October 2013 Educators' Calendar

Child Health Day

Spain Ceded Louisiana to France (1800)

Henry Ford Introduced the Model T (1908)

Pres. Jimmy Carter's Birthday (1924)

Mohandas Gandhi's Birthday (1869)

Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)

Frank Robinson Became First Black Baseball Manager (1974)

East and West Germany United (1990)

Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)

World Space Week

World Teacher's Day

Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)

Carbon Paper Patented (1806)

Niels Bohr's Birthday (1885)

Fire Prevention Week

Metric Week

Columbus Day

Great Fire of Chicago Started (1871)

Leif Erikson Day

Washington Monument Opened (1888)

John Lennon's Birthday (1940)

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

King Tut's Treasures Discovered (1924)

Pac-Man Arcade Game Released (1979)

International Day of the Girl

Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday (1884)

First Staffed Apollo Mission Launched (1968)

Columbus Landed in Bahamas (1492)

USS Cole Attacked (2000)

Navy Day

Cornerstone of White House Laid (1792)

Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)

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

Earth Science Week

Teen Read Week

White Cane Safety Day

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

Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)

School Bus Safety Week

Dictionary Day

World Food Day

Cuban Missile Crisis Began (1962)

Black Poetry Day

International Day for Ending Poverty

Astronaut Mae Jemison's Birthday (1956)

Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)

Alaska Purchased from Russia (1867)

Black Olympians Suspended for Protest (1968)

Spirit Day

Last Major Battle of American Revolution Ended (1781)

Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)

Senate Ratified Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Apple Day

Alfred Nobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas Edison Invented Light bulb (1879)

Chemistry Week

National Nut Day

First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)

Women's Suffrage March, NYC (1915)

Soccer Star Pelé's Birthday (1940)

Apple's iPod Unveiled (2001)

United Nations Day

First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)

Picasso's Birthday (1881)

Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)

John Steinbeck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1962)

U.S. Invaded Grenada (1983)

First Continental Congress Adjourned (1774)

Hillary Rodham Clinton's Birthday (1947)

Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)

Make a Difference Day

Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's Birthday (1858)

First NYC Subway Opened (1904)

Nylon Fabric Debuted (1938)

Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)

National Prohibition Act Passed (1919)

Cuban Missile Crisis Ended (1962)

First Oscar Night (1929)

"Black Tuesday" Stock Market Crashed (1929)

National Organization for Women Founded (1966)

John Adam's Birthday (1735)

Ezra Pound's Birthday (1885)

War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)

Halloween

Donner Party Snowbound (1846)

Nevada Day (1864)

Mt. Rushmore Completed (1941)