October 2004

National Disability Employment Awareness Month.  Details


October 1  Details

 

Ronald H. Brown (1941–1996) : African American.

Independence Day : Nigeria.*

National Day : People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Nigeria.

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October 2   Details

Nat Turner (1800–1831) : African American.

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) : India.*

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October 3   Details

 

John Ross (1790–1866) : American Indian (Cherokee).

German Unity Day : Germany.

National Foundation Day (Kaech'on-jol) : Korea.

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October 4  Details

George I. Sánchez (1906–1972) : Mexican American.

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October 5   Details

Tecumseh (1768?–1813) : American Indian (Shawnee).

Republic Day : Portugal.

Surrender of Chief Joseph (1877) : American Indian.

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October 6   Details

Henri Christophe (1767–1820) : Haitian.

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) : African American.

Armed Forces Day : Egypt*.

Sh'mini Atzeret : Jewish.* (holiday begins at sundown)

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October 7   Details

Sh'mini Atzeret : Jewish.* (m)

Simchat Torah: Jewish.* (holiday begins at sundown)

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October 8   Details

Battle of Angamos : Peru. Public holiday.

Simchat Torah : Jewish.* (m)

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October 9   Details

Mary Shadd Cary (1823–1893) : African American.

Han'gul Day : Korea.

Independence Day : Uganda.

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October 10  Details

 

Lin Yutang (1895–1976) : Chinese.

Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Poole) (1897–1975) : African American.

Double Tenth Day (Shuang-shih) : Republic of China (Taiwan).*

Grito de Yara (1868) : Cuba.

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October 11   Details

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) : African American.

Health Sports Day (Taiiku No Hi) : Japan.*

National Coming Out Day/March on Washington (1987) : Gay/Lesbian.

Thanksgiving Day : Canada.* (m)

Columbus Day observed : United States.* (m)

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October 12   Details

Charles Gordone (1925–1995) : African American.

Día de la Raza (Columbus Day) : Latin American countries.*

Liberation from France : Laos.*

National Day : Spain.*

Our Lady Aparecida : Brazil.*

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October 13   Details

Arna Bontemps (1902–1973) : African American.

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October 14   Details

[William] Allison Davis (1902–1983) : African American.

Frank Yankovic (1915–1998) : Slovenian American.

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October 15   Details

John L. Sullivan (1858–1918) : Irish American.

Ramadan (The Month of Fasting) : Islam*
    (First day of month-long fasting).
(m)

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October 16   Details

Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844–1887) : American Indian (Northern Piute).

Mahalia Jackson (1911–1972) : African American.

Henry Lewis (1932–1996) : African American.

Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) : Irish American.

John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry (1859) : African American.

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October 17  Details

 

Jean Jacques Dessalines (c. 1758–1806) : Haitian.

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October 20   Details

Birthday of the Bab (1819–1850) : Baha'i.*

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October 22   Details

Dassehra (Durga Puja) : Hindu.

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October 23   Details

Chulalongkorn Day : Thailand.*

National Liberation Day : Egypt.*

Republic Day : Hungary.*

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October 24  Details

 

Suez Victory Day : Egypt.*

United Nations Day : United Nations.

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October 25   Details

Bank Holiday : Republic of Ireland.*

Labor Day : New Zealand.*

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October 26   Details

Miriam Kressyn (1912–1996) : Jewish American.

National Day : Austria.*

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October 28   Details

So Jae-P'il (Philip Jaisohn) (1866–1951) : Korean American.

Ochi Day : Greece.*

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October 29   Details

Republic Day : Turkey.*

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October 30   Details

Francisco Madero (1873–1913) : Mexican.

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October 31   Details

 

Halloween : United States.

All Saints Eve : Sweden.*

Reformation Day : Protestant.*

Samhain: Pagan and Wiccan. (holiday begins at sundown)

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