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2012
Oct 4 Thursday — National Golf Day is sponsored annually by the PGA.
Oct 7-13 Sunday-Saturday — Fire Prevention Week.
Oct 8 Monday — Columbus Day.
Oct 9 Tuesday — Moldy Cheese Day.
Oct 13 Saturday — International Skeptics Day, however it may be Jan 13 or the first Friday the 13 of the year. You do not have to accept any of those dates.
Oct 14 Sunday – 100th anniversary of shooting of Theodore Roosevelt by saloonkeeper John Schrank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, the campaigning ex-president delivered his scheduled speech. After finishing his speech, he went to the hospital, where it was deduced that if he had not had his speech in his breast pocket when he was shot, he most likely would have died. --Wikipedia.
Oct 16 Tuesday – 100th anniversary of Boston Red Sox defeating the New York Giants in extra innings to win the 1912 World Series, in what is considered one of the greatest games of baseball ever played.
Oct 20 Saturday — Anniversary of birth of the Bab. Installation of Scriptures as Gukru Granth (Sikh religious observance).
Oct 21 Sunday — National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day.
Oct 25 Thursday – 100th anniversary of birth of Minnie Pearl (d. 1996).
Oct 27 Saturday — Make a Difference Day. Make a Difference Day is a national day of helping others, a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone can participate. Created by USA WEEKEND Magazine, Make A Difference Day is an annual event that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every October. -- USAWeekend.com
Oct 29 Monday — Hunter's Full Moon, also Blood Moon. Hermit Day. It's a quiet day to spend quietly in seclusion, all by yourself.
Oct 31 Wednesday — All Hallow's Eve (Christian religious observance).
Nov 1 Thursday — All Saint's Day (Christian religious observance).
Nov 2 Friday — All Soul's Day (Christian religious observance).
Nov 4 Sunday — King Tut Day. King Tutankhamen (1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He died at age 19. His intact tomb was found Nov. 4, 1922.
Nov 5 Monday — Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bonny Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November, 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, England. -- Wikipedia
Nov 6 Tuesday — Presidential election.
Nov 11 Sunday — New Year (Jain religious observance).
Nov 12 Monday — Veterans Day. Anniversary of birth of Baha'u'llah.
Nov 13 Tuesday — Sadie Hawkins Day. Total solar eclipse. The path of totality will only be visible in parts of extreme northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean. A partial eclipse will be visible in most parts of eastern Australia and New Zealand.
Nov 15 Thursday — Great American Smokeout Day. Also Hijra (Islamic New Year) and Orthodox Christian nativity fast through Dec. 25.
Nov 22 Thursday — Thanksgiving Day.
Nov 24 Saturday — Ashura (Islamic religious observance). Guru Tegh Bahadur martyred.
Nov 28 Wednesday — Full Beaver Moon sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon. Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha. (Baha'i religious observance). Guru Nanak Dev Sahib birthday anniversary.
Dec 6 Thursday — St. Nicholas Day (Christian religious observance).
Dec 8 Saturday — Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) (Buddhist religious observance). Immaculate Conception of Mary (Catholic religious observance).
Dec 9-16 Sunday-Sunday — Hanukkah (Jewish religious observance).
Dec 12 Wednesday — National Ding-a-Ling Day.
Dec 21 Friday — Winter Solstice. Long Count calendar used by the Maya civilization completes a “great cycle” of thirteen b'ak'tuns (periods of 144,000 days each).
Dec 24 Monday — National Chocolate Day.
Dec 25 Tuesday — Anniversary of birth of Christ. Christmas (Christian religious observance).
Dec 26 Wednesday — Boxing Day. Boxing Day is an old holiday based on the tradition of giving gifts to the less fortunate members of society. It is usually celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day;[1][2], but its associated public holiday can move to the next weekday if 26 December is a Saturday or Sunday. The movement of Boxing Day varies between countries. The public holiday is recognized in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as many other members of the Commonwealth of Nations. -- Wikipedia
Dec 26 Wednesday — Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) (Zoroastrian religious observance).
Dec 28 Friday — Long Nights' Full Moon. The midwinter full moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low sun.
Dec 29 Saturday — Pepper Pot Day. Pepper Pot soup is a thick spicy soup first made December 29, 1777, for the Continental Army.
Dec 30 Sunday — National Bicarbonate of Soda Day.
Dec 31 Monday — Make Up Your Mind Day. Also New Year's Eve and Watch Night (Christian religious observance). World population reaches 7,006,029,077. U.S. population is 306,827,856, or 4.38 percent of the world's.