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October Observances: poster links resource links
Dental Hygiene Month dental posters
Dinosaur Month dinosaur posters
Family History Month
Hispanic Heritage Month Latino posters
Stamp Collecting Month American Philatelic Society
UNICEF Month peace posters United Nations Children's Fund
First Week of October
National Breastfeeding Week La Leche League
National Newspaper Week Headlines posters National Newspaper Assoc
World Space Week astronomy posters SpaceWeek.org
Second Week of October
National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
National Fire Prevention Week Nat'l Fire Protection Assoc.
School Lunch Week nutrition posters School Nutrition Assoc.
Third Week of October
National Chemistry Week science posters National Science Teachers Assoc
National Food Bank Week food posters America's Second Harvest
National Health Education Week health posters National Center for Health Education 
Infection Control Week disease posters Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
National Pharmacy Week medicinal posters US Dept of Health & Human Services 
Reading Week
vintage reading posters American Library Association
Wolf Awareness Week mammals posters Timber Wolf Alliance
Fourth Week of October
National Magic Week Soc of American Magicians
Respiratory Care Week respiratory anatomy posters
World Rainforest Week rain forest posters
October Holidays
10-12, 1492 Columbus Day (observed 2nd Monday of October) Columbus posters
10-17-2009, Diwali, Festival of Lights
(11-5-2010, 10-26-2011)
India posters What is Diwali?
10/31- Halloween Halloween posters
October Notable Dates
b. 10-1-1507 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, architect Vignola print Giacomo Barazzi da Vignola Resource File
b. 10-1-1903 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist Vladimir Horowitz print Vladimir Horowitz Resource File
b. 10-1-1924 - Jimmy Carter, US President presidents posters White House Bio - Carter
b. 10-2-1851 - Marshal Ferdinand Foch, military Marshal Ferdinand Foch TIME Magazine cover Ferdinand Foch Resource File
b. 10-2-1869 - Mahatma Gandhi; India Gandhi posters CP Links for Learning - Gandhi
b. 10-2-1871 - Cordell Hull Cordell Hull TIME Magazine cover Cordell Hull Resource File
b. 10-2-1904 - Graham Greene, author Graham Greene print Graham Greene Resource File
b. 10-3-1858 - Eleonora Duse, actress Eleonora Duse TIME Magazine cover Eleonora Duse Resource File
b. 10-3-1862 - Alice B. Woodward, artist Alice B. Woodward print Alice B. Woodward Resource File
b. 10-3-1867 - Pierre Bonnard, artist Pierre Bonnard print Pierre Bonnard Resource File
b. 10-3-1900 - Thomas Wolfe, author Thomas Wolfe print Thomas Wolfe Resource File
b. 10-4-1814 - Jean-François Millet Jean-François Millet print Jean-François Millet Resource File
b. 10-4-1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, US President R. B. Hayes print White House Bio - Hayes
b. 10-5-1703 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian Jonathan Edwards print Jonathan Edwards Resource File
b. 10-5-1829 - Chester Alan Arthur, VT Chester A. Arthur print White House Bio - Arthur
b. 10-5-1882 - Robert M. Goddard, scientist Robert M. Goddard rocket poster Robert M. Goddard Resource File
b. 10-5-1959 - Maya Lin, architect Vietnam War Memorial print Maya Lin Resource File
b. 10-6-1552 - Matteo Ricci, Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci print Matteo Ricci Resource File
b. 10-6-1820 - Jenny Lind Jenny Lind print Jenny Lind Resource File
b. 10-6-1846 - George Westinghouse, industrialist George Westinghouse poster George Westinghouse Resource File
b. 10-6-1887 - Le Corbusier, architect Le Corbusier print Le Corbusier Resource File
b. 10-6-1887 - Maria Jeritza, opera singer Maria Jeritza TIME Maria Jeritza Resource File
b. 10-6-1906 - Janet Gaynor, actress Janet Gaynor photo Janet Gaynor Resource File
b. 10-7-1675 - Rosalba Carriera, artist Rosalba Carriera print Rosalba Carriera Resource File
b. 10-7-1849 - James Whitcomb Riley, poet James Whitcomb Riley House print James Whitcomb Riley Resource File
b. 10-7-1885 - Niels Bohr, physicist Niels Bohr print Niels Bohr Resource File
b. 10-7-1966 - Sherman Alexie, author Sherman Alexie poster Sherman Alexie Resource File
b. 10-8-1930 - Faith Ringgold, artist Faith Ringgold print Faith Ringgold Resource File
b. 10-8-1941 - Jesse Jackson, political activit Jesse Jackson posters CP Links for Learning - Jackson
10-9-1835 - Camille Saint-Saens, composer Saint-Saens print Camille Saint-Saens Resource File
b. 10-9-1919 - Irmgard Seefried, soprano Irmgard Seefried photo Irmgard Seefried Resource File
d. 10-10-1659 - Abel Janszoom Tasman, explorer Tasman print Abel Janszoom Tasman Resource File
b. 10-10-1731 - Henry Cavendish, scientist Henry Cavendish print Henry Cavendish Resource File
b. 10-10-1813 - Guiseppe Verdi, composer Guiseppe Verdi posters Guiseppe Verdi Resource File
b. 10-10-1858 - Maurice Prendergast, artist Maurice Prendergast print Maurice Prendergast Resource File
b. 10-10-1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, explorer Fridtjof Nansen print Fridtjof Nansen Resource File
b. 10-10-1917 - Thelonious Monk, musician Thelonious Monk photo Thelonious Monk Resource File
b. 10-10-1900 - Helen Hayes, actress Helen Hayes photo Helen Hayes Resource File
b. 10-11-1872 - Emily Wilding Davison, suffragette Emily Davison print Emily Davison Resource File
b. 10-11-1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady, human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt posters CP Links for Learning - Roosevelt
b. 10-12-1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer Luciano Pavarotti photo Luciano Pavarotti Resource File
b. 10-13-1853 - Lillie Langtry, opera singer Lillie Langtry print Lillie Langtry Resource File
b. 10-13-1862 - Mary Henrietta Kingsley, author Mary Henrietta Kingsley print Mary Henrietta Kingsley Resource File
b. 10-13-1925 - Margaret Thatcher, politician Margaret Thatcher photo Margaret Thatcher Resource File
b. 10-14-1718 - William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania posters William Penn Resource File
b. 10-14-1824 - Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, painter Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli print Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli Resource File
b. 10-14-1882 - Éamonn de Valera, Irish revolutionary Éamonn de Valera print Éamonn de Valera Resource File
b. 10-14-1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US President presidents posters White House Bio - Eisenhower
b. 10-14-1894 - e. e. cummings, poet e. e. cummings poster E. E. Cumming's Life
10-14-1947 - Chuck Yaeger breaks the sound barrier Chuck Yaeger poster Chuck Yeager Resource File
b. 10-15-70BC - Virgil, poet Virgil print Virgil Resource File
b. 10-15-1608 - Evangelista Torricelli, physicist Torricelli print Evangelista Torricelli Resource File
b. 10-15-1831 - Isabella Bird Bishop, traveller Isabella Bird Bishop print Isabella Bird Bishop Resource File
b. 10-15-1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher Nietzsche print Friedrich Nietzsche Resource File
b. 10-15-1917 - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. TIME Magazine Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Resource File
b. 10-15-1997 - Cassini-Hugyens launched Cassini-Hugyens poster NASA/ESA/ASI
d. 10-16-1555 - Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley, martyrs theologian posters The Oxford Martyrs Resource File
b. 10-16-1758 - Noah Webster, Dictionary Day Noah Webster print Noah Webster House Museum
b. 10-16-1854 - Oscar Wilde, poet Oscar Wilde poster Oscar Wilde Resource File
b. 10-16-1874 - Oscar Mueller, artist Expressionists prints Oscar Mueller Resource File
b. 10-16-1888 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright Eugene O'Neill print Eugene O'Neill Resource File
b. 10-16-1927 - Günter Grass, author Günter Grass print Gunter Grass Resource File
b. 10-17-1915 - Arthur Miller, playwright Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe photo Arthur Miller Resource File
b. 10-17-1956 - Mae Jemison, astronaut Mae Jemison photo Mae Jemison Resource File
b. 10-18-1616 - Nicholas Culpeper, physician, herbalist Nicholas Culpeper print Nicholas Culpeper Resource File
b. 10-18-1859 - Henri Bergson, philosopher Henri Bergson print Henri Bergson Resource File
b. 10-18-1961 - Wynton Marsalis, musician Wynton Marsalis TIME cover Wynton Marsalis Resource File
b. 10-20-1632 - Christopher Wren, architect Christopher Wren print Christopher Wren Resource File
b. 10-20-1854 - Arthur Rimbaud, poet Arthur Rimbaud print Arthur Rimbaud Resource File
b. 10-20-1859 - John Dewey, philosopher John Dewey TIME Magazine Cover John Dewey books at Amazon.com
b. 10-20-1885 - Jelly Roll Morton, musician Jelly Roll Morton print Jelly Roll Morton Resource File
b. 10-21-1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge print Samuel Taylor Coleridge Resource File
b. 10-21-1833 - Alfred Nobel, chemist Alfred Nobel print Alfred Nobel Resource File
10-21-1879, Thomas Edison solved vacuum problem in lightbulb, illuminating a carbon filament for 40 hours. Thomas A. Edison posters CP Links for Learning - Edison
b. 10-21-1895 - Edna Purviance, actress Edna Purviance with Charlie Chaplin, photo Edna Purviance Resource File
b. 10-21-1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie poster Dizzy Gillespie Reosurce File
b. 10-22-1811 - Franz Liszt, composer & pianist Franz Liszt posters Franz Liszt Resource File
b. 10-22-1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, actress Sarah Bernhardt posters Sarah Bernhardt Links for Learning
b. 10-24-1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek microscope poster Anton van Leeuwenhoek Resource File
10-24-1945 - United Nations Established peace posters United Nations Official Site
d. 10-25-1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer, author Geoffrey Chaucer print Geoffrey Chaucer Resource File
b. 10-25-1825 - Johann Strauss II, composer Johann Strauss II posters Johann Strauss II Resource File
b. 10-25-1838 - Georges Bizet, composer Georges Bizet print Georges Bizet Resource File
b. 10-25-1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spain Pablo Picasso posters CP Links for Learning - Picasso
b. 10-25-1888 - Richard E. Byrd, explorer Richard E. Byrd print Richard E. Byrd Resource File
b. 10-25-1902 - Henry Steele Commager, author Henry Steele Commager print Henry Steele Commager Resource File
b. 10-26-1797 - Giuditta Pasta, opera singer Giuditta Pasta Giuditta Pasta Resource File
b. 10-26-1911 - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson photo Mahalia Jackson Resource File
b. 10-26-1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1st Lady and presidental candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton photo Hillary Rodham Clinton Resource File
b. 10-27-1466 - Eramus, theologian Eramus portrait Eramus Resource File
b. 10-27-1728 - Capt. James Cook, explorer Capt. Cook print James Cook Resource File
b. 10-27-1736 - James Macpherson, author James Macpherson print James Macpherson Resource File
b. 10-27-1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, US President presidents posters White House Bio Theodore Roosevelt
b. 10-27-1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, artist Roy Lichtenstein print Roy Lichtenstein Resource File
b. 10-27-1932 - Sylvia Plath, author Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath Resource File
b. 10-27-1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, author Maxine Hong Kingston posters CP Links for Learning - Maxine Hong Kingston
10-28-1793 - Cotton Gin Invented inventions posters Cotton Gin Reource File
10-28-1886 Statue of Liberty Dedicated Statue of Liberty National Park Serv
d. 10-29-1618 - Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer Raleigh portrait Sir Walter Raleigh Resource File
b. 10-29-1740 - James Boswell, author James Boswell print James Boswell Resource File
10-29-1929 - Wall Street Crash Headline poster Wall Street Crash Resource File
10-29-2005 - Daylight time ends. On the last Sunday in October, clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time. (On the first Sunday in April, clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time.) U.S. Naval Observatory
b. 10-30-1735 - John Adams, US President John Adams print White House Bio - John Adams
b. 10-30-1741 - Angelica Kauffmann, artist Angelica Kauffmann print Angelica Kauffmann Resource File
b. 10-30-1751 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author Richard Brinsley Sheridan print Richard Brinsley Sheridan Resource File
b. 10-30-1853 - Andre-Charles Messager, composer Andre-Charles Messager print Andre-Charles Messager Resource File
b. 10-30-1858 - Louise Abbema, artist Louise Abbema print Louise Abbema Resource File
b. 10-30-1885 - Ezra Pound, author Ezra Pound print Ezra Pound Resource File
b. 10-31-1632 - Johannes Vermeer, artist Johannes Vermeer bio poster Johannes Vermeer Resource File
b. 10-31-1795 - John Keats, poet John Keats print John Keats Resource File
b. 10-31-1686 - Senesino, opera singer Senesino print Senesino Resource File
b. 10-31-1860 - Juliette Gordon Low Juliette Gordon Low print Juliette Gordon Low Resource File
b. 10-31-1883 - Marie Laurencin, artist Marie Laurencin print Marie Laurencin Resource File
b. 10-31-1896 - Ethel Waters, jazz singer Ethel Waters poster Ethel Waters Resource File
b. 10-31-1932 - Katherine Paterson, author Bridge to Terabithia print Katherine Paterson Resource File
October Facts & Tidbits
October, 10th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, was the eigthth month in the Roman Calendar and has retained the Latin word octo for eight as its name.
Astrological Signs Astrology
• Libra: September 23 - October 22 Libra poster
Libra, the Scales Ecard
cardinal, air, social; "We are," partnerships, balance, grace, charm, cooperative, social, ideas, lazy, kidneys/lumbar; co-operative, fair, lazy.
• Scopio: October 23 - November 21 Scorpio poster
Scorpio, the Scorpion Ecard
fixed, water, social; "I desire," intense, controlling, sexual, compulsive, deep, secretive, mysterious, obsessive, genitals; passionate, sensitive, anxious.
Birthstones

• Opal - love & hope
• Tourmaline - peace stone / dispel fear

Minerals Chart Art Print

Birthstones: Univ of Washington
Opal Resource File
Tourmaline Resource File
Flowers

calendula - sun (calendar),
• [marigold]
• cosmos

October's Flower, the Calendula, Art Print
October's Flower,
the Calendula
Art Print
Calendula Resource File


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