November 6 - National Jersey Friday

Happy National Jersey Friday! On the first Friday in November, express your fandom for your favorite professional players today by wearing your team’s jersey! 

Every weekend during the fall, football fever sweeps the nation, from youth leagues to the professional ranks.  

Fans from all over the country gather to support their favorite players and teams, sparking a sense of community built upon childhood memories, fantasy football leagues, and age-old rivalries and traditions. 

On this holiday, everyone has the unique opportunity to ignite a new tradition by wearing their favorite player’s jersey to school, to work and at home. Gear up and celebrate National Jersey Friday! 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Sport your favorite professional player’s jersey! Show your spirit by using #JerseyFriday to post on social media with you and your friends. 

HISTORY 

The National Football League Players Association founded National Jersey Friday to bring fans together on a single day in November and celebrate by wearing their favorite football player’s jersey.

https://nflpa.com 

If you own a jersey, what number represents the athlete and their team?

DATES 
November 05, 2021 
November 04, 2022 
November 03, 2023 
November 01, 2024 
November 07, 2025 
November 06, 2026 
November 05, 2027 
November 03, 2028 
November 02, 2029 

#JerseyFriday 

@NFLPA 

@nichecinema 

November 6 - National Saxophone Day

 

Happy National Saxophone Day! On November 6, today commemorates the birth of the woodwind’s Belgian inventor and musician Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax. The saxophone is one of the main instruments in jazz music. 

Born on November 6, 1814, Sax invented many musical instruments including the saxophone. 

Years later, he constructed his eponymous instrument in several sizes in the early 1840s. 

 

However, Sax would never have invented the saxophone had he not cheated death throughout most of his life. 

• When he was two years old, he fell out of a second story window and fractured his skull. 

• When he was six, he mistakenly drank boric acid. 

• When he was nine, he fell over a small cliff and broke his leg. 

• When he was eleven, he contracted measles and was in a coma for nine days. 

• When he was fourteen, he broke his arm when he caught it in a carriage door. 

• When he was nineteen, he was struck on the head by a falling brick. 

• When he was twenty-three, he almost died from the effects of tainted wine. 

• When he was twenty-nine, he invented the saxophone.  

 
• On June 28, 1846, he received a fifteen-year patent for the instrument. 

The patent encompassed fourteen different versions of the fundamental design, split into two categories of seven instruments each and ranging from sopranino to contrabass. 

When is National Jazz Appreciation Month? 

After Sax’s patent expired in 1866, several saxophonists and instrument manufacturers implemented their own improvements to the original design and key work. 

Over the years, many great saxophone masters have graced the world with their music. 

• • Stan Getz 

• • Sidney Bechet 

• • Sonny Rollins 

• • Lester Young 

• • Eric Dolphy 

• • Coleman Hawkins “Hawk” 

• • John Coltrane 

• • Charlie Parker “Bird” 

• • Kenny G. 

• • Steve Cole 

• • Jimmy Dorsey 

• • Julian Adderley “Cannonball” 

• • Grover Washington Jr. 

• • Wesley Magoogan 

• • Dick Parry 

• • Herbie Flowers 

• • Ronnie Ross 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

 
Listen to some saxophone music. Go to a Jazz concert. Even play the saxophone if you have one.  

 
Read about your favorite jazz musician. Teach someone to play the saxophone. Donate to your school’s music program.  

 
Use #SaxophoneDay to post on social media. 

 
HISTORY 

 
November 6 commemorates the birth of Adolphe Sax. However, National Day Calendar® continues researching the founder of this musical day. 

 
It you are a sax player, which type do you prefer: alto, baritone, bass, C melody, contrabass, sopranino, sopranissimo, soprano, subcontrabass or tenor? 

 
Do you have a favorite famous saxophone player? 

#SaxophoneDay 

#SaxAndViolence 

#incompetenttimetravellingsaxophonehaters 

@ILoveLucy

@TheSimpsons 

@parksandrec 

@TheBennyHill 

@nichecinema