October Holiday Calendar

October 1

• Get Organized Week, October 1-7
• World Vegetarian Day
• CD Player Debuts, 1982
• Firepup's Birthday
• Disney World Opened, 1971
• Yosemite National Park Established, 1890
• World Habitat Day

October 2

• Redwood National Park Established, 1968
• Peanuts 50th Anniversary
• Child Health Day
• National Frugal Fun Day

October 3

• Mickey Mouse Club Debut, 1955

October 4

• Sputnik Launched, 1957

October 5

• Fire Prevention Week
• National Apple Betty Day
• Long Walk Day

October 6

• National Storytelling Festival
• National German-American Day

October 7

• Arthur TV Premiere
• Cabbage Patch Kids Debuted, 1983
• Bathtub Day
• National Storytelling Festival

October 8

• RL Stine's Birthday

October 9

• National Children's Day

October 10

• James Marshall's Birthday
• National Angel Food Cake Day
• National Wildlife Refuge System Week
• Tuxedo Day
• King Tut's Treasure Photographed, 1924

October 11

• National Sausage Pizza Day
• Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday

October 12

• 1st Columbus Day, October 12, 1866
• Farmer's Day

October 13

• Columbus Day Observed
• Canadian Thanksgiving Day
• White House Cornerstone Laid
• Navy Day
• Milton Hershey Died, 1945

October 14

• Alaska Day Celebration
• Dwight D Eisenhower Birthday
• Sound Barrier Broken

October 15

• National Grouch Day

October 16

• Dictionary Day
• Noah Webster's Birthday
• World Food Day

October 17

• Black Poetry Day

October 18

• Alaska Day
• Missouri Day
• Ivory Soap Invented
• Long Distance Day

October 19

• Yorktown Day
• Star Spangled Banner 1st Sung
• Electricity Day

October 20

• National Fruit Day
• Mickey Mantle's Birthday
• Rubber Band Invented
• Shampoo Day

October 21

• Reptile Awareness Day
• Incandescent Lamp Demonstrated
• Alfred Bernhard Nobel's Birthday

October 22

• 1st Xerox Image Produced
• 1st Streamlined Pullman Train Used
  Trains Mini Unit
• Used Car Day

October 23

• Canning Day
• Hungary Declared Independent
• Mole Day

October 24

• United Nations Day
• Pennsylvania Day
• National Bologna Day
• Friction Matches Patented

October 25

• Pablo Ruiz Picasso Birthday
• Brad Gilchrist's Birthday
• National Greasy Foods Day

October 26

• Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice, 1966
• Erie Canal Opened
• Steven Kellogg's Birthday

October 27

• James Cook's Birthday
• New York City Subway Began Operating
• Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday
• National Potato Day
• Make a Difference Day

October 28

• Statue of Liberty Dedicated
• Cotton Gin Patented
• Daylight Saving Time Ends
• Fall Back Day

October 29

• Internet Created
• Stock Market Crash
• Oatmeal Day

October 30

• John Adams' Birthday
• Emily Post's Birthday
• Buy-A-Doughnut Day
• National Candy Corn Day

October 31

• Mount Rushmore Completion
• National UNICEF Day
• Nevada Admission Day
• National Caramel Apple Day

Month:

• Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
• American Pharmacist Month
• Apple Jack Month
• Awareness Month
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Clergy Appreciation Month
• Computer Learning Month
• Cookie Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Eat Country Ham Month
• International Drum Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• National Diabetes Month
• National Pizza Month
• National Vegetarian Month
• National Popcorn Popping Month
• Sarcastic Month
• Seafood Month

Weekly Celebrations:

• Week 1 Get Organized Week
• Week 1 Customer Service Week
• Week 2 Fire Prevention Week
• Week 2 Pet Peeve Week
• Week 3 Pastoral Care Week