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Printable Version of October Events
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Also see our other October Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities
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Name Your Car Day Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950. International Day of Non-Violence, birthday of Mohandas Ghandi (born 1869) 2 |
Captain Kangaroo Day (Show first aired on this day in 1955) SOS Established in 1906 3 |
First Compact Disc and Player released by Sony in 1982 (Billy Joel '52nd Street') Robert Lawson born, 1892 Donald Sobol born, 1924 Sputnik I Launched in 1957 (first space vehicle) 4 |
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Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion Picture In 1889. American Library Association Founded (1876) 6 |
Alice Dalgliesh born, 1893 American Bandstand premiered in 1957 Rose designated as the U.S. National Flower (1986) 7 |
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First Two-Way Telephone Conversation in 1876 Moldy Cheese Day The Count's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 9 |
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Eleanor Roosevelt born, 1884 First Steam-Powered Ferryboat 'Juliana' began operations in 1811. 11 |
Dia de la Raza (Mexico) 12 |
Margaret Thatcher born in 1925. First Aerial Photo in US Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860. Molly Pitcher (Revolutionary War Heroine) born, 1754 13 |
Lois Lenski born, 1893 Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President) born, 1890 Grover's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 14 |
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San Francisco Earthquake (1989) 17 |
Little Orphan Annie birthday. Comic strip character, in 1922. Mason-Dixon Line Established (1767) Puerto Rico U.S. takes control of the former Spanish colony in 1898. 18 |
Ed Emberley born, 1931. Star Spangled Banner First Sung In 1814. Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light Successfully in 1879. Final battle of the Revolutionary War (1781) 19 |
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Sir James Chadwick (Discoverer of the Neutron) born, 1891 Crockett Johnson born, 1906 20 |
Guggenheim Museum Opens (1959) 21 |
iPod First Revealed (2001) Red Ribbon Week (Oct 23-31) Marjorie Flack born, 1897 Edison Pele Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940. 23 |
Bruno Munari born, 1907 Betty Lou's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 24 |
Pablo Picasso Born in Spain in 1881. 25 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton born, 1947. International Red Cross Organized In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863. Erie Canal Opened (1825) 26 |
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Bill Gates born, 1955 Plush Animal Lover's Day Statue of Liberty dedicated in 1886. Leonard Kessler born, 1921 28 |
Stock Market Crash (1929) 29 |
John Adams born in 1735. 30 |
Juliette Gordon Low Born in 1860, she started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912. 31 |
Also see our other October Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities
Special Goings-On
Child Health Day (First Monday)
Columbus Day (Second Monday)
World Space Week (1st Week)
Fire Safety Month Reading Hour
National School Lunch Week (2nd Week)
Teen Read Week (2nd Week)
Sweetest Day (Third Saturday)
National Magic Week (4th Week)
Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
Computer Learning Month
Family History Month
National Clock Month
National Dessert Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Pasta Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pork Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Seafood Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
Polish American History Month