| October
1 |
*
International
Day of Older Persons
Vegetarian
Day
Jimmy
Carter born in Georgia, 1924
National
Holiday of China, Cyprus ,Nigeria, Palau
|
| October
2 |
World
Farm Animals Day
*
International Day of Non-Violence
Mohandas
Gandhi born in India, 1869
Cordell
Hull born in Tennessee, 1871
Sting
born in England, 1951
Thurgood
Marshall sworn in as first black Supreme Court Justice, 1967
National
Holiday of Guinea
|
| October
3 |
India.Arie
born in Colorado, 1975
East
and West German were reunited after 45 years of division, 1990
National
Holiday of Germany
|
| October
4 |
World
Animal Day
*
World
Space Week (October 4-10)
Kek
Galabru born in Cambodia, 1942
Susan
Sarandon born in New York, 1946
Julian
Clerc born in France, 1947
Alicia
Silverstone born in California, 1976
National
Holiday of Lesotho
|
| October
5 |
*
World
Teachers Day
Leopold
Kohr born in Austria, 1909
Philip
Berrigan born in Minnesota, 1923
Vaclav
Havel born in Czechoslavakia, 1936
Bob
Geldof born in Ireland, 1954
Maya
Lin born in Ohio, 1959
Intergeneration
Day
[1st Sunday]
|
| October
6 |
Fannie
Lou Hamer born in Mississippi, 1917
Yevgeny
Chazov born in Russia, 1929
Marshall
Rosenberg born in Ohio, 1934
American
Library Association founded, 1876
UN
General Assembly Resolution No. 1881 for release of all political
prisoners in all nations, 1963
*
World Habitat Day
[1st Monday]
Child
Health Day [1st Monday]
|
| October
7 |
Intergeneration
Day
[1st Sunday]
Joe
Hill born in Sweden, 1879
Hans-Peter
Dürr born in Germany, 1929
Bishop Desmond
Tutu born in South Africa, 1931
Yo-Yo
Ma born in France, 1955
|
| October
8 |
Dennis
Kucinich born in Ohio, 1946
Hanan
Ashrawi born in Palestine, 1946
|
| October
9 |
*
World
Post Day
*
World Sight Day
[2nd Thursday in October]
National
Holiday of Uganda
Nicolas
Roerich born in Russia, 1874
John
Lennon born in England, 1940
Jody
Williams born in Vermont, 1950
|
| October
10 |
*
World Mental Health Day
Bradley
Whitford born in Wisconsin, 1959
National
Holiday of Fiji
|
| October
11 |
Jubilee
2000, led by churches, brought debt relief to 14 of 41 eligible,
indebted poor countries, 2000
Eleanor
Roosevelt born in New York, 1884
|
| October
12 |
Marian
Franz born in Kansas, 1930
National
Holiday of Equatorial Guinea, Spain
UN Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT)
set up in Nairobi, Kenya 1978
|
| October
13 |
John
R. Commons born in Ohio, 1862
Nana
Mouskouri born in Greece, 1934
Paul
Simon born in New Jersey, 1941
Charlotte
Bunch born in North Carolina, 1944
Canadian
Ambassador to the UN Robert Fowler began investigation into the
'diamond trade' in Sierra Leone, Namibia, and other nations, 2000
*
International
Day for Disaster Reduction
|
| October
14 |
William
Penn born in England, 1644
Dwight
Eisenhower born in Texas, 1890
Hannah
Arendt born in East Prussia, 1906
C.
Everett Koop born in New York, 1916
Roger
Moore born in London, England, 1927
*International
Standards Day
|
| October
15 |
White
Cane Safety Day
*
International Day of Rural Women
|
| October
16 |
* World
Food Day
Justice
William O. Douglas born in Minnesota, 1898
Leon
Sullivan born in West Virginia, 1922
Conflict
Resolution Day [3rd
Thursday]
|
| October
17 |
* International
Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Graça
Machel-Mandela born in Mozambique, 1945
Ziggy
Marley born in Jamaica, 1968
|
| October
18 |
Democracy
Day
Media
Reform Day
Persons
Day in Canada, commemorating ruling
that women are considered to be persons with rights and priviliges,
1929
Félix
Houphouët-Boigny born in
Côte d'Ivoire,
1905
|
| October
19 |
Brundtland
Report, 'Our Common Future,' proclaiming the needs of development
while protecting the environment, published, 1987
|
| October
20 |
Make
A Difference Day
[3rd Saturday]
John
Dewey born in Vermont, 1859
Wayne
Morse born in Wisconsin, 1900
Janet
Jagan born in Illinois, 1920
Li
Zhaoxing born in China, 1940
Founding
of United Nations International School (UNIS), NY 1947
|
| October
21 |
National
Holiday of Somalia
UN Flag adopted 1947
Alfred
Nobel born in Sweden, 1833
|
| October
22 |
Abigail
Scott Duniway born in Illinois, 1834
Deepak
Chopra born in India, 1946
National
Holiday of Holy See
Minute of Silence to open General Assembly
of the United Nations agreed, 1949
|
| October
23 |
Anita
Roddick born in England, 1942
Peace Treaty in Cambodia, 1991
|
| October
24 |
*
World
Development Information Day
*
United
Nations Day
*
Disarmament Week
(October 24 - 30)
Belva
Ann Lockwood born in New York, 1830
Johan
Galtung born in Norway, 1930
National
Holiday of Zambia
United
Nations founded, 1945
|
| October
25 |
National
Holiday of Kazakhstan
Pablo
Picasso born in Spain, 1881
*
World Day for Audio Visual Heritage
|
| October
26 |
Manfred
Max-Neef born in Chile, 1932
Evo
Morales born in Bolivia, 1959
Paul
Farmer born in Massachusetts, 1959
National
Holiday of Austria
|
| October
27 |
Separation
of Church and State Day
National
Holiday of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turkmenistan
Klas
Pontus Arnoldson born in Sweden, 1844
Theodore
Roosevelt born in New York, 1858
Luis
Lula da Silva born in Brazil, 1945
|
| October
28 |
Desiderius
Erasmus born c. 1469, Holland
Jonas
Salk born in New York, 1914
Julia
Roberts born in Georgia, 1967
River
Phoenix born in Puerto Rico, 1974
National
Holiday of Czech Republic
UN
World Charter for Nature adopted 1982
|
| October
29 |
National
Holiday of Turkey
First session of International Labour Organisation,
Washington, D.C. 1919
Precursor to Internet (ARPANET) created,
1969
|
| October
30 |
Moscow
Agreement of great powers on necessity of the United Nations, 1943
|
| October
31 |
UNICEF
DAY: United Nations International
Children's Emergency Fund established by Maurice Pate 1950 |
