November in History
Compiled by Chris Rowan

November was originally the ninth month on the Roman calendar, and its name came from the Latin word for nine, “novem.” In 46 B.C. Julius Caesar(100 B.C.– 44 B.C.) reformed the calendar and gave November its present 30 days.

Thanksgiving
In 1621, Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony authorized a three-day Celebration of the Harvest. The celebration wasn’t repeated the following year, and it wasn’t until the 1800’s that states began celebrating Thanksgiving as an annual custom. (New York adopted the holiday in 1817). Thanksgiving became a national holiday when President Lincoln proclaimed a national day of observance in 1863. It now falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

Veteran’s Day
Since 1954, all Americans who served in wartime have been honored on November 11th. Veteran’s Day replaced Armistice Day – which commemorated the day in 1918 when fighting ended in World War I.

November 9th-Revolution, Rampage, Unity
In 1918, Revolutionists overthrew the Germany Monarchy.
In 1938, Anti-Jewish mobs went on rampages throughout Nazi Germany. This event became known as Kristallnacht – Night of the Broken Glass.
In 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, effectively ending the Cold War division of Germany.

November 22 – Assassination
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot to death in Dallas.#