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Facts about November

  • ...No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November! (Thomas Hood)
  • Diwali means 'rows of lamps': thousands of lamps are lit during Diwali.
  • In north Alaska, the sun doesn't rise from mid-November until mid-January.

November

2nd Nov

Day of the Dead

On this day in Mexico, people offer food and drink to their dead ancestors.

3rd Nov

First animal in space, 1957

The Soviet Union launches the first animal into space, a dog named Laika, aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika.

5th Nov

Guy Fawkes' Night

Until 1859, churches had a service on this day to celebrate Guy Fawkes' failure to blow up Parliament in 1605.