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!
November 1
#Diabetes affects 24.1 million individuals; an estimated 6.6 million people are undiagnosed. Learn more about this chronic health condition during #DiabetesAwarenessMonth in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Diabetes
November 1
Ever worn your heart on your sleeve or suffered from the green-eyed monster? Thank #WilliamShakespeare for coining those phrases in #Othello, first presented #onthisday in 1604. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Othello
November 1
#DíadelosMuertos, or #DayoftheDead, is a celebration of life, not death, where Mexicans gather to honor and remember their deceased loved ones with food, drink, parties, and activities the dead enjoyed in life. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=(Dia%20de%20los%20Muertos)%20OR%20(Day%20of%20the%20Dead)
November 2
#ElectionDay is held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November every year since 1845. Why? Because it made it easier for farmers to vote! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Election
November 4
#Onthisday in 1922, the entrance to King Tut’s tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by British archaeologist Howard Carter. Learn more about the boy king at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=king%20tut
November 5
Do not pass go! #Onthisday in 1935, Parker Brothers launched the popular board game Monopoly. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=board%20games
November 7
#Onthisday in 1929, just nine days after the Black Friday Wall Street Crash, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opened to the public. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Museum%20of%20Modern%20Art
November 9
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Today is #WorldFreedomDay, which commemorates the end of Communist rule in Eastern and Central Europe. Learn more about the fall of the Berlin Wall in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=berlin%20wall
November 10
On this day in 1969 a generation of children learned “how to get/how to get to Sesame Street.” Learn more about Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Jim%20Henson
November 11
Why is #VeteransDay on 11/11? The armistice between the allied forces and Germany went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. Learn more in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Veterans%20Day
November 13
#Onthisday in 1789, Ben Franklin wrote to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, “Nothing is certain, but death and taxes.” (Spoiler alert: Franklin died five months later). Learn more about this quotable Founding Father at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Benjamin%20Franklin
November 17
#Onthisday President Richard Nixon went on national television to declare “I am not a crook.” He resigned nine months later. Read about the #Watergate scandal in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=watergate
November 19
#Onthisday, President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address. At only 247 words, it was Lincoln’s most famous speech. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Gettysburg%20Address
November 20
#Onthisday Princess Elizabeth, the future queen of England, married Philip Mountbatten. Their cake was 9’ tall, enough to feed their 2,000 guests! Learn more about the Royal family in Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=UK%20monarchy
November 25
There’s much to be thankful for when #NationalParfaitDay falls on the same day as #Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for? https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=thanksgiving
November 28
Today begins the Festival of Lights, which celebrates the recapture of the Temple in Jerusalem from Antiochus IV of Syria in 164 BC by Judas Maccabaeus. Learn more about #Hanukkah on Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Hanukkah&searchPhrase=Channukah
November 30
Happy birthday, Jonathan Swift! Did you know the full title of his classic was originally “Gulliver’s Travels or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships”? #onthisday https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Gulliver%E2%80%99s%20Travels
