November has five Thursdays in years that are not leap years. In a non-leap year, November starts on a Friday, which means there are five Thursdays in the month. This occurs roughly every 6 years in the Gregorian calendar. Some recent years with five Thursdays in November include 2012, 2018, and 2029.
Oh, dude, November has 5 Thursdays once every 11 years, on average. But like, who's really keeping track, right? Unless you're planning some epic Thursday party every 11 years, I wouldn't stress about it too much.
2012?
No year has 51 Thursdays. A year has either 52 or 53 Thursdays. Normally it has 52 Thursdays. If it starts on a Thursday or a leap year starts on a Wednesday, there are 53 Thursdays in the year.
Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving date in 1863 and it was traditionally celebrated on the last Thursday in November. In 1941 Franklin Roosevelt got Congress to declare a federal holiday on the fourth Thursday in November which moved it up a week in those years that have five Thursdays in November.
Five Sundays: March, June, September & December Five Mondays: April, July, September & December Five Tuesdays: January, April, July, October & December Five Wednesdays: January, May, July & October Five Thursdays: January, May, August & October Five Fridays: March, May, August & November Five Saturdays: March, June, August & November
In 2014, the Melbourne Cup will be on Tuesday, November 4 2014.
A year has 53 Thursdays if it starts on a Thursday or if it is a leap year that starts on a Wednesday. This occurs in specific years, such as 2015, 2020, and 2026, among others. To find other years with 53 Thursdays, you can check the calendar for those conditions, typically occurring every few years in a repeating cycle.
There were five of them. There were on the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th.
If November has five Thursdays, Roosevelt got Congress to move Thanksgiving up the the fourth Thursday instead of always the last Thursday as it had been in the past.
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George Washington declared the first national day of Thanksgiving, but that was a one-time thing. Abraham Lincoln restarted it. It was originally the last Thursday in November, but in 1941, it officially became the fourth Thursday in November (sometimes November has five Thursdays). And technically, it still has to be proclaimed by the President every year, although that is a given.
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