Although Authors' Day was originally observed by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1929, in 1949, the U.S. Department of Commerce made it an official observance in a resolution that states: “by celebrating an Authors’ Day as a nation, we would not only show patriotism, loyalty, and appreciation of the men and women who have made American literature possible, but would also encourage and inspire others to give of themselves in making a better America..."
In the U.S. Virgin Islands, today is Liberty day, which celebrates and commemorates the institution of a free press, in 1915, when David Hamilton Jackson printed "The Herald" as the first free newspaper in the then Danish West Indies.
November 1st is also Cook For Your Pets Day, National Family Literacy Day, and, of course, All Saints Day (a holy day of obligation for any Catholics out there).
Horse racing fans may appreciate today as the anniversary of the "Match of the Century" between Seabiscuit and War Admiral on November 1, 1938, at Pimlico Race Track in Baltimore, Maryland. Despite War Admiral running his best time for that distance, Seabiscuit won the race by 4 lengths in front of an estimated 40,000 spectators at the track and 40 million listening to the race on radio.
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