you can explore October's special days by date.

Month Long Observances

* Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month

* Computer Learning Month

* Family History Month
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* National Apple Month

* National Clock Month

* National Dessert Month

* Energy Awareness Month

* National Pizza Month
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* National Popcorn Popping Month
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* National Roller Skating Month

* Polish American History Month

* National Stamp Collecting Month

Week Long Observances

* 1st Week - Fire Prevention Week
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* 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.

* World Card Making Day
The first Saturday in October.

October 4th

* National Golf Day

* Sputnik I Launched
The first space vehicle - launched in 1957. Check out my page for this special day!

October 5th

* Child Health Day
First Monday in October.

* Ray Kroc's Birthday
Founder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.

* World Teacher Day

October 6th

* 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 oprated the first automobile in
the US. He also won America's first automobile race.

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

* Columbus Day
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* Día de la Raza
Celebrate in Mexico.

* Farmer's Day
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* Indigenous People's Day
Second Monday in October.

* Thanksgiving Day in Canada
Second Monday in October.

October 13th

* First Aerial Photo in US
Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.

* Margaret Thatcher's Birthday
Born in 1925.

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
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October 17th

* Black Poetry Day
Honoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish
his poetry.

* Sweetest Day
Third Saturday in October.

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.

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

* Mother-in-Law's Day
Fourth Sunday in October.

* National Denim Day

* Pablo Picasso's Birthday
Born in Spain in 1881.

October 26th

* Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday
Born in 1947.

* International Red Cross Organized
In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.

October 27th

* Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday
Born in 1858.

October 28th

* Plush Animal Lover's Day

* Statue of Liberty's Birthday
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October 29th

* National Organization of Women Founded
In 1966.

October 30th

* John Adams' Birthday
In 1735.

October 31st

* Halloween
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* Juliette Gordon Low's Birthday
Born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in
1912.