The Wednesday Funnies

Just for a giggle I wanted to see what the month of October had to offer in the way of holidays and observances other than Halloween. It’s quite a long list but I hope you enjoy. I took this from Holidays for Everyday, enjoy!

Monthly Events:

Family History Month
National Pizza Month
National Clock Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
National Roller Skating Month
Adopt a Dog Month
Computer Learning Month
National Apple Month
National Car Care Month
National Pretzel Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Adopt a shelter pet Month
National Dessert Month
National Cosmetology Month
National Pickled Pepper Month
National Sarcastic Month
National Seafood Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month,
Vegetarian Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Polish History Month
Child Health Month
National Pasta Month
Nation Pork Month
National Cookie Month
Health Literacy Month
Diversity Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Clergy Appreciation Month
Dinosaur Month
Eat Country Ham
Hunger Awareness Month
National Applejack Month
National Communicate with Your Kid Month
Fantasy Month
National Pharmacy Month
Do-It Yourself Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Orthodontic Month
Consumer Information Month
World Chocolate Awareness Month
American Magazine Month
Auto Battery Safety Month
Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
Christmas Seal Campaign MonthCountry Music Month
Energy Awareness Month
Car Care Month
Fire Prevention Month
Hunger Awareness Month
SIDS Awareness Month
Spinal Health Month
UNICEF Month
Youth against Tobacco Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Auto Battery Safety Month
Cookbook Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Family Health Month
Healthy Lung Month
International Microwave Month
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Month of the First Frost
National Caramel Month
National Collector's Month
National Cranberry Month
National Education Month
National Pumpkin Month
National Sausage Month
Safe America Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Turn Over a New Leaf MonthChevy Truck Month
American Girl Month
Brain Awareness Month

Weekly Events:

Bank Teller Week- Week One
Teller Appreciation Week- Week One
National Customer Service Week- Week One
National Pickled Pepper Week- Week One
GOD Week (Get Organized Dammit!)- Week One
National Human Service Professional Awareness Week- Week One
National Newspaper Week- Week One
National Chili Week- Week Two
Shopping Cart Safety Awareness Week - Week Two
Fire Prevention Week - Week Two
Credit Union Week- Week Two Home Based Business Week- Week Two
National School Lunch Week- Week Two
Pet peeve Week - Week Two
Get Organized Week- Week Two
Squirrel Awareness Week- Week Two
Teen Read Week - Week Three
Kids Care Week- Week Three
National Veterinary Week- Week Three
National School Lunch Week- Week Three
National Adult Immunization Awareness Week- Week Three
Pharmacy Week- Week Three
Peace With Justice Week- Week Three
National Consumers Week- Week Three
Getting the World to Beat a Path to Your Door Week- Week Three
National Forest Products Week- Week Three
Wolf Awareness Week- Week Three
Business Women's Week- Week Three
World Rainforest Week- Week Four
Peace, Friendship, and Goodwill Week- Week Four
National School Bus Safety Week- Week Four

Daily Events:
1- Homemade cookie day
1- World Vegetarian Day
1- World Habitat Day
1- Earth Angel Day
1- Firepup's Birthday
1- Jimmy (James Earl) Carter's Birthday
1- Less Than Perfect Day
1- Model T Birthday
1- National Book It! Day
1- Walt Disney World Birthday 1971
1- World Series Birthday 1903
1- Special Delivery Birthday (1885, the post office began complete special delivery mail service in the United States.)
1- World Vegetarian Day
1- Postcard Birthday (1869, the first postcards were issued in Vienna, Austria.)
1- Yosemite National Park Birthday 18642- Name your car day
2- Charlie Brown's Birthday Peanuts comic strip first published In 1950.
2- World Farm Animal Day
2- Huckleberry Hound's Birthday 1958
2- Pixie and Dixie's Birthday 1958
2- Spanky's (George McFarland) Birthday 1928
2- National Custodial Workers Day
2- Tickle Me Elmo Launch Day 1997
2- Twilight Zone Birthday 1959
2- World Teacher's Day
2- Yogi Bear's Birthday 1958
2- Gandhi's Birthday3- Andy Griffith Show Birthday 1960
3- Virus Appreciation day
3- Captain Kangaroo Day (The show first aired on this day in 1955.)
3- Dick Van Dyke Show Premiere 1967
3- Child Health Day (first Monday in October)3- Family TV Show Day
3- Look at the Leaves Day
3- Mickey Mouse Club Birthday 1955
3- National Denim Day
3- Ozzie and Harriet Day 1952
3- World Smile Day4- Dick Tracy's Birthday 1931
4- First Space vehicle Launched 1957
4- Leave It to Beaver Birthday 1957
4- National Frugal Fun Day
4- Peppi the Peanut's Birthday
4- Rolie Polie Olie's Birthday 1998
4- Roy Rogers TV Show Premiere 1951
4- National Golf Day
4- Toot Your Flute Day5- Pablo Picasso's Birthday
5- National Techies Day
5- National Custodial Worker Day (first Wednesday in October)5- Ray Kroc's Birthday (Founder Of Mc Donald's Born 1902) 
5- National Story Telling Day
5- Ichabod and Mr. Toad Birthday 19496- German American Day
6- Come and take it day
6- Superman Marriage Anniversary 1996
6- Garlic Lovers Day
6- Physician Assistant Day
6- Lawyers Day7- Cats on Broadway Day 1982
7- G-Rated Birthday 1968
7- National Flower Day (1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that made the rose the national flower of the United States.)
7- National Frappe Day8- American Tag Day (play tag)
8- National Children's Day
8- Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day
8- Tube Top Birthday 19759- National Sneakers Day
9- Piggly Wiggly Birthday 1917
9- The Count's Birthday (sesame street)
9- Yom Kippur
9- First two way telephone Conversation (1876)
9- Moldy Cheese Day 10- National Angel Food cake day
10- Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)10- National School Celebration
10- Tuxedo Birthday 188611- It's my party Day
11- Emergency Nurses Day
11- Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday
11- World Egg Day12- International Moment Of Frustration Scream Day
12- Farmer's Day
12- National Children's Day
12- National School Celebration13- National Peanut Festival14- Thanksgiving Day in Canada
14- Grover's Birthday (sesame street)
14- National Dessert Day
14- Be Bald and Free Day
14- National Occupational Therapy Day
14- National FRUMP Day (Honors Frugal, Responsible, Unpretentious, Mature Persons)
14- national lower case day
14- National Take Comfort Day
14- Winnie-the-Pooh's Birthday 192615- Charlotte's Web Birthday 1952
15- I Love Lucy Day 1951
15- Mork & Mindy's Baby's Birthday 1981
15- Mushroom Day
15- Sweetest Day (third Saturday in October)15- National Grouch Day
15- National Poetry Day16- Dictionary Day
16- National Boss Day
16- World Food Day
16- National Dictionary Day (Noah Webster's Birthday)
16- National Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day (third Sunday in October)16- Frosted Light Bulb Birthday 1928
16- Learn a Word Day
16- Let Them Eat Cake Day
16- School Librarian Day17- Cadillac Car Birthday 1902
17- Gaudy Day
17- International Adjust Your Chair Day (third Monday in October)17- National Geographic Birthday 1888
17- Hollywood Squares Day (1966 it premiered)17- La Leche League Birthday 1956
17- Gaudy Day18- No Beard Day
18- Black Poetry Day
18- Little Orphan Annie's Birthday (Comic strip 1922)
18- Oprah's Book Club Birthday 1996
18- Scary Black Cat Day
18- The Jungle Book Day (Movie 1967)
18- Puerto Rico Became U.S. Colony (1898)19- New Friends Day
19- Star Spangled Banner First Sung (1814)
19- Evaluate Your Life Day20- National Fruit Day
20- Monterey Bay Aquarium Birthday 1984
20- Suspenders Day21- Can-Can Birthday 1858
21- Electric Light Birthday 1879
21- Garbanzo Bean Day
21- Babbling Day22- Clean Up the Earth Day (6 months after Earth Day)
22- National Knee Day
22- Parachute Birthday
22- Used Car Dealership Birthday (London, England, in 1897)
22- National Nut Day 23- National Mole Day
23- Mother-In-Law's Day (Fourth Sunday in October)23- Canned Food Day
23- Dumbo's Birthday 1941
23- Soccer Player Day
23- Stay Up Late Day (Johnny Carson's Birthday)
24- Betty Lou's Birthday (sesame street)
24- United Nations Day
24- Nachos Birthday
24- 40-Hour Work Week Day (1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went into effect.)
24- National Crazy Day
24- Black Thursday (1929, a major stock market panic occurred. Five days later, the stock market collapsed completely)
24- Take Me Out to the Ball Game Day 1908
24- Transcontinental Telegram Birthday 1861
24- Niagara Falls Barrel Day (1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.)
24- First non-US team to win baseball's World Series (1992, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves)24- National Bologna Day25- National Denim Day
25- Pablo Picasso's Birthday (1881)
25- Carlsbad Caverns National Park Birthday 1923
25- Make a Difference Day
25- World Pizza maker's Day
25- George Washington Bridge Birthday 1931
25- Punk For A Day Day26- Gunfight at the OK Corral 1881
26- National Mule Day (The first mules in America arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1785. They were a gift from King Charles III of Spain.)26- National Sleep-In Day27- Boxer Shorts Birthday 1901
27- Birthday of the Pencil 1492
27- Make a Difference Day
27- Cranky Co-Workers Day
27- Navy Day 1922
27- Turn Off the Violence Day
27- Teddy Roosevelt's Birthday28- National Chocolate Day
28- Plush Animal Lover's Day
28- Cotton Gin Birthday 1793
28- Criminal Fingerprints Day (First used in 1904)
28- Gulliver's Travels Birthday 1726
28- Ticker Tape Parade Birthday 1886
28- Statue of Liberty Birthday29- National Organization of Women Founded (1966)
29- Pepe the King Prawn Birthday 2001
29- Hermit Day
29- International Internet Day
29- Stock market Crash (1929) 30- National Candy Corn Day
30- Mischief Night31- National Magic Day
31- Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
31- Juliette Lowe's Birthday (Born in 1860. She started Girl Scouting in the US 1912.)
31- Halloween