| October
1 |
*International
Day of Older Persons
(www.OlderPersonsDay.com)
Vegetarian
Day -
www.VegetarianDay.net
Intergeneration
Day (*1st Sun)(www.intergenerationday.org)
Jimmy
Carter born in Georgia,
1924
National
Holiday of China, Cyprus
,Nigeria, Palau
|
| October
2 |
World
Farm Animals Day (www.AnimalsDay.com)
Child
Health Day
(*1st Monday)
*World
Habitat Day (*1st Monday)
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/habitat.htm)
Mohandas
Gandhi born in India,
1869
Cordell
Hull born in Tennessee,
1871
Thurgood
Marshall sworn in as first
black Supreme Court Justice,
1967
National
Holiday of Guinea
|
| October
3 |
East
and West German were reunited
after 45 years of division,
1990
National
Holiday of Germany
|
| October
4 |
World
Animal Day (www.AnimalsDay.com)
*World
Space Week (October 4-10)
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/space.htm)
Susan
Sarandon born in
New York, 1946
Julian
Clerc born in France,
1947
National
Holiday of Lesotho
|
| October
5 |
*World
Teachers Day (www.PeaceCalendar.net/teachersday.htm)
Leopold
Kohr born in Austria,
1909
Vaclav
Havel born in Czechoslavakia,
1936
Bob
Geldof born in Ireland,
1954
|
| October
6 |
American
Library Association founded,
1876
UN
General Assembly Resolution
No. 1881 for release of
all political prisoners
in all nations, 1963
Fannie
Lou Hamer born in
Mississippi, 1917
Marshall
Rosenberg born in
Ohio, 1934
|
| October
7 |
Hans-Peter
Dürr born in Germany,
1929
Bishop
Desmond Tutu born
in South Africa, 1931
|
| October
8 |
Dennis
Kucinich born in Ohio,
1946 |
| October
9 |
*World
Post Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/october9.htm)
National
Holiday of Uganda
John
Lennon born in England,
1940
Jody
Williams born in
Vermont, 1950
|
| October
10 |
*World
Mental Health Day
National
Holiday of Fiji
|
| October
11 |
Jubilee
2000, led by churches, brought
debt relief to 14 of 41
eligible, indebted poor
countries, 2000
*International
Day for Natural Disaster
Reduction
(*2nd Wednesday in October)
(www.DisasterReductionDay.com)
Eleanor
Roosevelt born in
New York, 1884
|
| October
12 |
National
Holiday of Equatorial Guinea,
Spain
UN
Center for Human Settlements
(HABITAT) set up in Nairobi,
Kenya 1978
|
| October
13 |
Canadian
Ambassador to the UN Robert
Fowler began investigation
into the 'diamond trade' in
Sierra Leone, Namibia, and
other nations, 2000 |
| 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
*International
Standards Day
|
| October
15 |
White
Cane Safety Day |
| October
16 |
*World
Food Day - www.EndHungerDay.com
Justice
William O. Douglas
born in Minnesota, 1898
|
| October
17 |
*International
Day for the Eradication of
Poverty - www.EndPovertyDay.com |
| October
18 |
Persons
Day in
Canada, commemorating ruling
that women are considered
to be persons with rights
and priviliges, 1929 |
| October
19 |
Brundtland
Report, 'Our Common Future,'
proclaiming the needs of development
while protecting the environment,
published, 1987
|
| October
20 |
John
Dewey born in Vermont,
1859
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 |
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 |
Make
A Difference Day (www.makeadifferenceday.com)
Anita
Roddick born in
England, 1942
Peace
Treaty in Cambodia, 1991
|
| October
24 |
*World
Development Information
Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/october24.htm)
*
United Nations Day - www.UNDay.com
*
Disarmament Week (October
24 - 30)(www.PeaceCalendar.net/october24-30.htm)
National
Holiday of Zambia
United
Nations founded, 1945
Hans
Galtung born in
Norway, 1930
|
| October
25 |
National
Holiday of Kazakhstan
Pablo
Picasso born in
Spain, 1881
|
| October
26 |
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
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 www.UNICEFday.com |
