11-03 Election Day
November 3rd, 2009
Election Day:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Day_(United_States))
Election Day in the United States is the day set by law for the election of public officials.
For federal offices (United States Congress and President and Vice President), it occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even-numbered years; the earliest possible date is November 2 and the latest November 8. Presidential elections are held every four years (Electors for President and Vice President are also chosen according to the method determined by each state), while elections to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate are held every two years. (All Representatives serve two-year terms and are up for election every two years, while Senators serve six-year terms, staggered so that one-third of Senators are elected in any given general election). General elections in which presidential candidates are not on the ballot are referred to as midterm elections. Terms for those elected begin in January the following year; the President and Vice President are inaugurated (”sworn in”) on Inauguration Day, usually January 20.
Housewife Day:
(excerpted from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/433570/november_3rd_is_housewife_day.html?cat=52)
All around the United States, there are still women who stay at home, do chores, and raise children. Rarely are they appreciated. Those women who are mothers get a bit of appreciation on Mothers’ Day, but women who are not mothers really do not get any appreciation.
November 3 is the time to celebrate these wonderful women. It is housewives’ day.
Housewives day was created to recognize the importance of stay-at-home moms and wives. Sometimes the holiday is referred to as “Retro Housewives Day” because of today’s society that requires a dual income in order for a family to live comfortably.
Culture Day (Japan):
(excerpted from http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/Explore/calendar/november/culture.html)
November 3 is Culture Day, a national holiday. It was on this day in 1946 that the present Constitution of Japan was officially announced. To commemorate this event, the date was made into a holiday two years later to foster the ideals of the Constitution – the love of peace and freedom – through cultural activities.
The Constitution did not actually come into force until May 3, 1947, though, and so there’s a separate national holiday, Constitution Memorial Day, to mark that event.
Bean Day:
(excerpted from http://www.governor.state.nd.us/proc/docs/2003/11/20031103b.pdf)
WHEREAS, the Northarvest Bean Growers Association is embarking on a national campaign, the “Beaning of America,” to educate consumers around the country about the health and nutritional benefits of the bean; and
NOW THEREFORE, as the Governor of the State of North Dakota, I do hereby proclaim November 3, 2003, as BEAN DAY in North Dakota.
Cliche’ Day:
(excerpted from http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/article_220.shtml)
Use cliches as much as possible today. Hey, why not? Give it a shot! Win some, lose some. You’ll never know ’til you try it. Annually, November 3. For information: http://www.wellcat.com/
Sandwich Day:
(excerpted from http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=6507138)
Nov. 3 is the anniversary of John Montagu’s birthday. It’s believed that this 18th-century English noble, better known as the fourth Earl of Sandwich, wanted to eat with one hand during a 24-hour gambling bender. So, he instructed his servants to serve him his lunch meat between two pieces of bread. To celebrate the occasion, Nov. 3 is officially “National Sandwich Day.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected:
(excerpted from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20081103.html)
On Nov. 3, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. ”Alf” Landon. (Go to article.)
Celebrity Birthdays:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr)
Roseanne Cherie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and television producer.
Barr won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on Roseanne. In addition, she has won six People’s Choice Awards, three American Comedy Awards, and a Kids Choice Award.
Roseanne became famous in the early 1980s with her overweight stand-up comedy routine, receiving critical acclaim for her unglamorized portrayal of the typical American working-class housewife. In her routine she popularized the now well-known phrase, “domestic goddess,” to refer to a homemaker or housewife. The success of her act led to her own series on ABC, called Roseanne. The show ran from 1988 to 1997, and co-starred Emmy winners Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman. Roseanne won an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a Kids Choice Award, and three American Comedy Awards for her part in the show. For the final season Roseanne earned $650,000 an episode. During the show’s final season, Roseanne was in negotiations between Carsey-Werner Productions and ABC executives on continuing to play Roseanne Conner in a new spin-off of Roseanne. However, ABC had withdrawn from negotiations with Carsey-Werner and Roseanne and after failed discussions with CBS and FOX, Carsey-Werner and Roseanne agreed to not go on with the negotiations. After the end of her sitcom’s run, she portrayed the Wicked Witch of the West in a production of The Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden.
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Capshaw)
Kate Capshaw (born Kathleen Sue Nail; November 3, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Willie Scott in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and for her marriage to director Steven Spielberg (who directed the film).
Capshaw moved to New York to pursue her dream of acting, landing her first role on the soap opera Love of Life. She starred in Dreamscape in 1983. She met film director Steven Spielberg upon winning the female lead (from a pool of 120 actresses) for the Raiders of the Lost Ark sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). Capshaw also starred as Andie Bergstrom, a camp instructor in the 1986 film SpaceCamp. She appeared in the Showtime Cable Network miniseries A Girl Thing, with Elle Macpherson as her lover.
