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November

On This Day in November:

• Nov. 1 ALL SAINTS DAY
American Art Week begins
Sholem Asch, author and dramatist, born (1880=1957)
National Authors’ Day
• Nov. 2 All Souls’ Day
  Day of the Dead (Mexico)
  UNESCO anniversary
  
• Nov. 4 National Election Day
• Nov. 6 First intercollegiate football game in the United States 1869
• Nov. 7 Albert Camus, novelist and dramatist, born 1913
• Nov. 9 Berlin Wall opened 1989
• Nov. 10 Martin Luther, religious reformer, born (1483-1546)
• Nov. 11 Indian Summer, also called St. Martin’s Summer (in England and France), after St. Martin of Tours, (397)
• Nov. 11 VETERANS DAY, formerly known as ARMISTICE DAY, when World War I ended the 11th day, of the 11th month, of 1918
• Nov. 12 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, woman suffragist, born (1814-1902)
• Nov. 15 Gold discovered in California by James Marshall at Sutter’s Fort, 1848
• Nov. 17 Suez Canal opened 1867
• Nov. 18 - 25 National Bible Week
• Nov. 18 Children’s Book Week - usually celebrated all of November
• Nov. 19 Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, 1863
• Nov. 20 Book of Concord, published 1580
• Nov. 21 The Mayflower Compact was the first written plan for self-government in America. The Pilgrims and all others aboard signed this, 1620.
• Nov. 22 St. Cecelia, third century martyr and patron of music honored this day
• Nov. 24 Junipero Serra, founder of Franciscan missions in early California history, born 1713-1784
• Nov. 25 Andrew Carnegie, born (1835-1919), gave money to build more than 2,500 free public libraries while he was alive
• Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day, This was the first U.S. holiday proclaimed in 1789 by President George Washington.
  John Bunyan, English cleric and author (1628-1688)
• Nov. 29 C.S. Lewis, Anglican lay theologian, born (1898-1963)… Kids, look for the CHRONICLES OF NARNIA!
• Nov. 30 Feast Day of St. Andrew the Apostle, founder of the Church of Constantinople

October

On This Day in October:

• October 2 Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Nationalist leader born (1869-1948)
• October 4 Francis of Assisi, friar (1182-1226); Coverdale Bible, 2nd English Bible, 1535
• October 5 Anniversary of Salvation Army work in USA, Philadelphia; Robert Goddard, father of space age, born (1882-19450
• October 6 American Library Association founded, 1876
• October 6 William Tyndale, English Bible translator, martyred (c1492-1536)
• October 6-12 Fire Prevention Week; Mental Illness Awareness Week; National Newspaper Week
• October 7 Child Health Day
• October 7-8 Johnny Appleseed Days
• October 9 Lief Erickson Day observes discovery of North America, 1000
• October 10 Double Tenth Day (10th day of the 10th month
• October 11 YMCA Founders Day (Sir George Williams) born London, (1821-1905
• October 12 Traditional Columbus Day
• October 13-19 Teen Read Week (www.ala.org/yalsa)
• October 14 William Penn, Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, born London (1821-1901); Peace Corps birthday, 1960; Agnes Sligh Turnbull, novelist, born 1888
• October 15 White Cane Safety Day; Peace, Friendship, and Good Will Week begins
• October 16 Dictionary Day;Noah Webster born (1758-1843) Compilations of earliest American dictionaries in English; World Food Day
• October 16 The Robe, by Lloyd Douglas, published 1944. Check it out!
• October 19 John Woolman, Quaker leader born (1720-1772)
• October 20 National Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day; John Dewey, American philosopher, born (1859-1952)
• October 21 Indian Heritage Festival
• October 22 New International Version of the Bible Week begins.; Metropolitan Opera House opened in New York City 1883
• October 23 Edgar Johnson Goodspeed, American Biblical scholar, born 1871
• October 24 United Nations Day (UN) established 1945
• October 28 Statue of Liberty dedicated 1886
• October 31 Reformation Day - in legend, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety Five Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, 1517;Juliette Low, founder of Girl Scouts, born 1860;UNICEF Day;Hallowe'en or All Hallows' Eve

September

Moveable Events

• First Monday, Labor Day, September 1
• First Sunday after Labor Day, FUMC Rally Day, September 7
• Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year, September 30. The following day opens ten days of penitence.
• School desegregtion in Arkansas by "The Little Rock 8" in 1957. Terrence Roberts, of our church, was one of the eight.
  

On This Day in September:

• September 2 U.S. Department of the Treasury established in 1789. World War II ended in 1945.
• September 3 Escape to Freedom, Frederick Douglas, 1838.
• September 5 First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, 1774. Babe Ruth's first homer, 1914.
• September 6 Jane Addams, social-settlement worker born, (1860-1935).
• September 7 Janet Taylor Caldwell, American novelist born 1900.
• National Grandparents Day; World Literacy Day: "The man who doesn't read is no better off than the man who cannot read."
• September 11 The World Trade Center Disaster in 2001
• September 12 Hudson River discovered 1609
• September 13 First Sunday School founded, England 1735; Roald Dahl, author born in 1916.
• September 15 to October 15 National Hispanic Heritage Month,
• September 16 Mexican Independence Day; Women's Friendship Day; birthday of Tomie DePaola, children's author.
• September 17 Citizenship Day; the anniversary of signing the U.S. Constitution, 1787.
• September 17-23 Constitution Week
• September 18 Hull House opened, 1889; New York Times, 1851.
• September 20 National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
• September 21 First daily newspaper published in America, 1784; Girolamo Savonarola, preacher, reformer and martyr, born (1452-1498.)
• September 21-28 Banned Books Week. Did you know the Bible has been a "banned book"?
• September 21-29 Religious Freedom Week
• September 22-28 Deaf Awareness Week
• September 22 Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
• September 23 Autumnal Equinox; Fall begins ; birthday of Jim Henson, puppeteer and developer of the Muppets.
• September 25 Balboa discovered Pacific Ocean, 1513; Greenpeace founded in 1971.
• September 26 T.S. Eliot, poet and critic born (1888-1965); John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, birthday.
• September 28 Frances Elizabeth Willard, social reformer, born 1939.

August

On This Day in August:

• August 1 United States Coast Guard, founded in 1790.
• August 3 Christopher Columbus sails from Spain for the New World, 1492.
• August 5 John Eliot (1604-1690) was baptized. His translation of Bible for Indians was the first Bible printed in North America; Ruth Sawyer, American writer for children, born, 1880.
• August 6 Peace Festival, Hiroshima, Japan, in memory of first atomic bombing victims in 1945.
• August 8 First steam railroad, 1831.
• August 12 Phonograph patented by Edison, 1877.
  
• August 15 National Relaxation Day; United Lutheran Church founded in 1748.
• August 17 Fulton's steamboat, 1807.
• August 19 Orville Wright, aviation pionee, born (1871-1948); John Cotton Dana, pioneering librarian, born (1856-1929.)
• August 20 Francis Asbury, Methodist bishop born (1745-1816); Paul Johannes Tillich, theologian, born 1886.
• August 21 Hawaii became the 50th state, 1959,
• August 25 Be Kind To Humankind Week begins.
• August 26 Woman's Equality Day (commemorates signing the 19th Amendment - Right to Vote, 1920).
• August 27 Colonel Edwin L. Drake drills first oil well, near Titusville, Pennsylvania, 1859; Nora Lofts, English novelist born, 1904; Mother Teresa, nun, missionary, born in 1910; Lloyd Cassal Douglas (1877-1951), clergyman and novelist, born.
• August 28 March on Washington, for jobs and freedom led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963. Famous speech, "I Have A Dream."