Fun Facts about the Month of November, Many Historic Things
VoxPop – November is the eleventh month in the Gregorian calendar. The weather in November is also starting to be more intense than in previous months. November has many historic things as follows.
The name November remained unchanged from the ancient Roman calendar until 45 BC. The first Roman calendar consisted of only ten months, with November being the ninth month.
November translates correctly to "ninth month" in Latin. When the Julian calendar was adopted in 45 BC, two new months were added, pushing November back to the 9th. Despite the change in position, November was never renamed.
On November 19, 1978, the largest group suicide in history occurred in Jonestown, Guyana. The group that took their lives was so instructed by the Reverend Jim Jones, who led a suicidal cult called the "People's Temple".
More than 900 cult members drink drinks containing cyanide, with those who refuse to be forced to drink them. November is the last of the four months that have 30 days. The other months are September, April, and June.
Then, on November 22, 1963, in the United States was the day President John F Kennedy was shot dead while driving his wife in a car. He was rushed to the hospital late and was pronounced dead that day. Kennedy was the fourth US president to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, and William McKinley.
The Anglo-Saxons have quite a name for November. Usually, at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, cold winds start to chill you, and because of that, they call it the "Wind Monath", or wind moon.
The Anglo-Saxons also call November the "Blod Monath" or blood month. It got this name because in November they traditionally slaughter cows to provide food during the long winter months.
Meanwhile, in England, on November 5, 1605, a group of Roman Catholics planned to blow up the English Parliament while King James I was inside. Fortunately, the plot was foiled.
