Breastfeeding Week (National, US) is celebrated every year during the first week in October. The significance of this week is that it follows 9 completed months of the year. It therefore represents the end of a pregnancy and the beginning of breastfeeding.
Source: Breastfeeding Week as August 1-7 each year. In some places, national during the month of October. Source: Customer Service Week (National, US - Observed the first full week of October) week in October.
Sponsored by the International Customer Service Association, the Help Desk Institute and the Customer Service Group. See official Web site: www.csweek.
com for background on the week, celebration tips, sample agendas, puzzles, games and more. welfare of our Nation, the Congress, by Public Law 86-753 (36 U.S.
C. 123), as amended, has designated the week beginning on the third Sunday in October of each year as National Forest Products Week. Health.
Source for 2004 date: The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 18, 1928, as amended (36 U.S.C.
105), has called for the designation of the first Monday in a proclamation in observance of this day. World Habitat Day - Observed the first Monday in October (since 1985.) Orient Express - first run linking Turkey to Europe by rail, 1883 Sputnik I (the first satellite) is launched by the USSR, 1957 US Government shuts down due to budget problems, 1984 First US television station WSAZ located in Huntington, West Virginia, First televised White House address by President Harry S.
Truman, 1947 World Series was broadcasted on the radio for the first time, 1921 worldsmileday.org no longer available.) ALA (American Library Association) was founded October 6, 1876 For information, see: Sukkot with aish.
com Depression Screening Day (National) (NDSD) is October 6, 2005 White House Proclamation: Each year, on October 6, we recognize German Americans for their many contributions to our Nation...
The Jazz Singer, the first talking movie opened on October 6, 1927 LSD is declared illegal in the US on October 6, 1966 The US Naval War College was founded in Newport, Rhode Island, October 6, 1884. Firefighters Day (National, US): Proclaimed October 7, 1991 by President George Bush. To read the Proclamation from the Bush Libraries, see First railroad in the US was built in Massachusetts, 1826 To honor Leif Erikson, the brave son of Iceland and grandson of Norway, and to recognize our Nation s Nordic-American heritage, the Congress, by joint resolution (Public Law 88-566) approved on September 2, 1964, has authorized and requested the President to proclaim October 9 of each year as Leif Erikson Day.
Source - Invasion of North Korea, 1950 The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument on October 9, 1888. transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, California. Former Vice President Spiro T.
Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973 the World Wars, Remembrance Day (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept falling in the same week. Source: www.kidzworld.
com/site/p2614.htm Saturday Night Live premiers, 1975 (George Carlin was the guest host) On White Cane Safety Day, our Nation renews its dedication to eliminating barriers for every disabled American, especially the blind and visually impaired. The Congress, by joint resolution (Public Law 88-628) approved on October 6, 1964, as amended, has designated October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day.
- Source - Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion, 1931 The musical Hair premiers on Broadway, 1967 Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt, 1970 San Francisco Earthquake, 1989 (registers 7.1 on the Richter scale and Chorus Line opens at Shubert Theater NYC on October 19, 1975. It ran time on October 19, 1977.
that are offensive, harmful, dangerous, and disrespectful. Sponsored Wednesday 20th October 1999 was the first International Internet Day, celebrating 30 years of the Internet. Source: research indicating that this is an annual event.
) Mammography Day (National, US) October 20, 2006 The third Friday in October each year is National Mammography Day, constructed by Swan, and on October 21, 1879, he illuminated a carbon filament light bulb that glowed continuously for 40 hours. Source: Note: On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received the historic patent for the universal domestic use of electric light. - Source: The Metropolitan Opera House opens in New York, 1883 Pretty Boy Floyd was shot and killed by police in East Liverpool, Ohio, 1934 First televised pro football game aired on TV, 1934 (Brooklyn Dodgers First recorded parachute jump by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, 1797 Xerox introduced the copy machine, 1938 Beirut Terrorist Attack, 1983 (241 Americans were killed by a suicide bomber) The first US championship horseshoe tournament was held in Kellerton, Iowa on October 23, 1915 The first miniature golf tournament was held in Chattanooga, TN on Mole Day (National, US) Celebrated annually on October 23rd from be to get all persons, especially students, enthused about chemistry.
Turn, Turn, Turn was released by the Byrds, 1965 Little Stevie Wonder records his first single, Thank you for Loving Me All the Way, at the age of 12. in October. Source: www.
nsld.ca Field of California sends a telegram to President Lincoln.) The United Nations was formally established, 1945.
The microwave oven was introduced by The Tappan Company, 1955 John Steinbeck (American author) is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962 Rolling Stones make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 First US Trademark was given to Averill Chemical Paint Company of NY City, 1870 Doonesbury comic strip by Gary Trudeau premiers in 28 US newspapers, 1970 Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1951 Erie Canal opens in upstate New York, 1825 cents an hour, 1949 Disneyland TV show premiers on ABC, 1954 Macy s Department Store in New York City opens, 1858 Navy Day (Original date, began in 1922) Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio get divorced after a nine-month marriage, 1954 million, 1999 (She wore the dress when she sang to John F. Kennedy.) October 27, 1904 in Manhattan.
Source: Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, 1793 (patent was applied for) The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was completed, 1965 Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland, 1886 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) wins his first professional fight, 1960 First ballpoint pens go on sale at Gimbels in New York for $12.50 each, 1945 Bat Out Of Hell was released by Meat Loaf, 1977 Crash of Wall Street stock market, Great Depression begins 1929 Erie PA is hit with earthquake, 1934 NOW - The National Organization for Women is founded, 1966 The Huntley-Brinkley Report premiers on NBC, 1956 William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands in Chester PA, 1682 Set clocks BACK one hour.
(Spring forward/Fall back.) Daylight Savings Time by a month. Beginning in 2007, Daylight Savings For information about Daylight Savings Time, see: Mount Rushmore was completed with 60-foot busts of Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Lincoln, 1941.
The project took 14 Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 First episode of Zorro aired on television 1968. > Breastfeeding Week (National, US) is celebrated every year during the > first week in October. The significance of this week is that it > follows 9 completed months of the year.
It therefore represents the > end of a pregnancy and the beginning of breastfeeding. Source: > Breastfeeding Week as August 1-7 each year. In some places, national > during the month of October.
Source: > Customer Service Week (National, US - Observed the first full week of October) > week in October. Sponsored by the International Customer Service > Association, the Help Desk Institute and the Customer Service Group. > See official Web site: www.
csweek.com for background on the week, > celebration tips, sample agendas, puzzles, games and more. > welfare of our Nation, the Congress, by Public Law 86-753 (36 U.
S.C. > 123), as amended, has designated the week beginning on the third > Sunday in October of each year as "National Forest Products Week.
" > Health. Source for 2004 date: > "The Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 18, 1928, as amended > (36 U.S.
C. 105), has called for the designation of the first Monday in > a proclamation in observance of this day." > Orient Express - first run linking Turkey to Europe by rail, 1883 > Sputnik I (the first satellite) is launched by the USSR, 1957 > US Government shuts down due to budget problems, 1984 > First US television station WSAZ located in Huntington, West Virginia, > First televised White House address by President Harry S.
Truman, 1947 > World Series was broadcasted on the radio for the first time, 1921 > worldsmileday.org no longer available.) > ALA (American Library Association) was founded October 6, 1876 > White House Proclamation: " Each year, on October 6, we recognize > German Americans for their many contributions to our Nation.
.." > The Jazz Singer, the first talking movie opened on October 6, 1927 > LSD is declared illegal in the US on October 6, 1966 > The US Naval War College was founded in Newport, Rhode Island, October 6, 1884.
> Firefighters Day (National, US): Proclaimed October 7, 1991 by > President George Bush. To read the Proclamation from the Bush > "To honor Leif Erikson, the brave son of Iceland and grandson of > Norway, and to recognize our Nation's Nordic-American heritage, the > Congress, by joint resolution (Public Law 88-566) approved on > September 2, 1964, has authorized and requested the President to > proclaim October 9 of each year as "Leif Erikson Day." Source - > Invasion of North Korea, 1950 > The public was first admitted to the Washington Monument on October 9, 1888.
> transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, California. > Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973 > the World Wars, Remembrance Day (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept > falling in the same week.
" Source: www.kidzworld.com/site/p2614.
htm > "On White Cane Safety Day, our Nation renews its dedication to > eliminating barriers for every disabled American, especially the blind > and visually impaired." "The Congress, by joint resolution (Public Law > 88-628) approved on October 6, 1964, as amended, has designated > October 15 of each year as "White Cane Safety Day." - Source - > Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion, 1931 > The musical "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1967 > Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt, 1970 > San Francisco Earthquake, 1989 (registers 7.
1 on the Richter scale and > "Chorus Line" opens at Shubert Theater NYC on October 19, 1975. It ran > time on October 19, 1977. > that are offensive, harmful, dangerous, and disrespectful.
Sponsored > Wednesday 20th October 1999 was the first International Internet Day, > celebrating 30 years of the Internet. Source: > research indicating that this is an annual event.) > Mammography Day (National, US) October 20, 2006 > The third Friday in October each year is National Mammography Day, > constructed by Swan, and on October 21, 1879, he illuminated a carbon > filament light bulb that glowed continuously for 40 hours.
Source: > Note: "On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received the historic patent > for the universal domestic use of electric light." - Source: > The Metropolitan Opera House opens in New York, 1883 > Pretty Boy Floyd was shot and killed by police in East Liverpool, Ohio, 1934 > First televised pro football game aired on TV, 1934 (Brooklyn Dodgers > First recorded parachute jump by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, 1797 > Xerox introduced the copy machine, 1938 > Beirut Terrorist Attack, 1983 (241 Americans were killed by a suicide bomber) > The first US championship horseshoe tournament was held in Kellerton, > Iowa on October 23, 1915 > The first miniature golf tournament was held in Chattanooga, TN on > Mole Day (National, US) Celebrated annually on October 23rd from > be to get all persons, especially students, enthused about chemistry. > "Turn, Turn, Turn" was released by the Byrds, 1965 > Little Stevie Wonder records his first single, "Thank you for Loving > Me All the Way," at the age of 12.
> in October. Source: www.nsld.
ca > Field of California sends a telegram to President Lincoln.) > The United Nations was formally established, 1945. > The microwave oven was introduced by The Tappan Company, 1955 > John Steinbeck (American author) is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1962 > Rolling Stones make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1964 > First US Trademark was given to Averill Chemical Paint Company of NY City, 1870 > "Doonesbury" comic strip by Gary Trudeau premiers in 28 US newspapers, 1970 > Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1951 > Erie Canal opens in upstate New York, 1825 > cents an hour, 1949 > "Disneyland" TV show premiers on ABC, 1954 > Macy's Department Store in New York City opens, 1858 > Navy Day (Original date, began in 1922) > Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio get divorced after a nine-month marriage, 1954 > million, 1999 (She wore the dress when she sang to John F.
Kennedy.) > October 27, 1904 in Manhattan. Source: > Cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, 1793 (patent was applied for) > The Gateway Arch in St.
Louis, Missouri was completed, 1965 > Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland, 1886 > Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) wins his first professional fight, 1960 > First ballpoint pens go on sale at Gimbels in New York for $12.50 each, 1945 > "Bat Out Of Hell" was released by Meat Loaf, 1977 > Crash of Wall Street stock market, Great Depression begins 1929 > Erie PA is hit with earthquake, 1934 > NOW - The National Organization for Women is founded, 1966 > "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" premiers on NBC, 1956 > William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands in Chester PA, 1682 > Set clocks BACK one hour. (Spring forward/Fall back.
) > Daylight Savings Time by a month. Beginning in 2007, Daylight Savings > For information about Daylight Savings Time, see: > Mount Rushmore was completed with 60-foot busts of Washington, > Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Lincoln, 1941. The project took 14 > Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 > First episode of Zorro aired on television 1968.
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