October 18th is... Persons Day, No Beard Day, Scary Black Cat Day, The Jungle Book Day, Alaska Day, Boost Your Brain Day, Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce,
RoseanneTV Premiere, World Menopause Day, Missouri Day, National Chocolate Cupcake Day
PLUS - interesting books to read and free printables, papercrafts, kid crafts, activities and coloring pages...
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The Jungle Book Day- a 1967 American animated film produced by Disney Animation Studios. Released on October 18, 1967, it is the 19th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was inspired by the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling.
Read: The Jungle Book
-- Since its inception in 1894, The Jungle Book has enchanted readers — both young and old — with its invaluable moral lessons. By bestowing the animals in the stories with human traits, famed writer Rudyard Kipling gives readers timeless parables that teach family values and the importance of community.
Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
• Jungle Book coloring pages
• The Jungle Book Free Printables and Activities for Kids
• Free Printable Jungle Book Activities
• Other Jungle Crafts and Activities for Kids
• 5 The Jungle Book Crafts and Bare Necessities Craft Supplies
• 25 Fun Jungle Crafts for Kids
Persons Day
- A day to commemorate the anniversary of the 1929 ruling that declared women to be persons in Canada. Prior to this ruling English common law prevailed (
Women are persons in matters of pains and penalties, but are not persons in matters of rights and privileges).
No Beard Day
- Today is the day those with beards shave it off for a nice smooth clean shave. Let your family and friends see what you really look like underneath all that face hair.
Scary Black Cat Day
- A black cat is associated with evil. The Celts would sometimes sacrifice a cat in a bonfire during their festival. Witches were believed to be shape shifters and would most often take the form of cats. Sometimes they believed that cats were reincarnated witches.
Alaska Day
- the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States which took place at a flag-raising ceremony at Fort Sitka on Friday October 18, 1867
Boost Your Brain Day
- Time to give a good exercise to your gray cells. Indulge in loads of brainstorming sessions and crack all those wacky puzzles.
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce
- A day to honor the local chamber of commerce. If your company is a COC member, make a donation, upgrade your membership, recruit a new member or buy a sponsorship of a chamber ad. Join a local chamber if your company is not yet a member. Send flowers or chocolates to your local chamber office.
RoseanneTV Premiere
- This comedy showed the blue-collar Conner family trying to make ends meet. Rosanne played wise-cracking Roseanne Conner, John Goodman played her husband, Dan, and Laurie Metcalf played her sister, Jackie.
World Menopause Day
- calls on every nation to make menopausal health a principal issue in their research and public health agendas in order to help women prevent unpleasant symptoms that can affect productivity and quality of life, as well as reduce rates of osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer and other aging- and hormone-related diseases.
Missouri Day
- a time for schools to honor the state and for the people of the state to celebrate the achievements of all Missourians.
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
- celebrated annually in the United States in honor of chocolate cupcakes. Frosted, filled, plain or gourmet style, cupcakes are sweet treats that are simple to make and delicious to eat.
