October 15 in History October 15th is… National Aesthetician Day National Cheese Curd Day I Love Lucy Day National Grouch Day National Latino AIDS Awareness Day National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day Pug Day National Shawarma Day White Cane Safety Day National Whole Hog Barbecue Day National Grouch Day is celebrated annually on October
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October 14 in History October 14th is… Be Bald and Be Free Day Dessert Day 1926 – Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne, was first published. 1881 – Eyemouth Windstorm Disaster, Scotland 1908 – The Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, winning the World Series. 1912 – Former President of the US, Theodore Roosevelt,
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October 13 in History October 13th is… National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day National No Bra Day National Train Your Brain Day National Yorkshire Pudding Day US Navy Birthday 1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy, almost 25 million light-years away, was discovered by Charles Messier. 1775 – The United States Continental Congress ordered the establishment of
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October 12 in History October 12th is… Farmer’s Day National Freethought Day National Gumbo Day National Savings Day National Vermont Day National Farmers Day Old Farmer’s Day is now actually known as National Farmers Day. Though this day’s exact date and history are unknown, it is known that the holiday was originally celebrated in the 1800s.
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October 11 in History October 11th is… General Pulaski Memorial Day National Coming Out Day International Day of the Girl Child Sausage Pizza Day 1138 (Earthquake) Aleppo, Syria 1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania was completed. 1811 -The Juliana began operation as the first steam-powered ferry service between New York
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October 10 in History October 10th is… National Angel Food Cake Day National Cake Decorating Day National Handbag Day National Metric Day National Walk to a Park Day World Mental Health Day 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean region. 1845 – The Naval School (now the
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October 9 in History October 9th is… Beer and Pizza Day National Leif Erikson Day National Moldy Cheese Day National Pro-Life Cupcake Day PANS/PANDAS Awareness Day National Sock Day National Sock Day National Sock Day is a time to celebrate socks—the clothing accessory that is often taken for granted. Have fun by wearing silly socks
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize on October 17, 1979. Mother Theresa was a Roman Catholic nun who lived from August 25, 1910 to September 5, 1997. Mother Teresa began The Missionaries of Charity which served the poor, homeless, disabled, the sick and the dying. This organization now has over 4500
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On October 20 1955 JRR Tolkien finally published The Return of the King the last volume of his Lord of the Rings trilogy. After the publication of The Hobbit in 1937 his publishers wanted and his public wanted to know more about Hobbits. In 1939 Tolkien picked up his pen again and began to write
