Monthly Archives: November 2023

Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2023 by James| Comments Off on Veteran’s Day
Veteran's Day

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Veteran

Posted on November 11, 2023 by James| Comments Off on Veteran

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to his country for an amount of ‘up to and including my life.’

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Memorial Day / Veteran’s Day

Posted on November 11, 2023 by James| Comments Off on Memorial Day / Veteran’s Day

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Anniversary of “Sesame Street” Debut

Posted on November 10, 2023 by James| Comments Off on Anniversary of “Sesame Street” Debut

On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to become the most widely viewed children’s program in the world. It has aired in more than 120 countries.

Wikipedia Article

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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Posted on November 10, 2023 by James| Comments Off on The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Edmund Fitzgerald

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, May 1975.

SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a cargo ship that sank suddenly during a gale storm on November 10, 1975, while on Lake Superior. The ship went down without a distress signal in 530 feet (162 m) of water at 46°59.9′N 85°6.6′W, in Canadian waters about 17 miles (15 nm; 27 km) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay. All 29 members of the crew perished. Gordon Lightfoot‘s hit song, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, helped make the incident the most famous marine disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping.

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Daylight Savings Time Ends

Posted on November 5, 2023 by James| Comments Off on Daylight Savings Time Ends
Daylight Savings Time Graph

Clocks turn back an hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday, marking the beginning of standard time for the next few months.

This means that this weekend will be an hour longer than normal, but it will get dark an hour earlier in the evenings.

Standard time will be used through March 12, when clocks will “spring” forward an hour to begin Daylight Saving Time.

Ironically, standard time is no longer the norm. About two-thirds of the days during the year now operate on Daylight Saving Time.

Daylight Saving Time now begins on the second Sunday of March each year and ends on the first Sunday of November.

DST has roots tracing to 1918 in the United States, though not all places always observed it. Currently, it is not used in Hawaii and most of Arizona.

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