Educators' Calendar: Canada

October 2019

29th September

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30th September

30

1st October

1

2nd October

2

3rd October

3

4th October

4

5th October

5

29th September

30th September

1st October

Ashura

International Day for the Elderly

First Women's Medical School Opened (1883)

Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

First Big-City Woman Mayor (1951)

2nd October

Child Health Day

Canada's First Elected Parliament Sits (1758)

Indian Independence Leader Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

3rd October

PM King & British PM Baldwin Made First Transatlantic Call (1927)

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

First Canadian Climbed Mt. Everest (1982)

First Canadian Went into Space (1984)

6th October

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7th October

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8th October

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9th October

9

10th October

10

11th October

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12th October

12

6th October

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

Expansion of Tar Sands (1984)

Oct. 6-10
Media Literacy Week

7th October

Iron Ore Smelted for the First Time (1737)

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Physicist Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

First Pacemaker Implanted (1958)

8th October

Edmonton Became a City (1904)

Oct. 8-14
Fire Prevention Week

9th October

Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown

Leif Erikson Day

World Post Day

Musician John Lennon's Birthday (1940)

10th October

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

FLQ's October Crisis (1970)

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1979)

11th October

International Day of the Girl

Toronto Symphony Performed First Concert (1927)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

12th October

Lester Bowles Pearson Won Nobel Peace Prize (1957)

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

PM Pierre Trudeau Said, "Just watch me" (1970)

14th October

Thanksgiving Day

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

WW II Came to Shores of Newfoundland (1942)

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

Oct. 14-21
Chemistry Week

15th October

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

16th October

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

Trudeau Declared Martial Law (1970)

Oct. 16-22
School Bus Safety Week

17th October

Canada Officially Became Bilingual (1968)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

18th October

Persons Day

Diwali

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

19th October

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

"Rocket" Richard Scored 500 Goals (1957)

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

Feminist Nellie McClung's Birthday (1873)

First Issue of LaPresse (1884)

Politician Tommy Douglas's Birthday (1904)

21st October

Chemist Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas Edison Invented Light Bulb (1879)

22nd October

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

23rd October

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

Jitters Erupt That Quebec May Separate (1995)

24th October

United Nations Day

First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)

25th October

Artist Pablo Picasso's Birthday (1881)

Frederick Banting Won Nobel Prize (1923)

Microwave Debuted (1955)

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

26th October

Erie Canal Opened (1825)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

27th October

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28th 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

New York City's First Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Debuted (1938)

28th October

Make a Difference Day

Family Arrived on Underground Railway (1830)

Provinces Drafted Union (1864)

Cuban Missile Crisis Ended (1962)

29th October

Stock Market Crashed ("Black Tuesday") (1929)

First Oscar Night (1929)

30th October

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

First Outdoor Vacuum in Toronto (1947)

31st October

Martin Luther Posted 95 Theses (1517)

Donner Party Snowbound (1846)

1st November

2nd November

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Aviation History Month

International Drum Month

Diabetes Awareness Month

Family Stories Month

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