November
- Calan Gaeaf: 1 November, the first day of winter in Wales
- All Saints Day: 1 November (in Western Christian churches)
- Guy Fawkes Night: Celebrated in the UK commemorating the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot
- Armistice Day: Remembrance holiday in the UK
- Thanksgiving: Occurs on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, second Monday in October.
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Famous quotes containing the word november:
“If God had an agent, the world wouldn’t be built yet. It’d only be about Thursday.”
—Jerry Reynolds, Sacramento Kings’ player personnel director. Quoted in Newsweek (New York, November 25, 1991)
“In that November off Tehuantepec,
The slopping of the sea grew still one night
And in the morning summer hued the deck
And made one think of rosy chocolate
And gilt umbrellas.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Necessity makes women very weak or very strong, and pent-up rivers are sometimes dangerous. Look to it!”
—Mary Worthington, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. The Lily, p. 183 ( November 1856)