November 2008

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Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!

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November is National American Indian Heritage Month.

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Stellaluna author Janell Cannon was born in 1957.

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November 4 is Election Day.

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Susan B. Anthony voted on this date in 1872, leading to her arrest.

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James Naismith, inventor of the game of basketball, was born in 1861.

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Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, was born in 1847.

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Kristallnacht occurred in 1938.

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Veterans Day is celebrated in the United States today.

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The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached the Pacific Ocean in 1805.

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It’s Bullying Awareness Week.

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Mickey Mouse appears in his first animated feature.

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Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein was published in 1974.

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Today is World Hello Day!

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Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, was born on this day.

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America celebrates Thanksgiving Day.

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Poet William Blake was born in 1757.

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Louisa May Alcott was born in 1832.

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Jonathan Swift was born on this day in 1667.