<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'World Food Day'. . Held in over 150 countries since 1980.
- From Wikipedia (World Food Day):
' World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in
honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other
organisations concerned with food security, including the World Food
Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
The World Food Day theme for 2014 was Family Farming: “Feeding the world,
caring for the earth” in 2015 it was Social Protection and Agriculture:
Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty in 2016 it is Climate Change: Climate
is changing. Food and agriculture must too, which echoes the theme of 2008,
and of 2002 and 1989 before that'.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Dictionary Day'.
Celebrated on the birthday of Noah Webster in 1758.
[The Hankster says] Didn't you hate it when the teacher said 'look it up in the dictionary' when you asked how to spell a word? If it wasn't for the search engine's 'Did you mean ...' option, I couldn't even find anything on the Internet.
* 'Boss's Day'.
In the United States and Canada.
- From Wikipedia (Boss's Day):
'Patricia Bays Haroski registered National Boss' Day with the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce in 1958. She was working as a secretary for State Farm
Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois, at the time and chose October 16,
which was her father's birthday. She was working for her father at the
time. The purpose of designating a special day in the workplace is to show
the appreciation for her bosses she thought they deserved. This was also a
strategy to attempt to improve intra-office relationships between managers
and their employees. Haroski believed that young employees sometimes did
not understand the hard work and dedication that their supervisors put into
their work and the challenges they faced. Four years later, in 1962,
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski's registration and officially
proclaimed the day.
Hallmark Cards did not offer a Boss's Day card for sale until 1979. It
increased the size of its National Boss's Day line by 28 percent in 2007.
????celebration in recent years and now is observed in countries such as
Australia, India, Ireland, and Egypt. Note that Egypt celebrates an
equivalent holiday on 10 December every year.
There has been increasing pushback on the celebration of Boss's Day. The
general consensus of those opposing is that employees should not feel
obligated to purchase gifts for their employers who have more power and
generally make more money, and that any gift-giving in the workplace should
flow downward.
A counter-movement has been evidenced by the date being unofficially
re-christened National Toast Day, with employees being encouraged to bring
personal toasters, pop-tarts, bagels, wheat-bread or anything else that can
be toasted 'potluck-style' into the office to share and enjoy'.
[The Hankster says] Being retired and my own boss, I plan to lavish gifts upon myself this day.
* 'Ex Day'.
Created in 2008 by The Ex List. It is a day to consider that last breakup.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Spirit Day'. International effort against teenage bulling of gay lesbian
teenagers, which annually leads, in some cases to suicides.
* 'National Anaesthesia Day'. In Australia and New Zealand. Celebrates the
first use of anaesthesia in 1846. .
- From Wikipedia (World Anaesthesia Day):
'World Anesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of
ether anesthesia on October 16, 1846. This ranks as one of the most
significant events in the history of Medicine and took place at the
Massachusetts General Hospital, home of the Harvard School of Medicine. The
discovery made it possible for patients to obtain the benefits of surgical
treatment without the pain associated with an operation. The date (16
October) is now globally recognised as World Anaesthesia Day in respect of
the importance of this event'.
* 'Unity Day in the USA'. Anit-bullying day.
- From Wikipedia (Unity Day (United States)):
'Unity Day, the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month, has
been recognized in the United States since 2011. To participate in Unity
Day, individuals, schools, communities, and businesses wear or display
orange to show support for students who have been bullied'.
* 'Pharmacy Week'. October 16-22 in the U.A.A.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'National Feral Cat Day'.
* 'National Veterinary Technician Week'.
o Other:
* 'Anti-poverty Week'. October 16-22 in Australia.
* 'International Infection Prevention Week'. October 16-22.
* 'Invisible Disabilities Week'. October 16-22 in the U.S.A.
- From Wikipedia (Invisible disability):
'Invisible disabilities are disabilities that are not immediately apparent.
For instance, some people with visual or auditory disabilities who do not
wear glasses or hearing aids, or discreet hearing aids, may not be
obviously disabled. Some people who have vision loss may wear contact
lenses. A sitting disability is another category of invisible impairments
sitting problems are usually caused by chronic back pain. Those with joint
problems or chronic pain may not use mobility aids on some days, or at all.
Most people with RSI move in a 'normal' and inconspicuous way, and are even
encouraged by the medical community to be as active as possible, including
playing sports yet those patients can have dramatic limitations in how much
they can type, write or how long they can hold a phone or other objects in
their hands. Non-blind people with the circadian rhythm disorder non-24 are
as a rule unemployable and there are no visible signs of that.
Invisible disabilities are chronic illnesses and conditions that
significantly impair normal activities of daily living. In the United
States, 96% of people with chronic medical conditions show no outward signs
of their illness, and 10% experience symptoms that are considered
disabling'.
<> Historical events on October 16
* 'In 1846, William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the
Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome. .
- From Wikipedia: 'William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15,
1868) was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of
inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his
questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an
obsession for the rest of his life.
On September 30, 1846, Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after
administering ether to a patient. Upon reading a favorable newspaper
account of this event, Boston surgeon Henry Jacob Bigelow arranged for a
now-famous demonstration of ether on October 16, 1846 at the operating
theater of the Massachusetts General Hospital, or MGH. At this
demonstration Dr. John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the
neck of a Mr. Edward Gilbert Abbott. News of this use of ether spread
rapidly around the world, and the first recorded use of ether outside the
USA was in London, England, by the dentist James Robinson in a tooth
extraction at the home of Dr. Francis Boote, an American doctor who had
heard of Morton's and Bigelow's demonstrations. The MGH theatre came to be
known as the Ether Dome and has been preserved as a monument to this
historic event. Following the demonstration, Morton tried to hide the
identity of the substance Abbott had inhaled, by referring to it as
Letheon, but it soon was found to be ether'.
* 'In 1869, The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is
discovered. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous hoaxes in
United States history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) purported petrified
man uncovered on October 16, 1869, by workers digging a well behind the
barn of William C. Stub Newell in Cardiff, New York. Both it and an
unauthorized copy made by P.T. Barnum are still on display.
The giant was the creation of a New York tobacconist named George Hull.
Hull, an atheist, decided to create the giant after an argument at a
Methodist revival meeting about Genesis 6:4 stating that there were giants
who once lived on Earth.
The idea of a petrified man did not originate with Hull, however. In 1858
the newspaper Alta California had published a bogus letter claiming that a
prospector had been petrified when he had drunk a liquid within a geode.
Some other newspapers also had published stories of supposedly petrified
people.
Hull hired men to carve out a 10-foot-4.5-inch-long (3.2 m) block of gypsum
in Fort Dodge, Iowa, telling them it was intended for a monument to Abraham
Lincoln in New York. He shipped the block to Chicago, where he hired Edward
Burghardt, a German stonecutter, to carve it into the likeness of a man and
swore him to secrecy.
Various stains and acids were used to make the giant appear to be old and
weathered, and the giant's surface was beaten with steel knitting needles
embedded in a board to simulate pores. In November 1868, Hull transported
the giant by rail to the farm of William Newell, his cousin. By then, he
had spent US$2,600 on the hoax (nearly $46,000 in 2015 dollars, adjusted
for inflation).
Nearly a year later, Newell hired Gideon Emmons and Henry Nichols,
ostensibly to dig a well, and on October 16, 1869 they found the giant. One
of the men reportedly exclaimed, I declare, some old Indian has been buried
here!
'Newell set up a tent over the giant and charged 25 cents for people who
wanted to see it. Two days later he increased the price to 50 cents. People
came by the wagon load.
Archaeological scholars pronounced the giant a fake, and some geologists
even noticed that there was no good reason to try to dig a well in the
exact spot the giant had been found. Yale palaeontologist Othniel C. Marsh
called it a most decided humbug Some theologians and preachers, however,
defended its authenticity.
Eventually, Hull sold his part-interest for $23,000 (equivalent to $430,000
in 2015) to a syndicate of five men headed by David Hannum. They moved it
to Syracuse, New York, for exhibition. The giant drew such crowds that
showman P. T. Barnum offered $50,000 for the giant. When the syndicate
turned him down, he hired a man to model the giant's shape covertly in wax
and create a plaster replica. He put his giant on display in New York,
claiming that his was the real giant, and the Cardiff Giant was a fake.
As the newspapers reported Barnum's version of the story, David Hannum was
quoted as saying, There's a sucker born every minute in reference to
spectators paying to see Barnum's giant. Over time, the quotation has been
misattributed to Barnum himself.
Hannum sued Barnum for calling his giant a fake, but the judge told him to
get his giant to swear on his own genuineness in court if he wanted a
favorable injunction.
On December 10, Hull confessed to the press. On February 2, 1870 both
giants were revealed as fakes in court. The judge ruled that Barnum could
not be sued for calling a fake giant a fake'.
* 'In 1869, The Tremont House (Boston), is the firs hotel to have Indoor
plumbing, Indoor toilets and baths, Reception area,Locked rooms for the
guest, free soap, and bellboys. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Tremont House (1829– c.1895), sometimes called the
Tremont Hotel, was a hotel designed in 1829 by Isaiah Rogers in Boston,
Massachusetts. Notable guests included Davy Crockett and Charles Dickens.
The Tremont House was a four-story, granite-faced, neoclassical building,
located at the corner of Tremont and Beacon Streets, with its main entrance
on Tremont. It incorporated many hotel firsts:
Indoor plumbing
Indoor toilets and baths
Reception area
Locked rooms for the guest
Free soap
Bellboys
Despite this long list of innovations, it is probably best known as the
first hotel with indoor plumbing and running water. The hotel's water was
raised by steam-powered pump to a storage tank on its roof, where it fed by
gravity to the taps. Eight water closets (toilets) were provided on the
ground floor. Bathrooms for bathing were located in the basement, and
served by cold running water. Bathtubs were copper or tin, with local gas
heating for the tub's water. Running water was also provided to the kitchen
and laundry. A simple system removed the waste water to the sewage system.
The Tremont House set the standard for luxury accommodations and was the
model for many hotels built in major cities at this time. One of the most
notable, also designed by Isaiah Rogers, was the Astor House (1836) in New
York City'.
* 'In 1923, Brothers Walt and Roy Disney launch the Disney Brothers Cartoon
Studio - which later would be called The Walt Disney Company. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an
American diversified:1 multinational mass media and entertainment
conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank,
California. It is the world's second largest media conglomerate in terms of
revenue, after Comcast. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers
Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and
established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before
diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks.
The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio, then Walt
Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it expanded its
existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio,
music, publishing, and online media.
In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to
market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship
family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its
film studio, Walt Disney Studios, which is today one of the largest and
best-known studios in American cinema. Disney's other three main divisions
are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Media Networks, and Disney
Consumer Products and Interactive Media. Disney also owns and operates the
ABC broadcast television network cable television networks such as Disney
Channel, ESPN, A+E Networks, and Freeform publishing, merchandising, music,
and theatre divisions and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the
world. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
since May 6, 1991. Mickey Mouse, an early and well-known cartoon creation
of the company, is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney'.
* 'In 1944, Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker's first steady foil, was debuted
at the The Beach Nut, a Walter Lantz's cartoon. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character
who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the
1940s and 1950s.
Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus who, in most of his appearances, speaks
with a pronounced Swedish accent. Wally is rather slow-witted at times, and
prone to anger when provoked. For many years, Wally was the primary foil
for Woody Woodpecker, bearing roughly the same relationship to that
character as Elmer Fudd had to Bugs Bunny in Warner Brothers' animated
shorts from the same era. Wally is often heard humming or singing the
popular song My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.
Wally's first appearance was opposite Woody in 1944's The Beach Nut and was
voiced by Jack Mather, better known as the title character on The Cisco Kid
on radio. Lantz stock player Will Wright gave him a growly, non-Swedish
voice in The Reckless Driver. Wally continued to be featured in Lantz
cartoons through 1948's Wacky-Bye Baby, at which time he was more or less
replaced by Buzz Buzzard as Woody Woodpecker's primary foil. He would then
make a few brief appearances in some 1950s cartoons like Puny Express,
Sleep Happy, The Woody Woodpecker Polka, What's Sweepin' and Buccaneer
Woodpecker. Wally also appeared, opposite Chilly Willy, in a pair of 1961
shorts (voiced by Paul Frees) as well as in a Woody TV special,
Spook-a-Nanny (voiced by Daws Butler). Wally would years later reappear as
a regular character on The New Woody Woodpecker Show in 1999 voiced by
Billy West (who also played Woody). However, his classic period was
1944-1948.
Wally continued to make appearances in Lantz comic books and on other
licensed merchandise. Wally also made a cameo appearance amongst the crowd
of Toons in a brief headshot during the final scene of Who Framed Roger
Rabbit.
The character's appearance changed somewhat over the years, with a
complexion that ranged from dark to light flesh-tone and tusks that got
variously smaller, larger, disappeared entirely, and reappeared. A frequent
animation goof in The New Woody Woodpecker Show was to draw the mouth
separate from the tusks, so it appeared they were protruding from Wally's
nostrils'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in October
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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