Guinness
World Record Day –
Celebrated on the third Saturday in November, this day is all about
world records. On Nov. 10, 1951, after being involved in an argument
about which was the fastest game bird in Europe, an issue that
couldn't be resolved because of a lack of available information, Sir
Hugh Beaver, the managing director of Guinness Breweries, decided
that a book that could answer questions like that might be a good
idea. The first edition came out in 1954 and one thousand copies
were printed and given away. The next year they had a 197 page
edition that sold enough to go to the top of the British bestseller
lists. In 1956, it came to America and sold 70,000 copies. It has
been produced yearly every since. It has the distinction of being
the most frequently stolen item from public libraries in the United
States.
International Day for Tolerance – In 1996, the United Nations General Assembly invited its' Member States to observe this day every year with activities geared toward educating their populations about how important tolerance of others is to world peace.
International Games Day @ Your Library – This is a day to celebrate games and libraries so today libraries all over the world are playing all different kinds of games. Check with your local library to see if they are participating. http://www.ilovelibraries.org/gaming
To
celebrate today, exercise your tolerance skills by getting together
as many different kinds and cultures of people as possible to your
local library to play games together see if you can get enough that
you can set or break a record.
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