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Credo Social Media Posts for November

October 30, 2020
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At Credo we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.

P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!

1 November
Painted by the renowned Michelangelo Buonarroti, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome was exhibited to the public for the first time on this day in 1512. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Michelangelo%E2%80%99  

2 November
November is Native American Heritage Month. Learn more about Native Americans’ cultural impact in Credo Reference: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=native%20american 

2 November
On this day in 1880, James A. Garfield was elected the 20th president of the United States. He had the second-shortest tenure in U.S. presidential history. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=James+Garfield

3 November
It’s Election Day, and your vote counts. Read more about voting and psephology (the study of elections)! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=election

3 November
During his second expedition, Christopher Columbus arrived at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) on this day in 1493. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Christopher%20Columbus

4 November
On this day in 1922, the entrance to King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=%28King+tut%29+OR+Tutankhamun

5 November
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month. Read more about diabetes, from its risk factors to its policy implications: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=diabetes

7 November
The only U.S president in history to have served more than two terms, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office on this day in 1944. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=President%20Franklin%20Delano%20Roosevelt 

9 November
On this day in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte participated in a coup and declared himself dictator of France. Learn more about Napoleon’s legacy and the French Revolution in Credo Reference: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Napoleon%20Bonaparte 

11 November
On Veterans Day, we honor those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This day also marks 102 years since World War I ended with the signing of the armistice agreement in 1918. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=world%20war%20i 

12 November
On this day in 1867, Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy erupted. The earliest recorded eruption was in A.D. 79. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Mount%20Vesuvius  

13 November
Today is World Kindness Day. How will you pay it forward?

14 November
“Call me Ishmael.” Moby-Dick, the great American classic by Herman Melville, was published on this day in 1851. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=moby%20dick

16 November
Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro trapped the Incan emperor Atahualpa on this day in 1532. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Francisco%20Pizarro 

19 November
“Four score and seven years ago…” On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his memorable Gettysburg Address. An enduring myth is that Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address on an envelope. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=abraham+lincoln

21 November
On International Games Day, celebrate the power of play! Read about the earliest board games here: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=board+games

22 November
Today in 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while on a political junket in Dallas, Texas. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=john%20f%20kennedy 

23 November
John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was elected president of the Continental Congress for the second time on this day in 1785. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=John%20Hancock 

26 November 26
Happy Thanksgiving! It was in 1941 that Congress passed a joint resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving in the U.S. should fall on the fourth Thursday of November. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=thanksgiving

28 November
On this day in 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan became the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=magellan

30 November
Happy birthday to Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on this day in 1835! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=mark+twain

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