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the first Monday in October
Today is the 2nd day of the 41st week, the 7th day of the 10th month, the 280th day of 2019, and:
- Bathtub Day – did you know the earliest bathtubs we have found date back to 1700 BCE?
- Blue Shirt Day/World Day of Bullying Prevention
- Child Health Day
- Day of unity
- National Chocolate Covered Pretzel Day
- National Consignment Day
- National Flower Day
- National Forgiveness & Happiness Day
- National Frappe Day
- National Inner Beauty Day
- National LED Light Day
- Team Margot Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Registration Day – since 2014
- World Architecture Day
- World Habitat Day
- You Matter to Me Day – since 2010
ON THIS DAY IN ....
3761 BC - The epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
1492 - Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course
1520 - first public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain
1806 - Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood
1816 - first double decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
1900 - The term "orienteering" is first used for an event
1916 - Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland, 222-0; most lopsided score in the history of US college football
1919 - KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, established (oldest existing airline)
1931 - the first infra-red photograph taken in Rochester, NY
1942 - the US & UK governments announce establishment of United Nations
1952 - First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)
1958 - US manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury
1959 - Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR's Luna 3 space probe
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1963 - JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty
1978 - USSR performs nuclear test
1979 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1982 - Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway NYC and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1985 - 21st Space Shuttle Mission (51-J)-Atlantis 1 lands at Edwards AFB
1994 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1996 - Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO
2008 - Music, podcast, and video streaming service Spotify is launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon
Yeah that about sums up today
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