October
October is the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere. In Ocober you can celebrate black history month, space week,
Black History Month. Black history month is celebrated by the museum of inventions in the USA by the story of the man who invented the breadcrumb machine. As you eat you can write a poem using a Biro, thinking of Virgil or older persons or teachers. Let's go, with our list.
1 International Day of Older Persons.
Birthday of Henry Clay Work who wrote My Grandfather's Clock.
2 International day of non violence. Birthday of Gandhi. World Statistics Day.
3 World Temperance Day.
Death of Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone with the Wind: quotation Tomorrow is another Day.
4 Animal Day. Habitat Day. Space week (4th to 10th).
5 Unesco World Teachers' Day.
6 UK National poetry day. National noodle day.
7 World Cotton Day. (World Space Week from 4th to 10th.)
8 International Podiatry (foot health) day
9 World Post Day.
10 World mental health day.
11 Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt who said, Nobody can ever make you feel inferior without your permission.
12 Columbus Day. Spanish national holiday.
13 UN Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
14 World Standards Day.
15 Birthday of Poet Virgil who was epic poet Laureate under Augustus.
Global UN World handwashing day.
16 World Food Day
17 International day for eradication of Poverty.
18 (2021 - depending on the equinox, Bahai feast of knowledge.)
19 Mother Teresa's Day, Albania.
20 World statistics day
21 UK Apple Day.
22 Australia: Unofficial wombat day.
22 National nut day. International Stuttering awareness day.
23 Hungarian republic day.
The name of László Bíró (‘Leslie Judge’) is known worldwise because the Budapest-born newspaper editor invented the eponymous (named after a person) biro. Seeing fountain pen ink ran and smudged paper, Bíró with the help of his brother, György, a chemist, create a pen with a revolving tip - a ballpoint.
Bíró patented his pioneering everyday object in 1938, abut being a Hungarian Jew, he was forced to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. He settled in Argentina, where his biro was produced and his pens helped RAF aircrew during bombing missions over Germany. Bíró died in 1985 – but lives in our memory every 29 September, when Argentines celebrate his birthday on the nation’s annual Día del Inventor.
24 United Nations Day.
25 Start of World Diasarmaent Week
26 Birthday of Napoleon Hill, author of think and grow rich.
27 UNESCO Audiovisual heritage - words and music from the past (national anthems)
28 UK National Chocolate Day.
29 Disarmament week (Oct 25 to 30th)
30 Death of Emma Wheeler Wilcox. Laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone. World Thrift Day.
31 Birthday of Keats: A thing of beauty is a joy forever. I never was afraid of failure, for I would sooner fail than not be among of the best. World Cities Day.
Useful Websites
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-days-and-weeks
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/october-international-days/
Who Said What When by Angela Lansbury, a paperback book, printed on demand by www.lulu.com, ID 14952577, has a quotation for the birth, death or other event of famous people every day of the year.
Quick Quotations by Angela Lansbury, also from lulu.com, has a section at the end listing national and international holidays for each month.
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