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39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter born 1924
Exploring the Early Americas - ongoing exhibition at the Library of Congress.
LBGT History Month
Disabilities Awareness Month
UN International Day of Older Persons
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Political leader Mahatma Gandhi born 1869
Slave revolt leader Nat Turner born 1800
Community hero Soedati Warsito Rasman born 1937
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Author James Herriot born 1916
U.N. World Habitat Day
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Religious leader St. Francis of Assisi born 1181
World Space Week (10/4-10/10)
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Architect and artist Maya Lin born 1959
Dramatist and president of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel born 1936
World Teacher's Day
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Inventor and engineer George Westinghouse born 1846
Anthropologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl born 1914
 
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Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu born 1931
Danish physicist Niels Bohr born 1885
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Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson born 1941
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Singer and songwriter John Lennon born 1940
Composer Camille Saint-Saens born 1835
Nobel Peace Prize and landmine activist Jody Williams born 1950
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1st Lady of American theater, Helen Hayes born 1900.
Composer Giuseppe Verdi born 1813
Sculptor Alberto Giacometti born 1901
UN World Mental Health Day
Explorer Fridtjof Nansen born 1893
National Dyslexia Day
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Humanitarian and former first lady of the U.S. Eleanor Roosevelt born 1884
Jazz musician Art Blakey born 1919
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Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti born 1935
English composer Ralph Vaughn Williams born 1872
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Former prime minister of England Margaret Thatcher born 1925
Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher born 1754
 
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Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden born 1910
Founder of Pennsylvania William Penn born 1644
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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith born 1908
Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche born 1844
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UN World Food Day
Dictionary author Noah Webster born 1758
Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde born 1854
Playwright Eugene O'Neill born 1888
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Astronaut and scientist Mae Jemison born 1956
Dutch explorer Alexandrine Tinne born 1839
UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
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Poet Ntozake Shange born 1948
Musician Wynton Marsalis born 1961
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Historian and writer Lewis Mumford born 1895
Artist and designer Peter Max born 1937
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Baseball player Mickey Mantle born 1931
Educator and philosopher John Dewey born 1859
Poet Robert Pinsky born 1940
National Day on Writing
 
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Chemist and engineer who established the Nobel Prizes Alfred Nobel born 1833
Poet Samuel Coleridge born 1772
Conservationist/cartoonist J.N. "Ding" Darling born 1876
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Composer and pianist Franz Liszt born 1811
Nobel Prize winning author Doris Lessing born 1919
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Novelist Michael Crichton born 1942
Soccer player Pele born 1940
First woman to swim the English Channel Gertrude Ederle born 1906
Make a Difference Day ~ become part of the biggest global youth service movement in history--generationOn
English businesswoman Anita Roddick born 1942
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UN Disarmament Week (10/24- 10/30)
United Nations Day
Dutch biologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek born 1632
American dramatist Moss Hart born 1904
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Composer Georges Bizet born 1838
Aviator and Antarctic explorer Richard E. Byrd born 1888
Artist Pablo Picasso born 1881
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Singer Mahalia Jackson born 1911
Russian poet and writer Marina Tsvetaeva born 1892
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Explorer James Cook born 1728
26th President of the U.S. Theodore Roosevelt born 1858
Poet Dylan Thomas born 1914
Dutch philosopher Erasmus born 1469
 
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Developer of the polio vaccine Jonas Salk born 1914
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates born 1955
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Quilt artist Harriet Powers born 1837
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf born 1938
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2nd President of the U.S. John Adams born 1735
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Founder of the Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Low born 1860
Poet John Keats born 1795
Film Director Peter Jackson born 1961
Inspiration for Race for the Cure, Susan G. Komen born 1943.
 		      
 
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