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  • Columbus Day Observed {Indigenous Peoples’ Day} (U.S. October 14, 2021 - 2nd Mon) Actual day of Columbus arrival to the Americas was October 12, 1492
     
  • Global Champagne Day (Oct 25, 2024)
    [www.champagneday.fr/]  (Champagne Trivia)
    (Champagne Quotes)
     
  • [Hagfish Day] (Oct 16, 2024) Jawless, boneless, and scaleless, Hagfish ooze slime to smother their prey and evade predators.
     
  • International Archaeology Day (Oct 19, 2024 - 3rd Saturday)  [Archaeological Inst. of America]
     
  • International Carignan Day (Oct 31, 2024 - last Thurs) Carignan is a medium-bodied red wine that grows mostly in Southern France, Spain and the island of Sardinia.
     
  • International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day (Oct 19, 2024) An international celebration of raw-milk cheese and the individuals who bring it to life from the pasture to the plate. [Oldways Cheese Coalition]
     
  • National Breadstick Day (Oct 25, 2024, last Fri)
    (Breadstick Recipes)
     
  • National Country Inn, Bed & Breakfast Day (October 6, 2024 1st Sunday)
     
  • National Kale Day (Oct 2, 2024 - 1st Wed)
    (Kale Trivia and Facts  ---  Kale Recipes)
     
  • National Pumpkin Seed Day (Oct 2, 2024 - 1st Wed)  (Pumpkin Trivia, Recipes and Quotes)
     
  • National Taco Day (Oct 1, 2024 - first Tues)
     
  • National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day (Oct 16, 2024 - Wed. during National School Lunch Week - since 2011)
     
  • Sweetest Day (Oct 19, 2024 - 3rd Sat)  share sweets with those you care about (Primarily in Midwest and Northeast). [Wikipedia]
     
  • World Egg Day (Oct 11, 2024 - 2nd Friday in Oct) [Int’l Egg Commission]  (Egg Trivia -- Egg Quotes)
     
  • Canada: Canadian Beer Day (Oct 9, 2024 - Wed before Thanksgiving)  [Beer Canada]
    (Beer Trivia  ---  Beer Quotes)
     
  • Canada: Thanksgiving Day (Oct 14, 2024 - 2nd Monday)  (Canadian Thanksgiving Trivia)
     
  • EU: Daylight Saving Time ends (Oct 27, 2024 - last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October)
     
  • Germany: Erntedankfest  Potato Harvest Festival (Oct 6, 2024 - 1st Sunday in October)
     
  • UK: Fungus Day (Oct 5, 2024)
    [British Mycological Society]  (Fungus Trivia)
     

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