October+2013



World Vegetarian Day Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908) 1 || Name Your Car Day Peanuts Comic Strip First Published In 1950. International Day of Non-Violence, birthday of Mohandas Ghandi (born 1869) 2 || Captain Kangaroo Day (Show first aired on this day in 1955) SOS Established in 1906 3 || First Compact Disc and Player released by Sony in 1982 (Billy Joel '52nd Street') National Denim Day Robert Lawson born, 1892 Donald Sobol born, 1924 Sputnik I Launched in 1957 (first space vehicle) 4 || World Teacher Day Gene Zion born, 1913 Ray Kroc born, 1902 (Mastermind of McDonald's franchise) 5 || American Library Association Founded (1876) 6 || World Habitat Day Child Health Day Alice Dalgliesh born, 1893 American Bandstand premiered in 1957 Rose designated as the U.S. National Flower (1986) 7 || Edward Ormondroyd born, 1925 J. Frank Duryea born in 1869 The Great Chicago Fire started (1871) 8 || First Two-Way Telephone Conversation in 1876 Leif Ericson Day Moldy Cheese Day The Count's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 9 || National Poetry Day (England) James Marshall born, 1942 Henry Cavendish born in England in 1731. 10 || Eleanor Roosevelt born, 1884 First Steam-Powered Ferryboat 'Juliana' began operations in 1811. 11 || Farmer's Day Dia de la Raza (Mexico) 12 || First Aerial Photo in US Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860. Molly Pitcher (Revolutionary War Heroine) born, 1754 13 || Columbus Day Thanksgiving Day in Canada Lois Lenski born, 1893 Dwight David Eisenhower (34th President) born, 1890 Grover's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) 14 || Eid al-Adha (Muslim Holiday, 16th in North America) National Grouch Day 15 || Dictionary Day Noah Webster born, 1758 World Food Day Edward Ardizzone born, 1900 16 || Black Poetry Day San Francisco Earthquake (1989) 17 || Little Orphan Annie birthday. Comic strip character, in 1922. Mason-Dixon Line Established (1767) Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony In 1898. 18 || Sweetest Day Ed Emberley born, 1931. Star Spangled Banner First Sung In 1814. Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light Successfully in 1879. Final battle of the Revolutionary War (1781) 19 || Crockett Johnson born, 1906 20 || Guggenheim Museum Opens (1959) 21 || National Nut Day 22 || iPod First Revealed (2001) Red Ribbon Week (Oct 23-31) Marjorie Flack born, 1897 Edison Pele Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940. 23 || Bruno Munari born, 1907 Betty Lou's Birthday (Sesame Street Character) National Bologna Day United Nations Day 24 || Pablo Picasso Born in Spain in 1881. 25 || Hillary Rodham Clinton born, 1947. International Red Cross Organized In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863. Erie Canal Opened (1825) 26 || Theodore Roosevelt born in 1858. 27 || Bill Gates born, 1955 Plush Animal Lover's Day Statue of Liberty dedicated in 1886. Leonard Kessler born, 1921 28 || Stock Market Crash - 1929 (1929) 29 || John Adams born in 1735. Emily Post (author) born, 1873 30 || Halloween Juliette Gordon Low Born in 1860, she started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912. 31 ||  ||   ||  **//Also see our other [|October Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities] //** **__Special Goings-On__**
 * October 2013 ||
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 * ||  || [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Homemade Cookies Day
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Thomas Edison Shows 1st Motion Picture In 1889.
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Margaret Thatcher born in 1925.
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]]Sir James Chadwick (Discoverer of the Neutron) born, 1891
 * [[image:http://www.theteacherscorner.net/images/spacer.gif caption="spacer"]] Mother-in-Law's Day

 Child Health Day (First Monday)

 Columbus Day (Second Monday)

 Thanksgiving Day in Canada (Second Monday)

 World Space Week (1st Week)

 Fire Prevention Week (2nd Week)

 Fire Safety Month Reading Hour

National School Lunch Week (2nd Week)

 Teen Read Week (2nd Week)

 Sweetest Day (Third Saturday)

 Mother-in-Law's Day (Third Sunday)

 National Magic Week (4th Week) Adopt-a-Shelter-Animal Month

Computer Learning Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Family History Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Clock Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Dessert Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Hispanic Heritage Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">National Pasta Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Pizza Festival Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Popcorn Popping Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Pork Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Roller Skating Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">National Seafood Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> National Stamp Collecting Month

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Polish American History Month