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1st November
The Day Of The Dead
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) festivities are held on November 1st (All Saints Day) and November 2nd (All Souls Day), a celebration which (almost)
2nd November
National Deviled Egg Day
The holidays and indeed party season will be upon us faster than you can say 'eat, drink and be merry,' and it just so happens that today we celebrate
3rd November
David Embury's birthday
The author of that seminal work, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Augustus Embury was born on this day in 1886 in Pine Woods, upstate New York. He
4th November
National Candy Day
Although you never need an excuse to eat sweets, there is of course a day dedicated to 'candy', and that day is the 4th of November.
5th November
Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night Cocktails
Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
6th November
National Nacho Day
Not a fan of nachos? Then today is nacho lucky day! Yes, today is National Nacho Day, a day dedicated to those delicious fried tortilla chips that we love
7th November
Museum of Modern Art's birthday
New York City's The Museum of Modern Art opened to the public on this day in 1929. Affectionately known as MoMA, with 300,000 books and exhibition catalogues,
8th November
National Harvey Wallbanger Day
Of all the cocktails to have its very own day, the Harvey Wallbanger is probably the most surprising. But, yes, Harvey Wallbanger Day is a thing in American.
9th November
The Berlin Wall toppled this day
On this day in 1989, protestors tore down the Berlin Wall, which had divided communist East Germany from capitalist West Germany since 1961.
10th November
Irish Coffee arrived in America this day
The splendidly named Stanton Delaplane, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, may have won a Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, but his legacy remains
11th November
The first global conflict ended this day
Today is Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day across the Commonwealth, and Armistice Day in France and Belgium – a solemn occasion when we remember
12th November
Happy Hour Day
Every hour should be happy but in most bars, this term does not reflect a collective state of joyousness but a period of comparatively cheap booze. Not
13th November
World Kindness Day
Amelia Earheart once said that 'A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions', and we're keeping that at the forefront this 13th November,
14th November
National Pickle Day
In a bit of a pickle? Perfect, because today is National Pickle Day. Celebrated annually on 14th November, this is yet another calendar day that originated
15th November
Gillette's birthday
On this day in 1904, the fabulously named King Camp Gillette received a patent for a new kind of razor, putting a gadzillion barber shops out of business
16th November
Zinfandel Day
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless, With fruit the vines that round
17th November
Anniversary of the start of the coronavirus outbreak
A day cemented firmly on the global psyche thanks (or not!) to the coronavirus outbreak that saw the world shut its doors for much of the following year.
18th November
International Poitin Day
International Poitín Day was both launched and established in 2015 at an event held at the Sun Tavern in London's Bethnal Green by Bán Poitín.
19th November
National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
Niche it may be, but this unique celebration of carbonated beverages with caffeine feels like the boost we all need.
20th November
World Gibson Martini Day
Marian Beke, founder of The Gibson Bar in London, launched World Gibson Martini Day in 2018 to celebrate this classic cocktail.
21st November
Gingerbread Cookie Day
With a hint of warming spice, gingerbread cookies are the perfect autumn treat (unless you're the gingerbread man of course). So cosy up and indulge in
22nd November
National Cranberry Relish Day
Just in time for Thanksgiving, National Cranberry Relish Day has arrived, and boy are we thankful for it.
23rd November
St George's Day
No, this is not a misprint. Today, the 23rd November really is St George's Day - in Georgia, where the lucky folk get the day off work to boot.
24th November
The Origin of Species was published this day
An English naturalist and geologist, who spent almost five years recording the wildlife of Latin America from his base on board HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin
25th November
Maize Day
Maize, or corn, is a cereal grain that was first domesticated by the indigenous peoples of southern Mexico about ten thousand years ago. Enjoyed worldwide,
26th November
National Cake Day
In the words of Boris Johnson, My policy on cake is pro having it, and pro eating it - unless of course it's your birthday, in Downing Street, during lockdown.
27th November
A drinking song deity died this day
A prolific author of drinking songs – and more delicate poems, too – the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the man who brought us carpe diem (seize
28th November
Women voted for first time on this day
Even Saudi Arabia finally saw women vote for the first time in 2015, so now equal voting rights for men and women are the norm, it's hard to imagine quite
29th November
Gaming's birthday
Who would have thought three lines and a couple of dots could be so much fun? Pong, the devilishly simple game that kick-started the video-game era, launched
30th November
St Andrew's Day
Today is the day when Scots around the world celebrate their patron saint, St Andrew, who intervened in a memorable battle against the Angles around a
