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Tomorrow's food holiday is 'National Caramel Custard Day'.
Tomorrow is a Breast Cancer awareness day. 'Lee National Denim Day'. The Lee company donates activities and money toward the cause of treatment and prevention.
Tomorrow is 'National Techies Day'. I consider myself among this group.
Tomorrow is also 'World Smile Day'. A day set aside by the creator of the 'Smiley' to spread some joy and smiles.
Two additional awareness days are 'Virus Appreciation Day' and 'Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Day'.
We also have an animal(s) awareness days tomorrow. 'Butterfly and Hummingbird Day'.
If Benjamin Disraeli, is correct when he said 'But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day.', Then let us look at the sensational day of October 3 in the past, before we loose the moment.
IN 1863, The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln.
In 1899,- J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner
In 1906, 'SOS' adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy.
In 1942, The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
In 1954 - TV show 'Father Knows Best' premieres.
In 1955, TV show 'Captain Kangaroo' premieres.
In 1955, TV show 'Mickey Mouse Club' premieres.
In 1961, TV show 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' premieres.
In 1961, TV show 'Mr Ed' premieres.
In 1964, First 'Buffalo Wings' are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York .
In 1990, Germany is reunified after 43 years of being divided between East and West Germany.
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Food: Apple Month, Rhubarb Month, Sausage Month, Spinach Lovers Month,
National Chili Month, National Popcorn Poppin' Month, National Seafood Month
Pear and Pineapple Month, , Vegetarian Month
Other
AIDS Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month,
Celiac Disease Awareness Month, Class Reunion Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month,
Dyslexia Awareness Month, National Book Month, National Dental Hygiene Month,
National Down Syndrome Month, National Spina Bifida Awareness Month, National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
October is:
October origin (from Wikipedia): October is the tenth month of the year
in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a
length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October
retained its name (from the Greek meaning 'eight') after January
and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been
created by the Romans.
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October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern
hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal
equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
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If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago,
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