October Important Events and Celebrations

 1.Oct. 1-7 _National Museum Week and Cottage Industries Week                                                                   2. Oct. 2_  National Food Production Day 

 3.Oct.  4_ World Day for Animals

 4.Oct.  6, 1868_birth of Aurelio Tolentino ,patriotic dramatist, newspaperman and founder of a                           revolutionary newspaper ,"Filipinas"

 5. Oct. 7-13 _Universal Children's Week

 6. Oct. 12-16_ Hispanic Week  or Semana  Hispanica

 7.Second week of October _National Health Education Week 

 8. Oct.  16, 1907 _Inauguration of the Fist Philippine  Assembly

 9. Oct. 20, 1944 _Gen. Douglas MacArthur landed in Leyte to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese

 10. Oct. 24 _United Nations Day (official founding was Oct. 24, 1945) ;Oct. 17 _ 24 is U.N. Week

 11. Oct. 24, 1857 _ birth of Juan Luna, the Prince of Filipino Painters

 12. Third week of Oct. _Fish Conservation Week and Credit Union Week

 13. Oct. 29, 1868 _ Birth of Gen. Antonio Luna, the Mainstay of the Revolution, founder of the                           Philippine  Military Academy

 14. Third week of Oct. _Midwifery Week, _ the last day of which falls on the birthday of Dr. Jose                       Fabella,   the founder of the first midwifery school in the Philippines

 15. Oct. 25-31 _ Boy Scout Week 

 16. Oct. 31, 1936 _Approval of Commonwealth Act No. 111, creating the Boy Scouts of the                          Philippines

 17. Last week of Oct. _Senior Citizens Week , National Nurses Week , and Consumers" Protection      

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  18. Oct. 26,1863 _birth of Jean Henri Dunant, a Swiss founder of the Red Cross Society. He died on              .Oct 30, 1910

     19. Whole month of October is International Trade Month