| Long List of October Holidays and Special Days | |
By popular request, here is a long list of all of the special days celebrated in October 2008. If you prefer, you can explore October's special days by date.
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In 1950.
The show first aired on this day in 1955.
Designated as international distress code in 1906.
The first space vehicle - launched in 1957. Check out my page
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The first Saturday in October.
Founder of McDonalds. Born in 1902.
First Monday in October.
In 1889.
In 1957.
Born in 1869. His brother, Charles, and him built and oprated the first automobile in the US. He also won America's first automobile race.
Begins at sundown.
In 1876.
Sesame Street Character.
Born in England in 1731.
Born in born 1884.
Name the "Juliana", began operation in 1811.
Celebrate in Mexico.
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Taken from a balloon in Boston in 1860.
Second Monday in October.
Born in 1925.
Second Monday in October.
Sesame Street Character.
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Honoring the birthday of Jupiter Hammon. He was the first American black to publish his poetry.
The anniversary of the transfer of the territory and the raising of the US. flag at Sitka on this day in 1867.
Comic strip character, in 1922.
In 1898.
Third Saturday in October.
In 1814.
Successfully in 1879.
Born on this day in 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma.
On this day in 1962 the Monster mash, by Bobby "Boris" Picket and the Crypt Kickers, reached number 1 in the music charts and stayed there for 2 weeks!.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art opened in New York City on October 21, 1959.
Brazilian soccer player, born in 1940.
Sesame Street Character.
Born in Spain in 1881.
Born in 1947.
In Geneva, Switzerland in 1863.
Fourth Sunday in October.
Born in 1858.
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In 1966.
In 1735.
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Born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the United States in 1912.
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This information is correct to the best of my knowledge. These dates are collected from many online and offline resources. Please do not email me asking me for more info about a date - All the information I have is posted here.
