November by the Numbers

1926: On Nov. 11 in this year, the Liberty Memorial, home to the National World War I Museum and Memorial, is dedicated by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in front of more than 150,000 people.

14: On this date, the month’s full moon will be the brightest in a lifetime. This super moon will be nearer to Earth than it’s been since Jan. 26, 1948.

1: Just after midnight on the morning of this date in 1914, the first train to use Union Station, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Flyer, arrives at the grand landmark.

5: Game 5, held Nov. 1, 2015, results in the Kansas City Royals’ World Series victory over the New York Mets.

$250: The cost in millions to build Kansas City International Airport, which opened on Nov. 11, 1972.

46: How many millions of turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving in the United States.

3,669: The weight in pounds of the world's largest pumpkin pie, measuring 20 feet and baked in New Bremen, OH, in 2010.

19: This date is Have a Bad Day Day.

100: The height in feet of the KCMO mayor’s Christmas tree, which arrives at Crown Center Square on Nov. 3 and is lit the Friday after Thanksgiving.

1925: The first year the Country Club Plaza is decorated with Christmas lights, now an annual Thanksgiving night tradition.