Special Days in October!
There are LOTS of FUN things to celebrate this month! What new traditions are you going to start with your family?
Month Long Observances
* Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
* Computer Learning Month
* Family History Month
* National Apple Month
* National Clock Month
* National Dessert Month
* National Pizza Month
* National Popcorn Popping Month
* National Roller Skating Month
* Polish American History Month
* National Stamp Collecting Month
Week Long Observances
* 1st Week - Fire Prevention Week
* 2nd Week - Teen Read Week
October 1st
* Homemade Cookies Day
* World Vegetarian Day
October 2nd
* Name Your Car Day
* Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950.
October 3rd
* Captain Kangaroo Day The show first aired on this day in 1955.
* SOS Established Designated as international distress code in 1906.
October 4th
* National Golf Day
* Sputnik I Launched The first space vehicle - launched in 1957.
* World Card Making Day The first Saturday in October.
October 5th
* Ray Kroc's Birthday Founder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.
* World Teacher Day
October 6th
* Child Health Day First Monday in October.
* Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion Picture In 1889.
October 7th
* American Bandstand Premiered In 1957.
October 8th
* J. Frank Duryea's Birthday Born in 1869. His brother, Charles, and him built and operated the first automobile in the US. He also won America's first automobile race.
* Yom Kippur Begins at sundown.
October 9th
* First Two-Way Telephone Conversation In 1876.
* Leif Ericson Day
* Moldy Cheese Day
* The Count's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
October 10th
* Henry Cavendish's Birthday Born in England in 1731.
October 11th
* Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday Born in born 1884.
* First Steam-Powered Ferryboat Begins Operation Name the "Juliana", began operation in 1811
October 12th
* Día de la Raza Celebrate in Mexico.
* Farmer's Day
October 13th
* Columbus Day Second Monday in October.
* First Aerial Photo in US Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.
* Indigenous People's Day Second Monday in October.
* Margaret Thatcher's Birthday Born in 1925.
* Thanksgiving Day in Canada Second Monday in October.
October 14th
* Grover's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
October 15th
* National Grouch Day
* National Poetry Day
October 16th
* Boss's Day
* Dictionary Day
* World Food Day
October 17th
* Black Poetry Day Honoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish his poetry.
October 18th
* Alaska Day The anniversary of the transfer of the territory and the raising of the US. flag at Sitka on this day in 1867.
* Little Orphan Annie's Birthday Comic strip character, in 1922.
* Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony In 1898.
* Sweetest Day Third Saturday in October.
October 19th
* Star Spangled Banner First Sung In 1814.
* Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light Successfully in 1879.
October 20th
* Mickey Mantle's Birthday Born on this day in 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.
* Monster Mash Day On this day in 1962 the Monster mash, by Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Crypt Kickers, reached number 1 in the music charts and stayed there for 2 weeks!.
October 21st
* Guggenheim Museum Opens The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art opened in New York City on October 21, 1959.
October 22nd
* National Nut Day
October 23rd
* Edison Pele's Birthday Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940.
October 24th
* Betty Lou's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
* National Bologna Day
* United Nations Day
October 25th
* National Denim Day
* Pablo Picasso's Birthday Born in Spain in 1881.
October 26th
* Hilary Rodham Clinton's Birthday Born in 1947.
* International Red Cross Organized In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.
* Mother-in-Law's Day Fourth Sunday in October.
October 27th
* Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday Born in 1858.
October 28th
* Plush Animal Lover's Day
* Statue of Liberty's Birthday
October 29th
* National Organization of Women Founded In 1966.
October 30th
* John Adams' Birthday In 1735.
October 31st
* Halloween
* Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday Born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912.
Month Long Observances
* Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
* Computer Learning Month
* Family History Month
* National Apple Month
* National Clock Month
* National Dessert Month
* National Pizza Month
* National Popcorn Popping Month
* National Roller Skating Month
* Polish American History Month
* National Stamp Collecting Month
Week Long Observances
* 1st Week - Fire Prevention Week
* 2nd Week - Teen Read Week
October 1st
* Homemade Cookies Day
* World Vegetarian Day
October 2nd
* Name Your Car Day
* Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950.
October 3rd
* Captain Kangaroo Day The show first aired on this day in 1955.
* SOS Established Designated as international distress code in 1906.
October 4th
* National Golf Day
* Sputnik I Launched The first space vehicle - launched in 1957.
* World Card Making Day The first Saturday in October.
October 5th
* Ray Kroc's Birthday Founder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.
* World Teacher Day
October 6th
* Child Health Day First Monday in October.
* Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion Picture In 1889.
October 7th
* American Bandstand Premiered In 1957.
October 8th
* J. Frank Duryea's Birthday Born in 1869. His brother, Charles, and him built and operated the first automobile in the US. He also won America's first automobile race.
* Yom Kippur Begins at sundown.
October 9th
* First Two-Way Telephone Conversation In 1876.
* Leif Ericson Day
* Moldy Cheese Day
* The Count's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
October 10th
* Henry Cavendish's Birthday Born in England in 1731.
October 11th
* Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday Born in born 1884.
* First Steam-Powered Ferryboat Begins Operation Name the "Juliana", began operation in 1811
October 12th
* Día de la Raza Celebrate in Mexico.
* Farmer's Day
October 13th
* Columbus Day Second Monday in October.
* First Aerial Photo in US Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.
* Indigenous People's Day Second Monday in October.
* Margaret Thatcher's Birthday Born in 1925.
* Thanksgiving Day in Canada Second Monday in October.
October 14th
* Grover's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
October 15th
* National Grouch Day
* National Poetry Day
October 16th
* Boss's Day
* Dictionary Day
* World Food Day
October 17th
* Black Poetry Day Honoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish his poetry.
October 18th
* Alaska Day The anniversary of the transfer of the territory and the raising of the US. flag at Sitka on this day in 1867.
* Little Orphan Annie's Birthday Comic strip character, in 1922.
* Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony In 1898.
* Sweetest Day Third Saturday in October.
October 19th
* Star Spangled Banner First Sung In 1814.
* Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light Successfully in 1879.
October 20th
* Mickey Mantle's Birthday Born on this day in 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.
* Monster Mash Day On this day in 1962 the Monster mash, by Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Crypt Kickers, reached number 1 in the music charts and stayed there for 2 weeks!.
October 21st
* Guggenheim Museum Opens The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art opened in New York City on October 21, 1959.
October 22nd
* National Nut Day
October 23rd
* Edison Pele's Birthday Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940.
October 24th
* Betty Lou's Birthday Sesame Street Character.
* National Bologna Day
* United Nations Day
October 25th
* National Denim Day
* Pablo Picasso's Birthday Born in Spain in 1881.
October 26th
* Hilary Rodham Clinton's Birthday Born in 1947.
* International Red Cross Organized In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.
* Mother-in-Law's Day Fourth Sunday in October.
October 27th
* Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday Born in 1858.
October 28th
* Plush Animal Lover's Day
* Statue of Liberty's Birthday
October 29th
* National Organization of Women Founded In 1966.
October 30th
* John Adams' Birthday In 1735.
October 31st
* Halloween
* Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday Born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912.
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