Today is Monday, October 3, 2011 

World Habitat Day

It’s World Habitat Day! World Habitat Day is celebrated each year on the first Monday of October. The holiday was created by the United Nations in order to promote sustainable urban development and adequate shelter for all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat.

The large river valleys of Africa served as the original natural habitat of the human species. Today, half of the human population lives in poorly managed towns and cities where adequate shelter and basic services like water, sanitation, and electricity are constantly threatened.

Take a stand and get involved in events in your local community on World Habitat Day! 

Today is also National Caramel Custard Day

October is National Pasta Month & National Dessert Month &National Chili Month & National Roller Skating Month & Adopt-a-Dog Month & National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

This week is National Walk Your Dog Week

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History
for October 31863 - U.S. President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday of November would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day.

1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After a merger with Radio Corporation of America the company became RCA-Victor.

1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

1941 - Adolf Hitler stated in a speech that Russia was "broken" and they "would never rise again."

1952 - Britain became the third nuclear power in the world when they successfully detonated their first atomic bomb. The U.S. and Russia were the only other nuclear powers.

1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV.

1988 - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely after its four-day mission. It was the first American shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.

1990 - The Berlin Wall was dismantled eleven months after the borders between East and West Germany. The unification ended 45 years of division.
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"The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving in."

--Oliver Wendell Holmes

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