NATIONAL PICKLE DAY
National Pickle Day recognizes the tart, sometimes sweet, and even spicy pickle. Each year on November 14th, pickle lovers pop open pecks of their preferred preserved pickle. It may be a Dill, Gherkin, Cornichon, Brined, Kosher Dill, Polish, Hungarian, Lime, Bread and Butter, Swedish and Danish, or Kool-Aid Pickle. No matter your choice, eat them all day long. #NationalPickleDay
NATIONAL FAMILY PJ DAY
Comfort comes in the form of National Family PJ Day. Celebrated each year on November 14th, the day invites everyone of all ages to wear their favorite pajamas for a party. #NationalFamilyPJDay
NATIONAL SEAT BELT DAY
As the holidays approach, National Seat Belt Day on November 14th encourages everyone to buckle up to save lives. No matter where you sit in a vehicle, wearing a seat belt is proven to save lives. #NationalSeatBeltDay
NATIONAL SPICY GUACAMOLE DAY
National Spicy Guacamole Day brings together some fresh flavors on November 14th. Call your friends, get the chips ready, and celebrate with a bowl of spicy guacamole dip. #SpicyGuacamoleDay
Coming on November 15, 2025
National Days
CLEAN OUT YOUR REFRIGERATOR DAY
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY
NATIONAL RAISIN BRAN CEREAL DAY
NATIONAL SPICY HERMIT COOKIE DAY
NATIONAL BUNDT DAY
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY
Notable Birthdays for November 14
Robert Fulton (1765-1815) - Engineer and developer of the first successful commercial steamboat.
Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) - Children's author who was known for implementing teaching into his stories.
James B. McPherson (1828-1864) - General for the Union Army.
Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott (1856-1945) - Activist and founder of the League of Women Voters of Maryland.
Addie Viola Smith (1893-1975) - The first woman to serve as an Assistant Trade Commissioner (Shanghai).
Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895-1972) - Physician and psychiatrist who specialized in lobotomies.
Harold Haley (1904-1970) - Judge who was killed trying to escape a hostage situation during a trial.
Louise Brooks (1906-1985) - Silent film actress who is credited with making the bob popular.
William Steig (1907-2003) - Author and illustrator best known for Shrek!
Mabel Fairbanks (1915-2001) - Half Black and Native American figure skater who helped pave the way minorities to compete in figure skating.
Martha Tilton (1915-2006) - Singer known for the duet And the Angels Sing with Benny Goodman.
Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011) - Creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch.
Stirling Colgate (1925-2013) - Nuclear physicist.
McLean Stevenson (1927-1996) - Actor remembered for his role as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake in M*A*S*H.
Jimmy Piersall (1929-2017) - LMB player who openly battled bipolar disorder.
Manon Cleary (1942-2011) - Painter that specialized in realistic paintings that looked like photographs.
Peter Norton (1943-Still Living) - Programmer who created Norton products.
Buckwheat Zydeco (1947-2016) - Acclaimed accordion player who was able to break barriers for mainstream accordion music.
James Young (1949-Still Living) - Guitarist for the rock band Styx.
Stephen Bishop (1951-Still Living) - Singer of On and On and Save It for a Rainy Day.
Condoleezza Rice (1954-Still Living) - Political scientist and academic.
Laura San Giacomo (1962-Still Living) - Actress known for her characters as Kit De Luca in the film Pretty Woman and Maya Gallo on the sitcom Just Shoot Me!
Brian Yale (1968-Still Living) - Guitarist for Matchbox Twenty.
Josh Duhamel (1972-Still Living) - North Dakota actor and model.
Adam Walsh (1974-1981) - Child whose kidnap and murder led to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.
Travis Barker (1975-Still Living) - Drummer for the band Blink-182.
Memorable Events for November 14
1732 - Louis Timothee is hired as the first professional librarian in the U.S.
1792 - Captain George Vancouver becomes the first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay.
1832 - The first horse-drawn streetcar debuts in NY City for 12 cents a ride.
1851 - Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick.
1881 - Charles Guiteau is put on trial for the assassination of President Garfield.
1888 - A 6 hole golf course opens in Yonkers NY.
1896 - The Niagara Falls power plant begins operation.
1906 - President Roosevelt visits Panama for the first time.
1910 - Aviator Eugene Ely successfully performs the first takeoff from a ship in VA off the USS Birmingham.
1957 - High-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee a meeting in upstate NY.
1957 - Hank Aaron wins baseball National League MVP.
1960 - Ruby Bridges became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
1965 - The first major engagement happens between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. As a result, the U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam.
1967 - Theodore Maiman receives his patent for the first laser system.
1968 - National Turn in Your Draft Card Day features draft card burning.
1971 – NASA's Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
1979 - President Carter issues and executive order freezing all Iranian assets.
1995 - The federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums because of a budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans.
2002 - The U.S. House of Representatives vote not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
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