Educators' Calendar: United States

October 2019

29th September

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30th September

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1st October

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2nd October

2

3rd October

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4th October

4

5th October

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29th September

30th September

1st October

Spain Ceded Louisiana to France (1800)

Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

Pres. Jimmy Carter's Birthday (1924)

2nd October

Child Health Day

Leader Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

3rd October

Frank Robinson Became First Black Baseball Manager (1974)

East and West Germany United (1990)

4th October

Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)

Oct. 4-10
World Space Week

5th October

World Teacher's Day

6th October

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7th October

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8th October

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9th October

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10th October

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11th October

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12th October

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6th October

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

7th October

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Physicist Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

Oct. 7-13
Teen Read Week

Oct. 7-13
Fire Prevention Week

8th October

Great Fire of Chicago Started (1871)

Oct. 8-14
Metric Week

9th October

Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown

Leif Erikson Day

Washington Monument Opened (1888)

10th October

Indigenous Peoples' Day

U.S. Naval Academy Opened in MD (1845)

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

11th October

International Day of the Girl

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday (1884)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

12th October

Columbus Landed in Bahamas (1492)

USS Cole Attacked (2000)

13th October

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14th October

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15th October

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16th October

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17th October

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18th October

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19th October

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13th October

Cornerstone of White House Laid (1792)

14th October

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

Oct. 14-20
Earth Science Week

15th October

White Cane Safety Day

U.S. Dept. of Transportation Created (1966)

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

Oct. 15-19
School Bus Safety Week

16th October

Dictionary Day

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

17th October

Black Poetry Day

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison's Birthday (1956)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

18th October

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

Black Olympians Suspended for Protest (1968)

19th October

Last Major Battle of American Revolution Ended (1781)

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

20th October

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21st October

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22nd October

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23rd October

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24th October

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25th October

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26th October

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20th October

Senate Ratified Louisiana Purchase (1803)

21st October

Apple Day

Chemist Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas Edison Invented Light bulb (1879)

Oct. 21-27
Chemistry Week

22nd October

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

23rd October

Women's Suffrage March, NYC (1915)

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

Apple's iPod Unveiled (2006)

24th October

United Nations Day

25th October

Artist Pablo Picasso's Birthday (1881)

Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

U.S. Invaded Grenada (1983)

26th October

First Continental Congress Adjourned (1774)

Stateswoman Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday (1947)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

27th October

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29th October

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30th October

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31st October

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1st November

1

2nd November

2

27th October

Navy Day

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday (1858)

First NYC Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Fabric Debuted (1938)

28th October

Make a Difference Day

Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)

National Prohibition Act Passed (1919)

29th October

"Black Tuesday": Stock Market Crashed (1929)

First Oscar Night (1929)

National Organization for Women Founded (1966)

30th October

Pres. John Adams's Birthday (1735)

Poet Ezra Pound's Birthday (1885)

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

31st October

Nevada Day (1864)

Mt. Rushmore Completed (1941)

1st November

2nd November

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Energy Awareness Month

School Safety Month

Family History Month

Stamp Collecting Month

Bullying Prevention Month

Filipino-American History Month

Youth Against Tobacco Month

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