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Small Business Saturday  is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after  US Thanksgiving  during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First observed in the United States on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to  Black Friday and  Cyber Monday , which feature  big box retail  and  e-commerce  stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize  brick and mortar  businesses that are  small  and  local .  Small Business Saturday  is a registered trademark of American Express corporation. The first event was sponsored by American Express, in partnership with the non-profit  National Trust for Historic Preservation , Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and Roslindale Village Main Street. In 2010, the holiday was promoted by  American Express  via a nationwide radio and television  advertising campaign .  Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Plea

Jimi Hendrix  died at  27 years old Born:  November 27 ,  1942 Died:  September 18 ,  1970  ( drug overdose ) Birthplace:  Seattle ,  Washington ,  United States Best known as:  Performer of "Purple Haze" Name at birth:  Johnny Allen Hendrix Jimi Hendrix grabbed electric guitar by the neck and wrestled it into a new era. His feedback-heavy solos and hallucinogenic tunes helped define the psychedelic 1960s. With his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience he recorded the albums  Are You Experienced?  (1967),  Axis: Bold as Love  (also 1967), and  Electric Ladyland  (1968, including Hendrix’s version of  Bob Dylan ‘s tune “All Along the Watchtower”). The single “Purple Haze” from  Are You Experienced  remains one of rock’s touchstone classics. The band broke up in 1969 but Hendrix remained a star, playing later that year at the Woodstock music festival. Hendrix was only 27 when he suffocated in 1970 after ingesting wine and sleeping pills in a London hotel. Extra

National Adoption Day Date When Celebrated :  Saturday before Thanksgiving National Adoption Day  is today. This special day is promoted and sponsored by a variety of child care and adoption groups. According to the websites of these sponsors, this day was created to finalize thousands of annual adoptions, and to celebrate and give recognition to families that adopt children. It is also intended to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of children awaiting adoption. Does the idea of being adoptive parents interest you? Thousands upon thousands of children are waiting impatiently for you to take the step, that will bring them the love and happiness of a permanent family surrounding. We hope you use   National Adoption Day  to take the first step in the adoption process.   Origin of National Adoption Day: National Adoption Day  is sponsored and promoted by a variety of child care and child adoption agencies and organizations. We have not yet uncover

America Recycles Day Date When Celebrated :  Always November 15 America Recycles Day  encourages us to recycle, and use products made from recycled material. Recycling is not difficult. It sends less material to the waste stream ,and it results in consuming less of our precious and limited natural resources. According to the National Recycling Coalition,  America Recycles Day  "is dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products". Use this special day to create awareness of the importance of recycling, and to increase recycling. The world will thank you for it. Even if you practice recycling today, there is probably more you can do. We encourage you to look around at home, at work, or in school, to identify ways your can practice recycling. Take an active role in encouraging others to recycle, too. The Boy Scouts of America has the right slogan for this topic: "Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle" Did You Know?  A

Chaos Never Dies Day Date When Celebrated: Always November 9 Chaos Never Dies Day  recognizes the turmoil in modern, everyday life. Are things a little crazy at home? Is school a little on the wild side? Is your workplace hectic and disorderly? We thought so.  Just when things seem to calm down at work and home, along comes something to disrupt your life. Yes, disorder is everywhere. Hectic schedules, changes to plans, unexpected tasks and chores, the list goes on and on and on....... Today is designed for you. It's a day to recognize the chaos in your life. You can best celebrate this day, by recognizing that chaos never dies. Rather, its a way of life. You can partake in this special day, by putting just a little order back into your life. You can start, by picking one thing that is really disrupting your life, and change it...for the good. On the bright side: If you think your life is chaotic today, just wait until the holiday season arrives. http://www.holidayin