances, costumes, float parade, heritage days, underwater treasure hunt, games, controlled mayhem with a mock invasion, lots of music and events for kids and teens.
  

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for November 12 is Scorpio.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for November are:

• Chrysanthemum - abundance, cheerfulness, compassion, friendship, secret love

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for November is Topaz and Citrine.

Famous Birthdays

• 1889 - Dewitt Wallace, American publish who co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)
• 1929 - Grace Kelly, American actress who became the Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)
• 1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, member of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young and The Eagles
• 1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer, and singer (The Notebook)

Famous Deaths

• 2003 - Penny Singleton, American actress (Blondie, The Jetsons) (b. 1908)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1969 - Actress Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music) marries American filmmaker Blake Edwards
• 1973 - MLB baseball player Hank Aaron marries Billye Suber
• 2005 - Businessman Donald Trump Jr. marries model Vanessa Haydon 
• 2022 - Tiffany Trump marries Michael Boulos 

Quote of the Day

November 12th is Chicken Soup for the Soul Day, a day to encourage those going through difficult time and help heal your soul.  I've found that it is great just to protect your energy from those who drain it.  Get rid of, or limit your interactions with the difficult people in your life! Guard your peace!

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Info. to Come!

This Day in History

• 1439 - Plymouth, Massachusetts becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament
• 1933 - Nazi Germany ratifies its withdrawal from the League of Nations by using a referendum
• 1936 - The San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic in California (see our California State Holidays page)
• 1938 - Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Elimination of Jews from Economic Life which essential segregates Jews from the German economy and prohibits them from selling goods and services or working in a trade
• 1941 - During the Battle of Sevastopol during World War II, the Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed
• 1954 - Ellis Island off the Coast of New York ceases operations
• 1956 - Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia join the United Nations
• 1958 - Warren Harding leads a team of rock climbers who complete the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley (See our California State Holidays page) 
• 1970 - The deadliest tropical cyclone, the Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan
• 1971 - U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline to remove another 45k American troops from Vietnam
• 1975 - The Comoros joins the United Nations
• 1979 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the U.S. from Iran, during the Iran hostage crisis
• 1980 - Voyager I, the NASA space probe makes its closest approach to Saturn and photographs its rings
• 1996 - The deadliest mid-air collision to date occurs when 349 people are killed when a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide near New Delhi in India
• 1997 - Ramzi Yousef, a Pakistani born in Kuwait is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City
• 1999 - Almost 5,000 are injured and at least 845 people are killed when the 7.2 Mw Duzce earthquake hits Northwestern Turkey
• 2001 - American Airlines Flight 587 crashes in New York City minutes after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground
• 2017 - At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured during the 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake at the Northern Iran-Iraq border

This Day in Music

• 1983 - All Night Long by Lionel Richie hits #1 in America
• 1984 - Like a Virgin, Madonna's second album is released and hits #1 on the U.S. albums chart (video below)
• 2004 - Love.Angel.Music.Baby is the first solo album released by Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. Her single Hollaback Girl hits #1
• 2005 - The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey earns her the Artist of the Year and R&B Voice of the Year at the Vibe Awards, along with a win for Best R&B Song for We Belong Together
• 2012 - GRRR! is a hits compilation album released by The Rolling Stones

This Day in Sports

• 1920 - Team owners elect Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the 1st baseball commissioner 
• 1972 - Richard Petty wins the 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup
• 1975 - Richard Petty wins the 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!