<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Caramel Custard Day'. . Egg yokes, milk/cream and caramelized
sugar and vanilla. Cook in ramekins in a water bath. Flip to put the
caramel on top.
- From Wikipedia (Crème caramel):
'Crème caramel (French: ), flan, or caramel pudding is a custard dessert
with a layer of soft caramel on top, as opposed to crème brûlée, which is
pudding with a hard caramel top. The dish is eaten throughout the world.
Crème caramel is a variant of plain custard (crème) where sugar syrup
cooked to caramel stage is poured into the mold before adding the custard
base. It is usually cooked in a bain-marie on a stove top or in the oven in
a water bath. It is turned and served with the caramel sauce on top, hence
the alternate French name crème caramel renversée.
Turning out larger
dishes requires care, as the custard easily splits. Larger dishes also
require more care to avoid undercooking the interior or overcooking the
exterior. Thus, crème caramel is often cooked and served in ramekins'.
[The Hankster says] Let's see. Egg yokes and cream (cholesterol) caramel (sugar). Maybe every once in a while.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Techies Day'.
Since 1999 by Techies.com and co-founded by CNET Networks.
[The Hankster says] Made my living in the tech industry. Yea, us!
* 'National Boyfriends Day'.
Created as a response to Girlfriends Day.
* 'Virus Appreciation Day'.
[The Hankster says] Got to appreciate them (be aware of / understand them) before you can avoid or fight them, both biological and computer ones.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Child Health Day'. On the first Monday of October.
- From Wikipedia (Child Health Day):
'Child Health Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the
first Monday in October. According to 36 U.S.C. § 105, on Child Health Day
the president invites all agencies and organizations interested in child
welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make
the people of the United States aware of the fundamental necessity of a
year-round program to protect and develop the health of the children of the
United States. The holiday was enacted by Congress in 1928, and was first
celebrated on May 1, 1929'.
* 'World MSA Day (Multiple System Atrophy)'.
- From Wikipedia (Multiple system atrophy):
'Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a degenerative neurological disorder that
depicts a group of disorders characterised by the neuronal degeneration
mainly in the substantia nigra, striatum, autonomic nervous system and
cerebellum. Following a report in 1964 of what was then called
striatonigral degeneration, many patients were recognised in whom the
changes of striatonigral and olivopontocerebellar degeneration were
combined and who had symptoms and signs of cerebellar ataxia and
parkinsonian manifestations. More than half of the patients with
striatonigral degeneration have orthostatic hypotension, which proves at
autopsy to be associated with loss of intermediolateral horn cells (origin
of the presynaptic cholinergic sympathetic neurones) and of pigmented
nuclei of the brainstem.
This combined parkinsonian and autonomic disorder is referred to as the
Shy–Drager syndrome. In addition to orthostatic hypotension, other features
of autonomic failure include impotence, loss of sweating, dry mouth and
urinary retention and incontinence. Vocal cord palsy is an important and
sometimes initial clinical manifestation of the disorder.
Both MRI and CT scanning frequently show atrophy of the cerebellum and pons
in those with cerebellar features. The putamen is hypodense on T2-weighted
MRI and may show an increased deposition of iron in Parkinsonian form. In
cerebellar form, a hot cross sign has been emphasised it reflects atrophy
of the pontocereballar fibres that manifest in T2 signal intensity in
atrophic pons.
The cause of MSA is unclear and no specific risk factors have been
identified, although research indicates that a prion form of the
alpha-synuclein protein may be the cause of the disease.
Approximately 55% of MSA cases occur in men, with typical age of onset in
the late 50s to early 60s. MSA often presents with some of the same
symptoms as Parkinson's disease. However, those with MSA generally show
minimal if any response to the dopamine medications used for Parkinson's
disease.
MSA is distinct from the more common syndrome multisystem proteinopathy. It
should also not be confused with the two terms multiple organ dysfunction
syndrome or multiple organ system dysfunction syndrome, which are the more
modern and accurate terms for multiple organ failure or multiple organ
system failure, which is an often-fatal complication of septic shock (due
to severe sepsis, a systemic infection that has spread to the bloodstream)
or other very severe illnesses or injuries'. Fund raiser.
* 'Humphrey’s Pyjama Week'. October 3-7 in Great Britain. A fund raiser for
Children's Trust.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'Butterfly and Hummingbird Day'. An appreciation day with an emphasis on
planting gardens to attract them. .
o Other:
* 'World Architecture Day'. First Monday of October. Since 1985 by
International Union of Architects.
- From Wikipedia (International Union of Architects):
'The International Union of Architects (Union internationale des
Architectes, or UIA) is an international non-governmental organization that
represents over a million architects in 124 countries. The UIA was founded
in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1948. The General Secretariat is located in
Paris. It is recognized by most United Nations agencies as the only
association in its field, including UNESCO, UNCHS, ESOSOC, UNIDO, and the
World Health Organization, as well as the WTO. The current (2014 - 2017)
president is Esa Mohamed from Malaysia. Since 1961 the UIA awards four
prizes triennially:
- Auguste Perret Prize, for technology applied to architecture
- Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize, for town-planning or territorial development
- Jean Tschumi Prize, for architectural criticism or architectural education
- Sir Robert Matthew Prize, for improvement in the quality of human
settlements'.
* 'World Habitat Day'. First Monday in October.
- From Wikipedia (World Habitat Day):
'World Habitat Day is observed every year on the first Monday of October
throughout the world. It was officially designated by the United Nations
and first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the
state of our cities and towns and the basic human right to adequate
shelter. It also aims to remind the world of its collective responsibility
for the habitat of future generations'.
<> Historical events on October 3
* 'In 1863, The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day
by United States President Abraham Lincoln. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an important
public holiday, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United
States. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been
celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after a proclamation by George
Washington. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since
1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln
proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent
Father who dwelleth in the Heavens, to be celebrated on the last Thursday
in November. Together with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a
part of the broader holiday season.
The event that Americans commonly call the First Thanksgiving was
celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in
1621. This feast lasted three days, and — as accounted by attendee Edward
Winslow — it was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. The New
England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating
thanksgivings—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military
victory or the end of a drought'.
* 'In 1899, J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner,. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The vacuum cleaner evolved from the carpet sweeper via
manual vacuum cleaners. The first manual models, using bellows, were
developed in the 1860s, and the first motorized designs appeared at the
turn of the 20th century, with the first decade being the boom decade.
In 1860 a carpet sweeper was invented by Daniel Hess of West Union, Iowa
that gathered dust with a rotating brush and a bellows for generating
suction. Another early model (1869) was the Whirlwind, invented in Chicago
in 1868 by Ives W. McGaffey. The bulky device worked with a belt driven fan
cranked by hand that made it awkward to operate, although it was
commercially marketed with mixed success. A similar model was constructed
by Melville R. Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1876. The company later
added portable vacuum cleaners to its line of cleaning tools.
The next improvement came in 1898, when John S. Thurman of St. Louis,
Missouri, submitted a patent (US No. 634,042) for a pneumatic carpet
renovator This was a gasoline powered cleaner although the dust was blown
into a receptacle rather than being sucked in, as in the machine now used.
In a newspaper advertisement from the St. Louis Dispatch, Thurman offered
his invention of the horse-drawn (which went door to door) motorized
cleaning system in St. Louis. He offered cleaning services at $4 per visit.
By 1906 Thurman was offering built-in central cleaning systems that used
compressed air, yet featured no dust collection. In later patent
litigation, Judge Augustus Hand ruled that Thurman does not appear to have
attempted to design a vacuum cleaner, or to have understood the process of
vacuum cleaning'.
* 'In 1906, 'SOS' adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless
telegraphy. .
- From Wikipedia: 'SOS is the International Morse code distress signal (· ·
· – – – · · ·). This distress signal was first adopted by the German
government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the
worldwide standard under the second International Radiotelegraphic
Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on
July 1, 1908. SOS remained the maritime radio distress signal until 1999,
when it was replaced by the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. SOS
is still recognized as a visual distress signal.
The SOS distress signal is a continuous sequence of three dits, three dahs,
and three dits, all run together without letter spacing. In International
Morse Code, three dits form the letter S, and three dahs make the letter O,
so SOS became an easy way to remember the order of the dits and dahs. In
modern terminology, SOS is a Morse procedural signal or prosign, and the
formal way to write it is with a bar above the letters: SOS.
In popular usage, SOS became associated with such phrases as Save Our Ship
or Send Out Succour or Save our Soul SOS is only one of several ways that
the combination could have been written VTB, for example, would produce
exactly the same sound, but SOS was chosen to describe this combination.
SOS is the only nine-element signal in Morse code, making it more easily
recognizable, as no other symbol uses more than eight elements'.
* '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. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The V-2 (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, Retribution Weapon
2), technical name Aggregat 4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided
ballistic missile. The missile with a liquid-propellant rocket engine was
developed during the Second World War in Germany as a vengeance weapon,
designed to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings
against German cities. The V-2 rocket also became the first artificial
object to cross the boundary of space with the vertical launch of MW 18014
on 20 June 1944.
Beginning in September 1944, over 3,000 V-2s were launched by the German
Wehrmacht against Allied targets during the war, first London and later
Antwerp and Liège. According to a 2011 BBC documentary, the attacks
resulted in the deaths of an estimated 9,000 civilians and military
personnel, while 12,000 forced laborers and concentration camp prisoners
died producing the weapons.
As Germany collapsed, teams from the Allied forces—the United States Of
America, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union—raced to capture key
German manufacturing sites, guided missiles, rockets and jet powered
aircraft. Wernher von Braun and over 100 key V-2 personnel surrendered to
the Americans. Through a lengthy sequence of events, a significant portion
of the original V-2 team ended up working for the US Army at the Redstone
Arsenal. The US also captured enough V-2 hardware to build approximately 80
of the missiles. The Soviets gained possession of the V-2 manufacturing
facilities after the war and proceeded to re-establish V-2 production and
move it to the Soviet Union.
In October 1958 the Redstone team, led by von Braun, was transferred to
NASA's nearby Marshall Spaceflight Center (MSFC), to design launch vehicles
in the Saturn family'.
* 'In 1954, The TV show 'Father Knows Best' premieres. It starred Robert
Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin, Jean Vander
Pyl, Eleanor Audley, Rhoda Williams, Ted Donaldson, Norma Jean Nils. It ran
6 seasons for 203 ep. from CBS (1954-1955, 1958-1960) NBC (1955-1958).
- From Wikipedia: 'The May 27, 1954 episode of The Ford Television Theatre
show was called Keep It in the Family This 26-minute episode stars Robert
Young as Jim Warren, head of the Warren Family. With him was wife Grace
(Ellen Drew), older daughter Peggy (Sally Fraser), younger daughter Patty
(Tina Thompson) and son Jeff (Gordon Gebert). Developed by Young and his
partner Eugene Rodney, it was intended as a pilot for a Father Knows Best
television series. In the episode, Peggy dreams of making it as an actress
but a talent scout who has raised her hopes just wants people for his
acting school.
Only Robert Young remained of the radio cast when the series moved to CBS
Television:
The series premiered October 3, 1954 on CBS where it aired Sundays at 10:00
pm (EST). Originally sponsored by Lorillard's Kent cigarettes in its first
season, Scott Paper Company became the primary sponsor when the series
moved to NBC in the fall of 1955 where it aired Wednesdays at 8:30 pm (EST)
for the next three seasons. Scott Paper remained as sponsor even after it
moved back to CBS in September 1958 where it aired Mondays at 8:30 pm (EST)
for the last two seasons, with Lever Brothers as an alternate sponsor from
1957 through 1960. A total of 203 episodes were produced, running until
September 17, 1960, and appearing on all three of the television networks
of the time, including prime-time repeats from September 1960 through April
1963.
As before, the character of Margaret was portrayed as a voice of reason,
but Jim's character was softened to that of a thoughtful father who offered
sage advice whenever one (or more) of his children had a problem. Jim was a
salesman and manager of the General Insurance Company in Springfield, while
Margaret was a housewife. One history of the series characterized the
Andersons as truly an idealized family, the sort that viewers could relate
to and emulate. As the two eldest children aged from teen-ager to young
adult, Betty (1956) and Bud (1959) graduated from high school and attended
Springfield Junior College'. It came from radio.
* 'In 1955, The TV show 'Captain Kangaroo' premieres. It starred Bob
Keeshan, Hugh Brannum. It ran for 38 seasons from October 3, 1955 –
December 8, 1984.
- From Wikipedia: 'Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television
series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS
for nearly 30 years, from October 3, 1955 until December 8, 1984, making it
the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of
its day. In 1986, the American Program Service (now American Public
Television, Boston) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of
past episodes, distributing the newer version of the series until 1993.
The show was conceived and the title character was played by Bob Keeshan,
who based the show on the warm relationship between grandparents and
children Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on The
Howdy Doody Show when it aired on NBC. Captain Kangaroo had a loose
structure, built around life in the Treasure House (later known as The
Captain's Place) where the Captain (the name kangaroo came from the big
pockets in his coat) would tell stories, meet guests, and indulge in silly
stunts with regular characters, both humans and puppets. Keeshan performed
as the Captain more than 9000 times over the nearly 30-year run of the
show.
The show was telecast live to the East Coast and the Midwest for its first
four years and broadcast on kinescope for the West Coast, as Keeshan would
not perform the show live three times a day, and was in black-and-white
until 1967. The May 17, 1971 episode saw two major changes on the show: The
Treasure House was renovated and renamed The Captain's Place and the
Captain replaced his navy blue coat with a red coat. In September 1981, CBS
shortened the hour-long show to a half-hour, briefly retitled it Wake Up
with the Captain, and moved it to an earlier time slot it was later moved
to weekends in September 1982, and returned to an hour-long format. It was
canceled by CBS at the end of 1984'.
* 'In 1955, TV show 'Mickey Mouse Club' premieres. It ran for a total of 14
seasons for 36 ep. from October 3, 1955 – March 7, 1996.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Mickey Mouse Club was an American variety television
show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996. Created by Walt Disney
and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised
from 1955 to 1959 by ABC, featuring a regular but ever-changing cast of
mostly teen performers. Reruns were broadcast by ABC on weekday afternoons
during the 1958-59 season, right after American Bandstand. The show was
revived after its initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977 to 1979 for
first-run syndication, and airing again exclusively on Disney Channel from
1989 to 1996.
Previous to the TV series, there was a theater-based Mickey Mouse Club. The
first one started on January 4, 1930 at 12 noon at the Fox Dome Theater in
Ocean Park, California with sixty theaters hosting clubs by March 31. The
Club released its first issue of the Official Bulletin of the Mickey Mouse
Club on April 15, 1930. By 1932, the Club had 1 million members, and in
1933 its first British club opened at Darlington's Arcade Cinema. In 1935,
Disney began to phase out the club.
The Mickey Mouse Club was Walt Disney's second venture into producing a
television series, the first being the Walt Disney anthology television
series, initially titled Disneyland. Disney used both shows to help finance
and promote the building of the Disneyland theme park. Being busy with
these projects and others, Disney turned The Mickey Mouse Club over to Bill
Walsh to create and develop the format, initially aided by Hal Adelquist.
The result was a variety show for children, with such regular features as a
newsreel, a cartoon, and a serial, as well as music, talent and comedy
segments. One unique feature of the show was the Mouseketeer Roll Call, in
which many (but not all) of that day's line-up of regular performers would
introduce themselves by name to the television audience. In the serials,
teens faced challenges in everyday situations, often overcome by their
common sense or through recourse to the advice of respected elders. Mickey
Mouse himself appeared in every show not only in vintage cartoons
originally made for theatrical release, but in opening, interstitial and
closing segments made especially for the show. In both the vintage cartoons
and in the new animated segments, Mickey was voiced by his creator Walt
Disney. (Disney had previously voiced the character theatrically from 1928
to 1947, and then was replaced by sound effects artist Jimmy MacDonald)'.
* 'In 1960, The TV comedy 'The Andy Griffith Show' premieres on CBS. It
starred Andy Griffith, Ronny Howard, Don Knotts, Frances Bavier. It ran for
8 seasons for 249 ep. from October 3, 1960 – April 1, 1968.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom which aired
on CBS from October 3, 1960 to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour
episodes spanning over eight seasons, first in black-and-white, and then,
in color, which partially originated from an episode of The Danny Thomas
Show. It stars Andy Griffith, who portrays the widowed sheriff of the
fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is
complicated by an inept but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife (Don Knotts),
Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), a spinster aunt and housekeeper, and Opie (Ron
Howard), a precocious young son. Eccentric friends and temperamental
girlfriends further complicate his life. Regarding the tone of the show,
Griffith said that despite a contemporary setting, the show evoked
nostalgia, stating in a Today Show interview: Well, though we never said
it, and though it was shot in the 1960s, it had a feeling of the 1930s. It
was, when we were doing it, of a time gone by.
The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended
its final season at number one. On separate occasions, it has been ranked
by TV Guide as the 9th-best and 13th-best show in American television
history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its
eight-season run, co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total
of six Emmy Awards. The series spawned its own spin-off, Gomer Pyle,
U.S.M.C. (1964), a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D. (1968), and a reunion
telemovie, Return to Mayberry (1986). Reruns of the show are often aired on
TV Land and MeTV, while the complete series is available on DVD. The show
has also been made available on streaming video services such as Netflix.
An annual festival celebrating the show, Mayberry Days, is held each year
in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina'.
* 'In 1961, The TV show 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' premieres. It starred Dick
Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathew. It
ran for 5 seasons for 158 ep. from October 3, 1961 – June 1, 1966.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom
that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961 to June 1, 1966, with a
total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning over five seasons. The show was
created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey
Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, and Mary Tyler Moore. It centered on the work and
home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie (Van Dyke). The show was
produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff. The music for the
show's theme song was written by Earle Hagen.
The series won 15 Emmy Awards. In 1997, the episodes Coast-to-Coast Big
Mouth and It May Look Like a Walnut were ranked at 8 and 15 respectively on
TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. In 2002, it was ranked at 13
on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time and in 2013, it was ranked
at 20 on their list of the 60 Best Series'.
* 'In 1990, Germany is reunified after 43 years of being divided between
East &West Germany. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The German reunification (German: Deutsche
Wiedervereinigung) was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic
Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany
(FRG/West Germany) to form the reunited nation of Germany, and when Berlin
reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz
constitution Article 23. The end of the unification process is officially
referred to as German unity (German: Deutsche Einheit), celebrated on 3
October (German Unity Day) (German: Tag der deutschen Einheit). Following
German reunification, Berlin was once again designated as the capital of
united Germany.
The East German regime started to falter in May 1989, when the removal of
Hungary's border fence with Austria opened a hole in the Iron Curtain. It
caused an exodus of thousands of East Germans fleeing to West Germany and
Austria via Hungary. The Peaceful Revolution, a series of protests by East
Germans, led to the GDR's first free elections on 18 March 1990, and to the
negotiations between the GDR and FRG that culminated in a Unification
Treaty. Other negotiations between the GDR and FRG and the four occupying
powers produced the so-called Two Plus Four Treaty (Treaty on the Final
Settlement with Respect to Germany) granting full sovereignty to a unified
German state, whose two parts had previously still been bound by a number
of limitations stemming from their post-World War II status as occupied
regions.
The united Germany is the enlarged continuation of the Federal Republic and
not a successor state. As such, the Federal Republic of Germany retained
all its memberships in international organizations including the European
Community (later the European Union) and NATO, while relinquishing
membership in the Warsaw Pact and other international organizations to
which only East Germany belonged'.
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Food
American Cheese Month
Apple Month
Corn Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Caramel Month
National Cookbook Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month
Pizza Month
Sausage Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Vegetarian Month
Health
AIDS Awareness Month
American Pharmacists Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Christmas Seal Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Global ADHD Awareness Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stop Bullying Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
World Menopause Month
Animal and Pet
Adopt A Dog Month
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
Bat Appreciation Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
Wishbones for Pets Month
Other
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Class Reunion Month
Country Music Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair
Fair Trade Month
Financial Planning Month
German-American Heritage Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Intergeneration Month
Learn To Bowl Month
National Arts and Humanities Month
National Chili Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Field Trip Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Work and Family Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Self-Promotion 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.
"
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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