Month Long Observances
Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
Computer Learning Month
Family History MonthCheck out my page for this special day!
National Apple Month
National Clock Month
National Dessert Month
National Pizza MonthCheck out my page for this special day!
National Popcorn Popping MonthCheck out my page for this special day!
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
Child Health Day
Homemade Cookies Day
World Vegetarian Day
October 2nd
Name Your Car Day
Peanuts Comic Strip First PublishedIn 1950.
October 3rd
Captain Kangaroo DayThe show first aired on this day in 1955.
SOS EstablishedDesignated as international distress code in 1906.
October 4th
National Golf Day
Sputnik I LaunchedThe first space vehicle - launched in 1957. Check out my page for this special day!
October 5th
Ray Kroc's BirthdayFounder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.
World Teacher Day
October 6th
Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion PictureIn 1889.
October 7th
American Bandstand PremieredIn 1957.
October 8th
Columbus Day
Indigenous People's Day
J. Frank Duryea's BirthdayBorn in 1869. His brother, Charles, and him built and oprated the first automobile in the US. He also won America's first automobile race.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada
October 9th
First Two-Way Telephone ConversationIn 1876.
Leif Ericson Day
Moldy Cheese Day
The Count's BirthdaySesame Street Character.
October 10th
Henry Cavendish's BirthdayBorn in England in 1731.
October 11th
Eleanor Roosevelt's BirthdayBorn in born 1884.
First Steam-Powered Ferryboat Begins OperationName the "Juliana", began operation in 1811.
October 12th
Día de la RazaCelebrate in Mexico.
Farmer's Day
October 13th
First Aerial Photo in USTaken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.
Margaret Thatcher's BirthdayBorn in 1925.
October 14th
Grover's BirthdaySesame Street Character.
October 15th
National Grouch Day
National Poetry Day
October 16th
Boss's Day
Dictionary Day
World Food DayCheck out my page for this special day!
October 17th
Black Poetry DayHonoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish his poetry.
October 18th
Alaska DayThe 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 BirthdayComic strip character, in 1922.
Puerto Rico Became U.S. ColonyIn 1898.
October 19th
Star Spangled Banner First SungIn 1814.
Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric LightSuccessfully in 1879.
October 20th
Mickey Mantle's BirthdayBorn on this day in 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.
Monster Mash DayOn 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!.
Sweetest DayThird Saturday in October.
October 21st
Guggenheim Museum OpensThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art opened in New York City on October 21, 1959.
Mother-in-Law's Day
October 22nd
National Nut Day
October 23rd
Edison Pele's BirthdayBrazilian soccer player, born in 1940.
October 24th
Betty Lou's BirthdaySesame Street Character.
National Bologna Day
United Nations Day
October 25th
National Denim Day
Pablo Picasso's BirthdayBorn in Spain in 1881.
October 26th
Hilary Rodham Clinton's BirthdayBorn in 1947.
International Red Cross OrganizedIn Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.
October 27th
Theodore Roosevelt's BirthdayBorn in 1858.
October 28th
Plush Animal Lover's Day
Statue of Liberty's Birthday
October 29th
National Organization of Women FoundedIn 1966.
October 30th
John Adams' BirthdayIn 1735.
October 31st
Halloween
Juliette Gordon Low's BirthdayBorn in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912.
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