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2009 October

Month-Long Observances

Adopt-a-Dog Month
Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
American Pharmacist Month
Apple Jack Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Children’s Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign
Church Library Month
Church Safety & Security Month
Class Reunion Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Computer Learning Month
Cookie Month
Co-op Awareness Month
Country Music Month
Crime Awareness Month
Dinosaur Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Eat Country Ham Month
Emotional Intelligence Month
Family History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Halloween Safety Month
Health Literacy Month
International Drum Month
Long-Term Care Planning Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Magazine Month
National Animal and Safety Protection Month
National Apple Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Caramel Month
National Car Care Month
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Clock Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education Awareness Month
National Dessert Month
National Diabetes Month
National Disability Employee Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Family Health Month
National Go on a Field Trip Day
National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Pickled Pepper Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pretzel Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastics Month
National Seafood Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Vegetarian Month
National Work & Family Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pasta Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American History Month
Positive Attitude Month
Right Brainers Rule
Sausage Month
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month
Sun Dried Tomatoes Month
Tackling Hunger Month
UNICEF MONTH
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Wishbones for Pets Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
Women’s Small Business Month
 
Week Long Observances
 
1st Week (October 1-3)
Drive Safely Work Week
Get Organized Week
Minority Enterprise Week
National Character Counts Week
No Salt Week
Universal Children’s Week
 
2nd Week (October 4-10)
Customer Service Week
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week
Drive Safely to Work Week
Financial Planning Week
Fire Prevention Week
Improve Your Home Office Week
Kid’s Goal-Setting Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Mystery Series Week
National Carry a Tune Week
National Metric Week
Nuclear Medicine Week
National Work From Home Week
Nurse Midwifery Week
Pet Peeve Week
Physician’s Assistant Week
Spinning and Weaving Week
Teller Week
UN World Space Week
 
3rd Week (October 11-17)
American Association of Medical Assistants Week
Build Your Business with Business Cards Week
Emergency Nurses Week
Food & Drug Interaction Education Week
Freedom of Speech Week
Home-Based Business Week
Infection Protection Week
International Credit Union Week
National Chestnut Week
National Food Bank Week
National Forest Products Week
National Pharmacy Week
National School Lunch Week
National Veterinary Technician Week
Pastoral Care Week
Teen Read Week
World Rainforest Week
Wolf Awareness Week
 
4th Week (October 18-24)
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
Freedom from Bullies Week
Freedom of Speech Week
Hearing Aid Awareness Week
Lead Poisoning Awareness Week
Kids Care Week
National Businesswomen’s Week
National Character Counts Week
National Chemistry Week
National Health Education Week
National Infertility Awareness Week
National Massage Therapy Week
National School Bus Safety Week
Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week
Teen Read Week
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
YWCA Week Without Violence
 
5th Week (October 25-31)
Give Wildlife a Brake! Week
International Magic Week
Pastoral Care Week
Peace, Friendship, and Good Will Week
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week
 
October 1st
Balloons Around the World Day
Child Health Day
Fire Pup Day
First Ford Model T on Sale (1908)
Homemade Cookies Day
International Day of Older Persons
Julie Andrews’ Birthday (1935)
UN National Day of Older Persons
Vladamir Horowitz’s Birthday (1904)
World Vegetarian Day
 
October 2nd
California Redwood National Park Established (1968)
Donna Karan’s Birthday (1948)
Guardian Angels Day
Lorraine Bracco’s Birthday (1955)
Mahatma Ghandi’s Birthday (1869)
Name Your Car Day
National Custodial Workers Day
National Denim Day
National Fallen Firefighters Weekend
Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950
Sting’s Birthday (1951)
Techies Day
World Farm Animals Day
World Smile Day
 
October 3rd
Captain Kangaroo Day (First aired in 1955)
Change a Light Day
Gore Vidal’s Birthday (1925)
Gwen Stefani’s Birthday (1969)
International Frugal Fun Day
James Herriott’s Birthday (1916)
Lindsey Buckingham’s Birthday (1944)
Name Your Car Day
National Fallen Firefighters Weekend
Virus Appreciation Day
World Card-Making Day
 
October 4th
Anne Rice’s Birthday (1941)
Blessing of the Fishing Fleet Day
Donald Sobol’s Birthday (1924)
Frederic Remington (1861)
Gregorian Calendar Took Effect (1582)
Hunter’s Moon
Intergeneration Day
National Golf Day
National Frappe Day
Oktoberfest Ends
St. Francis Assisi Feast Day
Ten-Four Day
World Communion Day
 
October 5th
Child Health Day
Country Inn and Bed and Breakfast Day
Do Something Nice Day
Improve Your Office Day
Kate Winslet’s Birthday (1975)
National Fallen Firefighters Weekend
Ray Kroc’s Birthday (1902)
World Habitat Day
World Teachers Day
 
October 6th
Balloons Around the World Day
Bald & Free Day
Come & Take It Day
Mad Hatter Day
National German-American Day
Physician Assistant Day
 
October 7th
Desmond Tutu’s Birthday (1931)
Johnny Appleseed Day
International Frugal Fun Day
National Storytelling Day
World Smile Day
Yo-Yo Ma’s Birthday (1955)
 
October 8th
American Touch Tag Day
Great Fire of Chicago (1871)
Indigenous People’s Day
International Top Spinning Day
National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day
Native American’s Day
R.L. Stine’s Birthday (1943)
Yom Kippur
 
October 9th
Curious Events Day
Fire Prevention Day
Jackson Browne’s Birthday (1948)
Johanna Hurwitz’s Birthday (1937)
John Entwistle’s Birthday (1944)
John Lennon’s Birthday (1940)
Leif Erikson Day
Moldy Cheese Day
National Depression Screening Day
Tony Shaloub’s Birthday (1953)
World Egg Day
World Post Day
World Sight Day
 
October 10th
Brett Favre’s Birthday (1969)
Double Tenth Day
Emergency Nurses Day
Guiseppe Verdi’s Birthday (1813)
International Newspaper Carrier Day
International Top Spinning Day
James Marshall’s Birthday (1942)
National Angel Food Cake Day
National Cake Decorating Day
Naval Academy Day
World Mental Health Day
 
October 11th
Clergy Appreciation Day
Dawn French’s Birthday (1957)
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Birthday (1884)
It’s My Party Day
Joan Cusack’s Birthday (1962)
National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work/School Day
Reptile Awareness Day
Universal Music Day
 
October 12th
Columbus Day
Cookbook Launch Day
Farmer’s Day
Free Thought Day
International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
Luciano Pavarotti’s Birthday (1935)
Native Americans Day
National Kick Butt Day
National Salesperson Day
World Egg Day
 
October 13th
International Skeptics Day
Ironman Competition
L.L. Bean’s Birthday (1872)
Navy Birthday
Paul Simon’s Birthday (1941)
 
October 14th
Be Bald/Be Free Day
Chuck Yeager Broke Sound Barrier (1947)
e.e. cummings’ Birthday (1894)
Emergency Nurses Day
International Top Spinning Day
Isaac Mizrahi’s Birthday (1961)
Lois Lenski’s Birthday (1893)
National Dessert Day
Ralph Lauren’s Birthday (1939)
William Penn’s Birthday (1644)
 
October 15th
Emeril Lagasse’s Birthday (1959)
Get Smart About Credit Day
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Mario Puzo’s Birthday (1920)
National Grouch Day
National Poetry Day
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
Penny Marshall’s Birthday
Richard Carpenter’s Birthday (1946)
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day
White Cane Safety Day
 
October 16th
Department Store Day
Dictionary Day
Eugene O’Neill’s Birthday (1888)
International Credit Union Day
John Mayer’s Birthday (1977)
Mammography Day
National Bosses Day
Noah Webster’s Birthday (1758)
Oscar Wilde’s Birthday (1854)
Queen Marie Antoinette Beheaded (1793)
World Food Day
 
October 17th
Black Poetry Day
Bridge Day
Evil Knievel’s Birthday (1938)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Mulligan Day
Sweetest Day
Wear Something Gaudy Day
 
October 18th
Dawn Wells’ Birthday (1938)
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
No Beard Day
St. Luke Feast Day
Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day
World Menopause Day
World Toy Camera Day
 
October 19th
Divine’s Birthday (1945)
Evaluate Your Life Day
John Lithgow’s Birthday (1945)
Ty Pennington’s Birthday (1965)
 
October 20th
Bela Lugosi’s Birthday (1882)
Brandied Fruit Day
Christopher Wren’s Birthday (1632)
Miss American Rose Day
Reptile Awareness Day
Tom Petty’s Birthday (1953)
World Osteoporosis Day
 
October 21st
Alfred Nobel’s Birthday (1833)
Babbling Day
Count Your Buttons Day
Dizzy Gillespie’s Birthday (1917)
National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day
Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Birthday (1772)
 
October 22nd
Annette Funicello’s Birthday (1942)
CAPS LOCK DAY
Christopher Lloyd’s Birthday (1938)
Deepak Chopra’s Birthday (1946)
Franz Liszt’s Birthday (1811)
International Stuttering Awareness Day
National Nut Day
Todd Oldham’s Birthday (1961)
 
October 23rd
Alternative Fuel Day
IPod Day
Johnny Carson’s Birthday (1925)
National Mole Day
TV Talk Show Host Day
Weird Al Yankovic’s Birthday (1959)
 
October 24th
International Bandana Day
Make a Difference Day
National Bologna Day
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
Zac Posen’s Birthday (1980)
 
October 25th
Anne Tyler’s Birthday (1941)
Georges Bizet’s Birthday (1838)
Lung Health Day
Mother-In-Law Day
Pablo Picasso’s Birthday (1881)
Punk for a Day
Sourest Day
World Pasta Day
 
October 26th
Howl at the Moon Day
Mule Day
Natalie Merchant’s Birthday (1963)
National Frankenstein Day
National Mincemeat Day
Shoot Out at the OK Corral (1881)
 
October 27th
Cranky Co-Workers Day
Dylan Thomas’ Birthday (1914)
Emily Post’s Birthday (1872)
John Cleese’s Birthday (1939)
Navy Day
New York City Subway Began Operating (1904)
Roy Lichenstein’s Birthday (1923)
Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthday (1858)
 
October 28th
Bill Gates’ Birthday (1955)
Donner Party Left for California (1846)
Harvard University Founded (1636)
Jonas Salk’s Birthday (1914)
National Chocolates Day
Plush Animal Lover’s Day
Prohibition Started (1919)
St. Jude’s Day
 
October 29th
Hermit Day
Internet Day
Stock Market Crash (1929)
World Psoriasis Day
 
October 30th
Create a Great Funeral Day
Devil’s Night
Ezra Pound’s Birthday (1885)
Frankenstein Friday
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Birthday (1821)
Haunted Refrigerator Night
Henry Winkler’s Birthday (1945)
International Bandana Day
John Adams’ Birthday (1735)
Mischief Night
National Candy Corn Day
War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)
 
October 31st
Books for Treats Day
Carve a Pumpkin Day
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Birthday (1884)
Halloween
Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
Jan Vermeer’s Birthday (1632)
Jane Pauley’s Birthday (1950)
John Candy’s Birthday (1950)
John Keats’ Birthday (1795)
Juliette Gordon Lowe’s Birthday – Started Girl Scouts in 1912
Mount Rushmore Completed (1941)
National Caramel Apple Day
National Knock-Knock Joke Day
National Magic Day
National UNICEF Day