Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

Pres. Jimmy Carter's Birthday (1924)

Spain Ceded Louisiana to France (1800)

First Black Associate Justice Appointed to Supreme Court (1967)

Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

East and West Germany United (1990)

Frank Robinson Became First Black Baseball Manager (1974)

Buster Keaton's Birthday (1869)

Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)

Oct 4 - 10
World Space Week

World Teacher's Day

Oct 5 - 11
Nat'l 4-H Week

Nat'l Fire Prevention Week

Nat'l Metric Week

Child Health Day

Helen Wills Moody's Birthday (1905)

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

Achille Lauro Seized by Terrorists (1985)

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

Earthquake in Kashmir Killed Over 80,000 (2005)

"Great Fire of Chicago" Started (1871)

Pres. Franklin Pierce Died (1869)

John Lennon's Birthday (1940)

Leif Erikson Day

Washington Monument Opened (1888)

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1979)

U.S. Naval Academy Opened in MD (1845)

Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday (1884)

First American Woman to Walk in Space (1984)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

Columbus Landed in Bahamas (1492)

National Children's Day

USS Cole Attacked (2000)

Oct 12 - 18
Nat'l School Lunch Week

Columbus Day

Cornerstone of White House Laid (1792)

Milton Hershey Died (1945)

Navy Day

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1964)

Peace Corps Founded (1961)

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

U.S. Dept. of Transportation Created (1966)

White Cane Safety Day

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

Dictionary Day

John Paul II Elected Pope (1978)

World Food Day

Black Poetry Day

Mae Jemison's Birthday (1956)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

San Francisco Earthquake Killed 67 (1989)

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

Black Olympians Suspended for Protest (1968)

Mason-Dixon Line Created (1767)

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

Last Major Battle of American Revolution Ended (1781)

Oct 19 - 25
Nat'l Chemistry Week

Nat'l Fruit Day

Pres. Herbert Hoover Died (1964)

Senate Ratified Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Oct 20 - 24
Nat'l School Bus Safety Week

Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Apple Day

Thomas Edison Invented Lightbulb (1879)

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

Nat'l Nut Day

Yom Kippur

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

UN General Assembly First Convened (1946)

Women's Suffrage March, NYC (1915)

Oct 23 - 31
Red Ribbon Week

First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)

Rosa Parks Died (2005)

United Nations Day

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

Make a Difference Day

Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

U.S. Invaded Grenada (1983)

First Continental Congress Adjourned (1774)

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday (1947)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

New York City's First Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Debuted (1938)

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday (1858)

Cuban Missile Crisis Ended (1962)

Nat'l Chocolate Day

Nat'l Prohibition Act Passed (1919)

Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)

First Oscar Night (1929)

Nat'l Organization for Women Founded (1966)

Stock Market Crashed ("Black Tuesday") (1929)

Ezra Pound's Birthday (1885)

John Adam's Birthday (1735)

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

Halloween

Donner Party Snowbound (1846)

Mt. Rushmore Completed (1941)

Nevada Day (1864)