OCTOBER
Banned Book Week (begins the last week of September, ends the first week of October)National Pizza Month
Computer Learning Month
Country Music Month
Fire Prevention Month
National Popcorn Popping Month
- Popcorn Board
Football Month
National Crime Prevention Month
Rideshare Week (usually the first week of October and for California, but that doesn't mean other states can't celebrate too!)
October 1
National Pasta Month begins
October 2
Mahatma Gandhi born, 1869
Thurgood Marshall became the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1967
October 3
Chubby Checker (singer) born, I say on this day "Let's Do The Twist!"
October 5
World Teacher's Day
October 8
Fire Prevention Week begins
- Smokey the Bear says, "Only you can prevent wildfires."
John Lennon, born 1940, singer, songwriter
October 11
Eleanor Roosevelt born, 1884
October 12
Columbus Day "In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue..."
October 13
Molly Pitcher (Revolutionary War heroine) born, 1754
October 15
October 16
Dictionary Day (I suggest a dictionary word scavenger hunt)
October 17
Teen Read Week begins (until October 23rd)
October 24
United Nations Day
October 25
National Magic Week begins
October 26
Steven Kellogg (author) born, 1941
Statue of Liberty's Day
- The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
October 31
Halloween
NOVEMBER
Thanksgiving day (last Thursday of each November)
Peanut Butter Lovers Month ( various links for this occasion point to March or November, you decide)
National Chemistry Week (2nd or 4th week)
American Education Week (3rd week)
Vegan Month
- The Vegan Society
Election day
Family Literacy Month
- Home Literacy Activities
November 2
National Author's Day
November 2
Daniel Boone born, 1734
November 3
Sandwich Day (make sandwiches, create a sandwich poem...)
- 15 Sandwiches Kids Love
November 11
Veteran's Day
November 13
National Gaming Day
Sadie Hawkins Day
November 14
November 18
Mickey Mouse's Birthday, 1928 (make this day more than about Disneyland)
- Originally, Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney himself.
November 20
November 25
Marc Brown (author) born, 1946
November 27
Nobel Prize established in Sweden, 1895
