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Since 1994, the day of service has been coordinated nationally by AmeriCorps, a federal agency, which provides grants to organizations that coordinate service activities on MLK Day. [40] The only other official national day of service in the U.S., as designated by the government, is September 11 National Day of Service (9/11 Day). [41]
Stylized graphic from the United States Department of Defense. The first Columbus Day celebration took place on October 12, 1792, when the Columbian Order of New York, better known as Tammany Hall, held an event to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the historic landing. [6]
October 10 – Solomon Burke, singer and songwriter, died in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands (b. 1940) October 14. Simon MacCorkindale, British actor and husband of Susan George (b. 1952) Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-born French and American mathematician (b. 1924) October 15 – Johnny Sheffield, American child actor (b. 1931)
October 21 – 1975 World Series: US baseball team the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cincinnati Reds in Game 6 off Carlton Fisk's 12th-inning home run in one of the most famous World Series games ever played. [7] The following day, the series ends with Game 7 victory by the Reds, in a broadcast that breaks records for a televised sporting event.
The Party Foundation Day (Korean: 조선로동당 창건일) is an annual public holiday in North Korea marking the 10 October 1945 foundation of the "Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea", known as the "North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea" in the West and considered a predecessor to the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
National Arbor Day is celebrated every year on the last Friday in April; it is a civic holiday in Nebraska. Other states have selected their own dates for Arbor Day. The customary observance is to plant a tree. On the first Arbor Day, April 10, 1872, an estimated one million trees were planted. [3]
October 14 is the 287th day of the year ... Mother's Day (Belarus) [66] National Education Day ... On This Day "Historical Events on October 14". OnThisDay.com.
In a National Day speech, President Tsai Ing-wen states that Taiwan will not bow to pressure from China, vowing to uphold the island's sovereignty and democratic norms. (The Guardian) China denounces Tsai Ing-wen's speech, saying that it incited confrontation and distorted facts.