The first Saturday in November is traditionally observed as an occasion where women and girls are encouraged to ask the man or boy of their choice out on a date. Apparently, cartoonist Al Capp started this tradition in the 1930s with his “Li’l Abner” comic strip. Sadie Hawkins was "the homeliest gal in the hills" who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a courtin'. Her father decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which the unmarried gals pursued the town's bachelors, for their chance at a marriage to those that they were successful at catching and dragging back.
In honor of Adolphe Sax, a Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, November 6th, his birthday, is Saxophone Day. The first Saturday in November is also Fala Day, in tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s faithful Scottish Terrier named Fala. The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was born on November 6, 1861.
A number of familiar television programs began on November 6th. Today is the 63rd anniversary of "Meet the Press" (the oldest program on TV began in 1947) and the 35th anniversary of "Good Morning America" (started in 1975). "The Phil Donahue Show" first aired November 6, 1967 and was part of daytime television until 1996.
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