Also on this day...
Alascattalo Day - a day to honor Alaskan humor - an Alascattalo is a cross between a moose and a walrus
World Hello Day - greet at least ten people with a simple "Hello"
National Stuffing Day - a day to try out a new stuffing recipe for Thanksgiving
Tweety Pie (alias, Tweety Bird) made his (gender - male) first appearance in "A Tale of Two Kitties" in 1942.
Voltaire was born in 1694. Hetty Green was born in 1834, and Goldie Hawn was born in 1945.