Today in History

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`Sep 23,`	`The flower Audrey II is first placed on display by Seymour in Muschnik's Flower Shop (from the movie, "Little Shop of Horrors")`
`Sep 24,`	`Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic`
`Sep 27,`	`Feast of Finding the True Cross in Ethiopia`
`Sep 28,`	`Frodo wounded at Weathertop, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Sep 28,`	`Michaelmas Eve`
`Sep 29,`	`Battle of Boqueron in Paraguay`
`Sep 29,`	`Sundown Dance at the Taos pueblo`
`Sep 29,`	`The feast of St. Michael (Michaelmas Day). Goose is often eaten this day`
`Sep 30,`	`Fiesta at the Taos pueblo`
`Oct 1,`	`at 6pm you are three quarters way through the year for non-leap years and this happened at noon for leap years`
`Oct 2,`	`Average day of first frost in Flagstaff, Arizona`
`Oct 2,`	`National Day in The People's Republic of China`
`Oct 4,`	`Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (even though he died the day before)`
`Oct 4,`	`Fiesta at the Nambe pueblo`
`Oct 4,`	`Minerva McGonagall, character from the Harry Potter series of books, is born`
`Oct 4,`	`Pilgrimage by the Tohono O'otam Indians previously known as the Papago Indians to the fiesta in Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico`
`Oct 5,`	`Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic in Portugal`
`Oct 5,`	`Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Oct 6,`	`St. Faith Day in some parts of Northern England`
`Oct 9,`	`Korean Alphabet Day in honor of the Hangul Alphabet`
`Oct 9,`	`Leif Eriksson Day in Iceland`
`Oct 10,`	`Foundation of the Workers Party in North Korea`
`Oct 12,`	`Average day of first frost in Spokane, Washington`
`Oct 12,`	`Columbus day is really on this date but observed on Monday`
`Oct 12,`	`Dia de la Raza in Costa Rica`
`Oct 14,`	`Average day of first frost in Denver, Colorado`
`Oct 16,`	`Boromir reaches Rivendell, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Oct 17,`	`Council of Elrond, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Oct 17,`	`Dessaline's Death Anniversary in Haiti`
`Oct 17,`	`Filius Flitwick, character from the Harry Potter series of books, is born`
`Oct 18,`	`St. Luke's day`
`Oct 23,`	`"I started up the trail on Oct 23. Started up the trail with the 2 U herd. Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yea Yippee Yea. Come a Ti Yi Yippee Yippee Yea." -- from the old folk song "Old Chisholm Trail"`
`Oct 23,`	`National Mole day is observed from 6:02am to 6:02pm on this day 10/23 (Avogadro's Number = 6.023*10^23)`
`Oct 25,`	`End of War of the Ring, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Oct 25,`	`St. Crispin's day. He is the patron saint of cobblers`
`Oct 27,`	`The 300th day of the year in a non-leapyear`
`Oct 28,`	`National Holiday in Greece`
`Oct 29,`	`Old Day for swearing in the Lord Mayor of London`
`Oct 30,`	`Devil's night in Michigan; the youthful Michiganders play pranks on their elders. Now in Detroit however, it is often an evening of crime and arson.`
`Oct 30,`	`Molly Weasley, character from the Harry Potter series of books, is born`
`Oct 31,`	`Halloween. From early druidic "summer's end" and later "Hallow E'en"`
`Oct 31,`	`National Magic Day commemorating Houdini's death`
`Nov 1,`	`All saints day`
`Nov 1,`	`Fiscal new year for Hewlett-Packard Company`
`Nov 1,`	`Samhain; Beginning of the Celtic year and most important holiday.`
`Nov 2,`	`Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), Mexican holiday`
`Nov 5,`	`50 shopping days until Christmas!`
`Nov 5,`	`Guy Fawkes day in England`
`Nov 6,`	`Prophet Mohammed's Birthday in Malaysia`
`Nov 7,`	`Average day of first frost in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma`
`Nov 8,`	`Her Majesty, the Queen's Birthday in Nepal`
`Nov 11,`	`A cross quarter day (halfway between solstice and equinox)`
`Nov 11,`	`Remembrance day (Canada)`
`Nov 11,`	`St. Martin's day or Martinmas`
`Nov 11,`	`The traditional day in England when the animals that were not expected to live or could not be sustained through the winter were slaughtered`
`Nov 11,`	`Veteran's day (Armistice Day until 1954)`
`Nov 12,`	`Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan`
`Nov 12,`	`Harvest Dance and fiesta at the Jemez pueblo`
`Nov 12,`	`Harvest Dance and fiesta at the Tesuque pueblo`
`Nov 13,`	`Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence. This request came from his wife. (from the TV show "The Odd Couple")`
`Nov 14,`	`King Hussein's Birthday in Jordan`
`Nov 16,`	`Bilbo reaches the Lonely Mountain, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Nov 18,`	`1930, Stephen Vincent Strange (Dr Strange), character in Marvel comics, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Eugene and Beverly Strange`
`Nov 23,`	`Average day of first frost in Tucson, Arizona`
`Nov 25,`	`30 shopping days until Christmas!`
`Nov 25,`	`Saint Catherine's day`
`Nov 30,`	`Official end of the Atlantic Hurricane season`
`Nov 30,`	`St. Andrew's Day`
`Dec 1,`	`Average day of first frost in Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon`
`Dec 1,`	`Beginning of the contrada year in Siena, Italy`
`Dec 1,`	`Feast of Saint Ansanus`
`Dec 5,`	`Death of Smaug, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Dec 5,`	`Nikolaustag, in Germany. Leave your boots or socks outside of your bedroom door tonight and Santa will fill them with goodies`
`Dec 6,`	`The election of the Boy Bishop who will reign till Dec 28, a custom of the Middle Ages`
`Dec 7,`	`Pearl Harbor Day`
`Dec 8,`	`Blessing of the Water in Uruguay`
`Dec 8,`	`Day of the Immaculate Conception in Costa Rica`
`Dec 8,`	`Our Lady of the Cacupe in Paraguay`
`Dec 10,`	`Wyoming Day`
`Dec 12,`	`The fiesta of the anniversary of the Miracle of Guadalupe`
`Dec 13,`	`St Lucia's Day`
`Dec 14,`	`beginning of the Halcyon days, from Greek Mythology`
`Dec 16,`	`Fellowship begins Quest, from the history of Middle Earth`
`Dec 17,`	`Feast of Saint Lazarus`
`Dec 17,`	`Saturnalia revel`
`Dec 18,`	`Beginning of Yule Girth celebrated by the Goths. This would last until Jan 7`
`Dec 23,`	`Feast of the Radishes in Oaxaca, Mexico. Figurines carved out of radishes are sold`
`Dec 23,`	`The Roman festival of Larentalia. This celebrates the Etruscan Earth goddess Acca Larentia who nursed Romulus and Remus.`
`Dec 24,`	`Christmas Eve Dance at the Acoma, Isleta, Laguna, San Felipe, Santo Domingo, Tesuque, and Taos pueblos`
`Dec 25,`	`Christmas`
`Dec 25,`	`Matachines Dance at the Taos pueblo`
`Dec 26,`	`Blessing of the wine in Luxembourg`
`Dec 26,`	`Boxing day in England`
`Dec 26,`	`Feast of Our Theotokos in Greece`
`Dec 26,`	`Junkanoo in the Bahamas. A Mardi Gras like celebration with an African air`
`Dec 26,`	`St. Stephen's Day`
`Dec 28,`	`Feast of Fools`
`Dec 31,`	`At noon GMT each year, 20 minutes is taken to pray for, sing for, think about world peace`
`Dec 31,`	`New Year's Eve`
`Dec 31,`	`The feast of St. Sylvester`

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