Special days to Celebrate in October

I'm only a ... little late! LOL

OCTOBER IS.....

Birthstone: Opal, Tourmaline
Flower: Marigold

By the Month:

Adopt-a-dog Month
Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Computer Learning Month
Consumer Information Month
Family History Month
International Book Fair Month
National Apple Month
National Applejack Month
National Car Care Month
National Clock Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Dessert Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Pickled Peppers Month
National Pizza Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Pretzel Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastics Month
National Seafood Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
Polish American History Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month

By the Day:

01 - Homemade Cookies Day
        World Vegetarian Day
        Julie Andrews B'day (1935)
02 - Name Your Car Day
03 - Virus Appreciation Day
        Chubby Checker B'day (1941)
04 - National Golf Day
       World Card Making Day
        Jackie Collins B'day (1941)
05 - World Teacher Day
        Nat'l Storytelling Festival
        Gail Davis B'day (Annie Oakley - 1925)
06 - World Health Day
        German-American Day
        Come and Take It Day
        Janet Gaynor B'day (1906)
07 - National Frappe Day
        Vaughn Munroe B'day (1911)
08 - American Tag Day
        Rona Barrett B'day (1936)
        Paul Hogan B'day (1939)
        Chevy Chase B'day (1943)
09 - Leif Ericson Day
        Moldy Cheese Day
        John Lennon B'day (1940)
10 - Nat'l Angel Food Cake Day
        Helen Hayes B'day (1900)
11 - It's My Party Day
        Eleanor Roosevelt B'day (1884)
12 - Dia de la Raza (Mexico)
        Farmer's Day
Int'l 'Moment of Frustration' Scream Day
       Luciano Pavarotti B'day (1935)
13 - Thanksgiving Day in Canada
        Columbus Day in USA
        Indigenous People's Day
        Nat'l Peanut Day
        Margaret Thatcher B'day (1925)
14 - Canadian Election Day 2008
        National Dessert Day
        Be Bald and Free Day
        Roger Moore B'day (1927)
15 - National Poetry Day
        White Cane Safety Day
        National Grouch Day
        John Kenneth Galbraith b'day (1908)
16 - World Food Day
        Dictionary Day
        Boss's Day in the USA
        Angela Lansbury B'day (1925)
17 - Black Poetry Day
        Gaudy Day
        Rita Hayworth B'day (1919)
        Alan Jackson B'day (1958)
18 - Alaska Day
        Sweetest Day
        No Beard Day
        Chuck Berry B'day (1926)
        George C. Scott B'day (1926)
19 - Educate Your Life Day
20 - Nat'l Brandied Fruit Day
        Mickey Mantle B'day (1931)
21 - Babbling Day
22 - Nat'l Nut Day
        Annette Funicello B'day (1942)
23 - Nat'l Mole Day
        Johnny Carson B'day (1925)
24 - United Nations Day
        Nat'l Bologna Day
25 - Nat'l Denim Day
        Punk For A Day Day
        Minnie Pearl B'day (1912)
        Helen Reddy B'day (1941)
26 - Mother-in-Law's Day
        Mule Day
        Mahalia Jackson B'day (1911)
(singer - Whole World in his Hands)
27 - Emily Post B'day (1872)
28 - National Chocolate Day
        Plush Animal Lover's Day
29 - Hermit Day
        Bela Lugosi B'day (1884)
30 - Nat'l Candy Corn Day
        John Adams B'day (1735)
        Ted Williams B'day (1918)
        Henry Wnkler (Fonz) B'day (1945)
31 - Halloween
        National Magic Day
        Dale Evans B'day (1912)
        Barbara Bel Geddes b'day (1922)
        John Candy B'day (1950)

Anniversaries - see Forum (later today)

For more birthdays of October Days -
see forum (later today)

Marvelous Mitsie
Mistress of Memories
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