November Fun Facts

• Thanksgiving was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1789.
  
  
• The ancient Roman calendar listed November as the ninth month.
  

• The birthstone for November is the topaz.
  
  
• John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963.
  
  
• Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was given in November 1863.
  
  
• The US and Canada celebrate the end of WWI on November 11.
  
  
• Winter once began on November 11, according to the calendar of ancient Rome.

Have a great November, all!