St Aiden's - South Africa - Educators Calendar October

October 2008

1-7 Get Organized Week
– Squirrel Appreciation Week

1 World Habitat Day
–World Vegetarian Day
–Chinese National Day
–Disney World Opened (1971)

2 Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

3 Mickey Mouse Club Debuted (1955)

4-10 World Space Week

4 Buster Keaton's Birthday

5 World Teachers Day

6 National Storytelling Festival

5 -11 National Fire Prevention Week
– National Metric Week

7 World Smile Day
– Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

8 Columbus Day
– John Hancock Died (1793)

9 Leif Erikson Day

10 King Tut's Treasures Photographed (1924)

11 Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday

12 Farmers Day

13 Milton Hershey Died (1945)
– Navy Day

14 Peace Corps Birthday
– National Children's Day

14-20 National School Lunch Week
–Teen Read Week
–National Rainforest Week

15 White Cane Safety Day

16 Dictionary Day
– World Food Day

17 Black Poetry Day

18 Alaska Day
– Black Olympians Suspended (1968)

19 Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

20 National Fruit Day
– Sweetest Day
20-24 School Bus Safety Week

21 Light Bulb Invented (1879)

22 Make A Difference Day

23 Women's Suffrage March, NYC (1915)

24 United Nations Day
– International School Library Day

25 Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

26 Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)
–Full "Hunter's" Moon

27 James Cook's Birthday (Explorer)
– Boston Red Sox Won World Series (2004)

28 Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)

29 Internet Created (1969)
– First Oscar Night (1929)

30 War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)
– John Adams's Birthday (1735)

31 Halloween
–Nevada Day

MONTH LONG EVENTS
– Computer Learning Month
– Diversity Awareness Month
– Family Health Month
– Fire Prevention Month
– Hunger Awareness Month
– Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 - 10/15)
– International Dinosaur Month
– Learning Disabilities Month
– Youth Against Tobacco Month
– Pet Wellness Month
– School Safety Month