November 9

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2023 Daily Holidays that fall on November 9, include:

• Carl Sagan Day 
• Go to an Art Museum Today Day 
• Microtia Awareness Day 
• National Chaos Never Dies Day 
• National Child Safety Council Day 
• National Scrapple Day 
• World Adoption Day 
• World Freedom Day 
• World Liability Day - November 9, 2023 (Second Thursday in November)
• World Quality Day - November 9, 2023 (Second Thursday in November)

2023 Weekly Holidays that include November 9, are:

• Dear Santa Letter Week - November 7-13
• Kristallnacht - November 9-10
• World Origami Days - October 24 - November 11

2023 Monthly Holidays that include November 9, 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)

• Cricket World Cup - October 5 - November 19, 2023
• Pirates Fest - Cayman Islands National Festival - November 3-26, 2023 (Little Cayman - November 3-5, 2023; Grand Cayman - November 9-19, 2023; Cayman Brac - November 24-26, 2023) 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 9 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

• 1941 - Tom Fogerty, American singer, songwriter, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival (d. 1990)
• 1972 - Eric Dane, American actor (Charmed, Grey's Anatomy)

Famous Deaths

• 2003 - Art Carney, American actor and comedian (The Honeymooners) (b. 1918)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1887 - Anna Mary Robertson marries Thomas Salmon Moses and later becomes a painter known as Grandma Moses
• 1955 - Actor Rock Hudson marries Phyllis Gates
• 1968 - Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin marries British student Maureen Wilson
• 2007 - Actress Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy) marries American music producer Chris Ivery

Quote of the Day

Happiness is Coffee on a Fall Day!

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

Many of you fear holiday weight gain! It’s that time of the yearly cycle again. The holiday season begins with Halloween treating, cycles through Thanksgiving and Christmas, and ends with New Years! Forget Happy New Years, because for most of you, there is no happy to be seen!

See Kerry's Five Tips to Understanding Holiday Weight Gain on her Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 1620 - Pilgrims on the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• 1729 - The Treaty of Seville is signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain
• 1872 - The Great Boston Fire of 1872
• 1887 - The United States receives the rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt makes a trip outside the county to inspect the progress on the Panama Canal
• 1913 - The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people
• 1914 - During the Battle of Cocos, the SMS Emden (German) is sunk by HMAS Sydney (Australian)
• 1918 - After the German Revolution, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates and Germany is proclaimed a Republic
• 1953 - Cambodia gains their independence from Franch
• 1963 - An explosion at a coal mine in Miike, Japan kills 458 and hospitalizes 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning
• 1979 - A nuclear false alarm happens when the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detect massive Soviet nuclear strike. The alert is cancelled after the raw data from satellites is reviews and checking the early warning radars
• 1985 - Garry Kasparov of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion at age 22 
• 1989 - East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing citizens to travel to West Berlin
• 1998 - A U.S. Federal judge orders 37 U.S. Brokerage houses to pay $1.03 billion to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing
• 2005 - Three hotels in Amman, Jordan are attacked by suicide bombers killing at least 60 people

This Day in Music

• 1985 - The all instrumental Miami Vice Theme song hits #1 on the Hot 100
• 1999 - Breathe from Faith Hill is released as her fourth album - it debuts at #1 in America and ultimately wins a Grammy Award for Best Country Album
• 2002 - Lose Yourself from Eminem hits #1 on the Hot 100

Breathe by Faith Hill

This Day in Sports

• 1953 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Major League baseball is exempt from anti-trust laws
• 1961 - PGA eliminates their caucasians only rule
• 1965 - Willie Mayes is name the National League MVP
• 1982 - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for the 1st time

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!