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Calendar day; October 10, 2014

Friday, the 10th of October, 2014 is the 283th day in 2014 and in the 41st calendar week.

General Events:

World Mental Health Day
October 10, 2014 in the World

World Mental Health Day takes place on October 10, 2014. World Mental Health Day is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.

This day, each October thousands of supporters come to celebrate this annual awareness program to bring attention to Mental Illness and its major effects on peoples’ life worldwide. In some countries this day is part of the larger Mental Illness Awareness Week.

Mental health describes a level of psychological well-being, or an absence of a mental disorder. From the perspective of ‘positive psychology’ or ‘holism’, mental health may include an individual’s ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience. Mental health can also be defined as an expression of emotions, and as signifying a successful adaptation to a range of demands.

Where is World Mental Health Day?
Worldwide

World Homeless Day
October 10, 2014 in the World

World Homeless Day was born out of discussions between aid workers around the world, all of whom were helping the homeless in their own countries. The aim and slogan of the Day is ‘locals act locally on a global day’. The emphasis is on giving hands-on aid that is sensitive to local needs, while being aware of the global problem of homelessness and feeling solidarity with other charity workers around the world.

On this day, you can celebrate by helping to raise awareness for the homeless in your own community. Grassroots campaigns and fundraisers work at the local level, while taking advantage of the increased publicity and solidarity a global platform provides.

Use this Day as an opportunity to educate people about the homeless in your area, the infrastructure that already exists to help them and how it can be improved. World Homeless Day fundraisers and celebrations can be converted into gains which will help the homeless long after the Day is over.

World Homeless Day 2014: http://www.worldhomelessday.org/

Where is World Homeless Day?
Worldwide

World Egg Day 2014
October 10, 2014 in the World

World Egg Day is celebrated on October 10, 2014. It is celebrated each year on the second Friday in October. World Egg Day is a unique opportunity to help raise awareness of the benefits of eggs. It was introduced by the International Egg Commission in 1996. The main objective of this day of action is to boost the consumption of eggs.

Chicken eggs are widely used in many types of dishes, both sweet and savory, including many baked goods. Some of the most common preparation methods include scrambled, fried, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, omelettes and pickled. They can also be eaten raw, though this is not recommended for people who may be especially susceptible to salmonellosis.

Eggs add protein to a person’s diet, as well as various other nutrients. As an ingredient, egg yolks are an important emulsifier in the kitchen, and are also used as a thickener in custards. The albumen, or egg white, contains protein, but little or no fat, and can be used in cooking separately from the yolk.

Where is World Egg Day?
Worldwide

Day of the Republic of China
October 10, 2014 in China

National Day of the Republic of China is observed on October 10, 2014. The National Day of the Republic of China, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is the national day of the Republic of China. It commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China and establishment of the Republic of China on January 1, 1912. As a result of the Chinese Civil War, the Government of the Republic of China lost control of mainland China and relocated to Taiwan in 1949. The National Day is now mainly celebrated in Taiwan, but is also celebrated by some Overseas Chinese.

Where is National Day of the Republic of China?
Nationwide China

Angel Food Cake Day
October 10, 2014 in the USA

The delicious, light and fluffy angel food cake is the center of attention on National Angel Food Cake Day which is celebrated each year on October 10.

Originating in the United States and first becoming popular in the late 19th century, angel food cake was so named because of its airy lightness. It was said to be the “food of the angels”.

Making angel food cake requires whipping egg whites until they are stiff then adding cream of tartar to the mixture to stabilize the egg whites. Additional ingredients are then folded into the egg white mixture.

The cake is then usually baked in an un-greased tube pan leaving a hole in the middle of the cake. The center tube allows the cake batter to rise higher as it clings to all sides of the pan. After baking, the pan is then inverted while cooling to prevent the cake from falling in on itself.

Usually rather than frosting, angel food cakes are often topped with a glaze or a sweet fruit sauce and a swirl of whipped cream.

Where is National Angel Food Cake Day?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 10th October:

680 – Al-Hussein (Al-?usayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa

1375 – Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands

1780 – Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in Caribbean

1787 – Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army

1845 – Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis

1846 – Neptune’s moon Triton discovered by William Lassell

1865 – John Hyatts patents billard ball

1874 – Fiji becomes a British possession

1899 – IR Johnson patents bicycle frame

1900 – Foreign ministers in Peking begin their first serious negotiations over what conditions their nations will impose on the Chinese after putting down the Boxer uprising

1900 – In Manchuria, Russia captures the major city of Mukden, part of their own plan to take over the whole province

1911 – Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Natl Day)

1913 – Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China

1924 – Ibn Saud of Nedzhed captures Mecca

1943 – Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China

1954 – Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops

1957 – US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware

1957 – A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, UK becomes the world’s first major nuclear accident.

1960 – Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die

1965 – “Vinland Map” is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson

1970 – Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1974 – The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and its political wing the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)founded at the Spa Hotel in the village of Lucan near Dublin

1975 – Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt

1979 – Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)

1980 – 4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria

1994 – Lt-general Raoul Cedras resigns as dictator of Haiti

1995 – Israel begins W Bank pullback, frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners