OCTOBER 2012 Holidays and Events Calendar

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1
- Fire Pup Day
- Jimmy Carter Bday
- Child Health Day
- World Habitat Day

2
- Guardian Angels Day
- Techie's Day
- World Farm Animals Day

3
- Balloons Around the World Day

4
- Rutherford Hayes Bday
- Improve Your Office Day
- Ten-Four Day
- World Animal Day

5
- Chester Arthur Bday
- Do Something Nice Day
- Walk to School in the USA Day
- World Teachers Day

6
- Ecological Debt Day
- Mad Hatter Day
- Nat'l German-American Day

7
- Change a Light Day
- World Communion Day
-The Rose Became the U.S. Flower

8
- Columbus Day
- Thanksgiving (CA)
- Native American Day
- Nat'l Depression Screening Day

9
- Leif Erikson Day
- Nat'l Chess Day
- Nat'l Face Your Fears Day
- World Post Day
- Fire Prevention Day

10
- Nat'l Metric Day
- Nat'l Stop Bullying Day
- Emergency Nurses Day
-World Mental Health Day

11
-World Sight Day
- Eleanor Roosevelt Bday

12
- Free Thought Day
- World Egg Day
- Int'l Moment of Frustration Scream Day

13 - English Language Day
- Universal Music Day
- Navy Bday
- Molly Pitcher's Bday
- Margaret Thatcher's Bday

14
- Dwight Eisenhower Bday
- William Penn's Bday
- MLK Peace Prize

15
- I Love Lucy Day
- Nat'l Grouch Day
- Nat'l Cake Decorating Day
- Nat'l Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day

16
- Nat'l Boss's Day
- Dictionary Day
- World Food Day
- John Brown Raid

17
-Black Poetry Day
-Mulligan Day
- Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day

18 - Get to Know Your Customers Day
- Get Smart About Credit Day
- Nat'l Chocolate Cupcake Day
- Puerto Rico Became a Colony

19
- Evaluate Your Life Day
- Rainforest Day
- Thomas Edison Demonstrated Electric Light

20
- Information Overload Day
- Fall Astronomy Day
- Sweetest Day
- Bridge Day

21
- Reptile Awareness Day
- Nat'l Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day

22
- Int'l Stuttering Awareness Day

23
- iPod Day
- Nat'l Mole Day

24
- Food Day
- United Nations Day
- World Development Information Day

25
- Sourest Day
- World Pasta Day
- Pablo Picasso's Bday

26
- Frankenstein Friday
- Int'l Bandanna Day
- Hillary Clinton's Bday

27 - Theodore Roosevelt Bday
- Cranky Co-workers Day
- Make a Difference Day
- Nat'l Forgiveness Day

28 - St. Jude's Day
- Mother-in-law's Day
- Nat'l Chocolate Day
- Reformation Sunday
- Statue of Liberty Dedication Day

29
-Internet Day
- Lung Health Day
- Nat'l Cat Day
- Visit a Cemetery Day

30
- John Adams Bday
- Checklist Day
- Nat'l Candy Corn Day

31 - Halloween
- Nevada Statehood
- Girl Scout Founders Day
- Nat'l Caramel Apple Day
- Nat'l Magic Day

Weekly Observances

·         Financial Planning Week: 1-7

·         Universal Children's Week: 1-7

·         National Newspaper Week: 1-5

·         Customer Service Week: 1-5 (1st Week)

·         Spinning & Weaving Week: 1-7

·         Sukkot: 1-9

·         World Dairy Expo: 2-6

·         No Salt Week: 3-10

·         World Space Week: 4-10

·         National Storytelling Weekend: 5-7 (1st Full Week)

·         Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 6-14

·         Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend: 6-7

·         National Physicians Assistant Week: 6-12

·         Emergency Nurses Week: 7-13

·         Fire Prevention Week: 7-13

·         Great Books Week: 7-13 (1st Full Week)

·         Mental Illness Awareness Week: 7-13 (1st Full Week)

·         Mystery Series Week: 7-13 (1st Full Week)

·         National Carry A Tune Week: 7-13

·         National Metric Week: 7-13 (Week always has 10th in it.)

·         National Work From Home Week: 7-13 (1stFull Week)

·         Nuclear Medicine Week: 7-13 (1st Full Week)

·         Kids' Goal Setting Week: 8-12

·         National Chestnut Week: 8-13 (2nd Full Week)

·         Take Your Medicine Americans Week: 10-16

·         Great American Beer Festival: 11-13

·         World Rainforest Week: 12-18

·         Freedom From Bullies Week: 14-20

·         Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week: 14-20

·         National Food Bank Week: 14-20 (Week Always Has 16th in it, World Food Day)

·         Teen Read Week: 14-20

·         Fall Astronomy Week: 15-21

·         Freedom of Speech Week: 15-21  (3rd Full Week)

·         Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 15-19 (3rd Week)

·         National School Lunch Week: 15-20 (Starts on 2nd Monday)

·         Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24

·         Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 21-27 (3rd Full Week)

·         Kids Care Week: 21-27

·         National Character Counts Week: 21-27

·         National Chemistry Week: 21-27

·         National Forest Products Week: 21-27

·         National Friends of Libraries Week: 21-27

·         National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 21-27  (always 3rd week)

·         National Massage Therapy Week: 21-27 (Last Full Week)

·         National Respiratory Care Week: 21-27  (last full week)

·         National Save For Retirement Week: 21-27  (3rd Full Week)

·         Pastoral Care Week: 21-27

·         Red Ribbon Week: 21-27  (Last Week)

·         YWCA Week without Violence: 21-27

·         National School Bus Safety Week: 22-26 (4th Week)

·         Disarmament Week: 24-30

·         Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week: 24-30

·         Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31

·         World Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 24-29

·         International Magic Week: 25-31

·         Give Wildlife a Break Week: 29-11/4

Monthly Observances

·         Adopt A Shelter Dog Month

·         AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)

·         American Cheese Month

·         Antidepressant Death Awareness Month

·         Apple Month

·         Bat Appreciation Month

·         Bullying Prevention Month

·         (World) Blindness Awareness Month

·         Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month

·         Celiac Disease Awareness Month

·         Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month

·         Children's Magazine Month

·         Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31)

·         Church Library Month

·         Church Safety and Security Month

·         Class Reunion Month

·         Co-op Awareness Month

·         Cut Out Dissection Month

·         Domestic Violence Awareness Month

·         Down Syndrome Awareness Month

·         Dyslexia Awareness Month

·         Eat Better, Eat Together Month

·         Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month

·         Emotional Wellness Month

·         Employee Ownership Month

·         Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month (10/1-3/31/13)

·         Fair Trade Month

·         Financial Planning Month

·         Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month

·         German-American Heritage Month

·         Global Diversity Awareness Month

·         Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham

·         Halloween Safety Month

·         Head Start Awareness Month

·         Health Literacy Month

·         Home Eye Safety Month

·         International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month

·         International Starman Month

·         International Strategic Planning Month

·         International Walk To School Month

·         Long Term Care Planning Month

·         Month of Free Thought

·         National AIDS Awareness Month

·         National Animal Safety and Protection Month

·         National Audiology Awareness Month

·         National Bake and Decorate Month

·         National Book Month

·         National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month

·         National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

·         National Caramel Month

·         National Chili Month

·         National Chiropractic Month

·         National Crime Prevention Month

·         National Cyber Security Awareness Month

·         National Dental Hygiene Month

·         National Depression Education & Awareness Month

·         National Disability Employment Awareness Month

·         National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

·         National Down Syndrome Month

·         National Ergonomics Month

·         National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month

·         National Go On A Field Trip Month

·         National Kitchen & Bath Month

·         National Liver Awareness Month

·         National Medical Librarian Month

·         National Orthodontic Health Month

·         National Physical Therapy Month

·         National Popcorn Poppin' Month

·         National Protect Your Hearing Month

·         National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

·         National Reading Group Month

·         National Roller Skating Month

·         National Sarcastic Awareness Month

·         National Stamp Collecting Month

·         National Work and Family Month

·         National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

·         Organize Your Medical Information Month

·         Pear and Pineapple Month

·         Photographer Appreciation Month

·         Pizza Month

·         Polish American Heritage Month

·         Positive Attitude Month

·         Right Brainers Rule! Month

·         Sausage Month

·         Self-Promotion Month

·         Spinach Lovers Month

·         Squirrel Awareness Month

·         Tackling Hunger Month

·         Talk About Prescriptions Month

·         Vegetarian Month

·         Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)

·         Workplace Politics Awareness Month

·         World Menopause Month