November 20th on the National Day Calendar®

You Have Permission To Be Absurd As You Wish To Be On This Day! NOVEMBER 20, 2024 | EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY | NATIONAL CHILD'S DAY | NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY | NATIONAL ABSURDITY DAY | GIS DAY EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS DAY Annually observed on the Wednesday during American Education Week, National Education Support Professionals Day honors the contributions of school support employees. These support professionals provide invaluable services and are essential partners in a child's education. Discover more...   NATIONAL CHILD'S DAY  November 20th each year recognizes National Child's Day and all the potential represented by our children's ambitions, dreams, and goals. Through educational goals, STEAM projects, and academic missions, educators and families join forces to provide excellence at all levels of education. Learn more...   NATIONAL PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE DAY Peanut butter lovers and fudge lovers come together on November 20th to celebrate National Peanut Butter Fudge Day. Read more...   NATIONAL ABSURDITY DAY On November 20th, National Absurdity Day reigns supreme. Oddness and weirdness take over. We're not sure why, but it does. A Day to be silly...   GIS DAY On the third Wednesday in November, GIS Day celebrates the technology of Geographic Information Systems. It's also a day to discover and understand the benefits of GIS. Read more...   Coming on November 21, 2024 National Days NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH DAY NATIONAL RED MITTEN DAY NATIONAL GINGERBREAD COOKIE DAY NATIONAL STUFFING DAY GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT   November 20th Celebrated History   1789  New Jersey is the first state to ratify the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution - The Bill of Rights.   1866  The United States Patent Office issues a patent for a bandelore to James L. Haven and Charles Hettrick of Cincinnati, OH. Patent No. 59,745 describes a yo-yo.   1923  The United States Patent Office awarded Garret Morgan a patent for a three-way automatic traffic signal. The invention allowed traffic to clear the intersection before allowing it to flow in the other direction.   1962  Wilbur Hardee registers the restaurant chains Hardee's trademark.   November 20th Celebrated Birthdays   Chiyono Hasegawa - 1896 She lived to 115 years, 12 days, and was the oldest person living in Japan and Asia at the time of her death. During her lifetime, Japan experienced the Russo-Japanese War. The country launched Hosho, the first Japanese aircraft carrier. During World War II, atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The country hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. They endured the Great Hanshin earthquake and the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.   Chester Gould - 1900 In 1931, the cartoonist created the comic strip detective, Dick Tracy. Gould would draw and write for the comic strip and its line up of criminal characters until 1977.   Anna Pauline Murray - 1910 Before Rosa Parks, there was Pauli Murray. The co-founder of the National Organization for Women was a pioneering face of racial equality years before the Civil Rights Movement began.   Ann Turner Cook - 1926 Cook was the original face of the Gerber Product Company. Her cherub-like face graced the packages of baby food all over the country.   Dominique Dawes - 1976 In 1996, the gymnast became the first African American to win gold in women's gymnastics at the Atlanta Summer Olympics. View email in your browser.  712 W Main Street ~ Mandan, ND 58554 Manage Subscriptions