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October 9, 2024

October Fun Facts

October 1, 1890: Yosemite National Park is established.
October 1, 1903: Major League baseballs' World Series begins.
October 1, 1977: October 1st has marked Vegetarian Day since 1977.
October 2, 1869: Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
October 4: World Animal Day is an annual celebration held on October 4th. It focuses on animal rights and welfare.
October 5: World Teacher's Day, celebrated annually on October 5, recognizes teachers' vital role in shaping the future through education.
October 9: Leif Erikson Day honors Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer, who led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the continent of North America (around 1000).
October 9, 1825: The Ship Restauration coming from Stavanger, Norway, arrived in New York Harbor.
October 12, 1492: Christopher Columbus reaches "the New World"
October 14, 1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower's Birthday
October 15, 1924: President Calvin Coolidge declared the Statue of Liberty a national monument.
October 24, 1945: The United Nations is founded.
October 27, 1858: Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday
October 28, 1886: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.
October 31, 1451: Christopher Columbus's Birthday
October 31: Halloween
First Friday of October: World Smile Day encourages spreading happiness by smiling and doing kind acts.
Second Monday of October: Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures.
Second Monday of October: Columbus Day celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. However, in recent years, Native American groups and other cities have advocated for changing the holiday to something else, citing Columbus's own mistreatment of natives and his legacy of European settlement.
Fourth Saturday of October: Make a Difference Day serves as the largest national day of community service in the United States.

Landing of Columbus

Oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, 1846; in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Yosemite National Park (Photograph by James Lange, Camera Press/Redux. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/article/yosemite-national-park)

Photo: https://nationaltoday.com/indigenous-peoples-day/

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