October 1st is

Inter-American Water Day *

International Music Day *

National Homemade Cookies Day

National Lace Day

Pumpkin Spice Day

Raccoon Appreciation Day

U.N. International Day of Older Persons

National Walk Your Dog Day

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World Festivals and National Holidays

Cyprus, Nigeria, Palau and Tuvalu – Independence Days

Cameroon – Unification Day

China – Guiqing Jie
(National Day)

French Polynesia – Stone Fishing Ceremony
(Recreating ancient fish-harvest)

India – Rajasthan: Navratra Stapana
(Hindu Goddess Durga Festival)

Micronesia – Chuuk (Constitution Day)

Nepal – Ghatasthapana
(Invocation of the Goddess Shakti)

San Marino – Captains Regent Investiture Day

Uzbekistan – O’qituvchi va Murabbiylar Kuni
(Teachers and Instructors Day)

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On This Day in HISTORY

1553 – Coronation of Mary I (‘Bloody Mary’) of England

1569 – Elizabeth I imprisons Duke of Norfolk for trying to wed Mary Queen of Scots

1800 – Spain cedes back to France the Louisiana territory that U.S would later purchase

1811 – The first steamboat on the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans LA

1814 – Congress of Vienna opens, tasked with redrawing national borders in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon

1880 – The Edison Lamp Works begins commercial production of electric lamps, and John Philip Souza is named director of the U.S. Marine Corps Band

1885 – Special delivery mail service begins in the U.S. with first routes in West Virginia

1890 – U.S. Congress passes the McKinley Tariff Act, raising rates to record levels, and also establishes Yosemite National Park

1891 – Stanford University opens its doors as a coeducational, tuition-free (until 1920) institution near Palo Alto CA

1896 – U.S. Post Office begins Rural Free Delivery

1908 – The Model T Ford goes on sale for $825.00, or $850.00 for the touring car

1910 – The Los Angeles Times building is badly damaged by a bomb that went off prematurely, igniting gas lines, killing 21 people and injuring 100

1928 – The Soviet Union introduces its first 5-year plan

1936 – General Franco, ‘El Caudillo’ (the leader) proclaimed Spain’s head of state

1940 – The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens as the first U.S. toll superhighway

1949 – Mao Tse-tung raises flag of the People’s Republic of China as the Nationalists forces flee to Taiwan.

1952 – This is Your Life debuts on NBC-TV

1962 – Johnny Carson begins his 29-year stint as host of the Tonight show on NBC, following after Jack Paar

1964 – The Free Speech Movement starts at the University of California at Berkeley

1969 – The Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time

1971 – Walt Disney World opens in Orlando FL

1975 – Yehudi Menuhin joins with UNESCO to initiate International Music Day * to promote the musical arts and UNESCO’s International Music Prize

1976 – Styx releases Crystal Ball album

1979 – U.S. hands control of the Panama Canal Zone over to Panama

1980 – Robert Redford becomes the only male featured on the cover of The Ladies’ Home Journal in its 97 years

1984 – U.S. Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan announces his leave of absence after he’s indicted on larceny and fraud charges, but he is later acquitted

1988 – Mikhail Gorbachev becomes President of the Soviet Union

1990 – In Croatia, minority Serbs proclaim autonomy

1992 – Western Hemisphere water conservation groups joined together to designate the first Saturday of October as Inter American Water Day * to spotlight the importance of water to all life on earth

1999 – Beijing celebrates 50^th anniversary of founding of Peoples Republic of China

2010 – Animal Advocate Colleen Paige founds National Walk Your Dog Day * to encourage dog owners to overcome the growing canine obesity problem

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Visuals

• Glass of water
• International flags
• Mary I of England
• 1911 replica of first Mississippi steamboat built for centennial
• The Concorde
• Ladies Home Journal cover with Robert Redford
• Beijing celebration of People’s Republic 50th anniversary
• Walk Your Dog poster

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