Today is...
Columbus Day!

Celebrate Columbus Day! In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on a voyage to find a shorter trade route to Asia. He traveled west and accidentally landed in the Americas, spawning the era of European exploration in the New World.
The first celebration of his discovery did not take place until October 12, 1792—exactly 300 years after his landing. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, observed each year on the second Monday of October.
Take a moment today to learn something new about Christopher Columbus and commemorate his voyage to the New World. Happy Columbus Day!

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Today is also National Chocolate-Covered Insects Day & Canadian Thanksgiving & Dussehra

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

This week is National Baking Week

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History for October 14 1926 - The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut. 1933 - Nazi Germany announced that it was withdrawing from the League of Nations. 1947 - Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier. 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award. 1975 - "Rock & Roll All Night" was released by Kiss. 1987 - Jessica McClure, 18 months old, fell down an abandoned well in Midland, TX. The rescue took 58 hours. 1997 - The soundtrack to the film "Casablanca" was released for the first time. ______________________________________________________ "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." --Reggie Leach