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November!

I don't know why, but I love November. It is on the brink of the holidays, and it's gorgeous, and just...RAAAAAWWWWESOME. (That was a mash-up of the word RAWR and Awesome, btw!) Here's some rrawesome stuff I felt like posting.

November Songs (Just a collection of songs with November in their title...!)

1. November Has Come - Gorillaz (LOVE this song.)
2. Azure Ray -November
3. Silverstein - November
4. Atomic Opera - November
5. Tom Waits - November
6. Troop - Sweet November
7. Liz Durrett - November
8. Avail - This November
9. The National - Mr. November

Factoids (from http://www.entourages.com/barbs/november.htm)

"According to the Georgian calendar, November is the eleventh month of the year. In the early Roman calendar, it was the ninth month. The Roman Senate elected to name the eleventh month for Tiberus Caesar, and since Augustus time, it has had only 30 days. Originally, there were 30 days, then 29, then 31. November comes between the fall and winter months. The leaves are almost completely gone from the trees, and the rest have lost most of their color. The Anglo-Saxons referred to November as the 'wind month' and the 'blood month' - probably because this is the month they killed their animals for food. Lots of activities come to a halt in November. The crops have been harvested and either put in storage, or sent to processing plants or mills. Farmers already know if their year has been successful or not. Football is the main sport of the month. The weather is usually beautiful for this kind of sport."

Holidays to Remember
1: All Saints Day
4: Daylight Saving Time ends
11: Veterans Day
12: 'Veterans Day' observed
22: Thanksgiving Day
23: Black Friday (Well, it's a holiday where I live!)

Famous November Birthdays
November 1, 1960- Fernando Valenzuela, MLB baseball pitcher
November 2, 1755- Marie Antoinette, queen of France
November 3, 1953- Dennis Miller, comedian, SNL
November 4, 1969- Matthew McConaughey, actor
November 5, 1913- Vivien Leigh, actress
November 6, 1946- Sally Field, actress
November 7, 1867- Marie Curie, chemist, physicist
November 8, 1847 Bram Stoker, novelist, wrote horror novel Dracula
November 9, 1969- Sean Combs, rapper "Puff Daddy"
November 10, 1956- Sinbad, actor
November 11, 1974- Leonardo DiCaprio, actor, starred in "Titanic"
November 12, 1967- David Schwimmer, actor, "Ross" on TV series "Friends"
November 13, 1949- Whoopi Goldberg, TV and moive actress, comedian
November 14, 1954- Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor, Secretary of State for Bush Administration
November 15, 1940- Sam Waterston, actor, lawyer "Jack McCoy" on TV series "Law & Order"
November 16, 1977- Oksana Baiul, champion Olympic figure skater
November 17, 1980- Isaac Hanson, singer
November 18, 1939- Margaret Atwood, author
November 19, 1917- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India
November 20, 1925- Robert F. Kennedy, Brother of President John F. Kennedy, presidential candidate
November 21, 1963- Nicollette Sheridan, actress
November 22, 1958- Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
November 23, 1859- William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, Wild West outlaw
November 24, 1784 Zachary Taylor, 12th U.S. President, died in office. Got sick eating cherries and milk. (1849-1850)
November 25, 1981- Barbara and Jenna Bush, twin daughters of President George W. Bush
November 26, 1922- Charles Schulz, cartoonist, created "Peanuts"
November 27, 1942- Jimi Hendrix, musician, songwriter
November 28, 1943- Randy Newman, singer, songwriter
November 29, 1932- Jacques Chirac, Former President of France
November 30, 1874- Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain during WWII

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