Calendar day; October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
Monday, the 5th of October, 2015 is the 278th day in 2015 and in the 41st calendar week.
General Events:
Child Health Day
October 5, 2015 in the USA
October 5, 2015 in the USA
Child Health Day is observed on October 05, 2015. Child Health Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the firstMonday in October. According to 36 U.S.C. § 105, on Child Health Day the president invites “all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make the people of the United States aware of the fundamental necessity of a year-round program to protect and develop the health of the children of the United States.”
Where is the event?
Nationwide USA
Nationwide USA
World Teachers’ Day
October 5, 2015 in the World
October 5, 2015 in the World
World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 05, 2015. The day, which is held annually, commemorates teachers’ organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers. Today World Teachers’ Day is observed in more than 100 countries.
According to UNESCO, World Teachers’ Day represents a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development. Education International (EI), the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide, strongly believes that World Teachers’ Day should be internationally recognized and celebrated around the world.
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils (children) and students (adults). In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college. Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next.
Where is World Teachers’ Day?
Worldwide
Worldwide
World Habitat Day
October 5, 2015 in the World
October 5, 2015 in the World
World Habitat Day is celebrated on October 05, 2015. World Habitat Day is observed every year on the first Monday of October throughout the world. It was officially designated by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1986. The purpose of the day is to reflect on the state of our cities and towns and the basic human right to adequate shelter. It also aims to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the habitat of future generations.
Where is World Habitat Day?
Worldwide
Worldwide
International Day of No Prostitution
October 5, 2015 in the World
October 5, 2015 in the World
International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP) is an awareness day that was first observed in 2002. Locations at which IDNP was observed in its inaugural year included the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The day is celebrated annually on October 5 as a manner of opposing prostitution
In 2005, the University of the Philippines Institute of Human Rights and the Asia-Pacific chapter of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) organized an IDNP event at which they discussed the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. In 2008, there was an IDNP candlelight vigil in Phoenix, Arizona. The vigil took place again in 2010, and city leaders and former prostitutes were among the participants. In 2010, CATW observed IDNP by opposing the decision in Bedford v. Canada to strike down Canada’s anti-prostitution laws. A group of former human trafficking victims and sex workers in Canada also opposed the striking down of these laws; they picketed a courthouse in downtown Toronto, Ontario in recognition of IDNP. Picketers included Natasha Falle, Trisha Baptie, Bridget Perrier, Katarina MacLeod, and Christine Barkhouse. At the protest, Falle said that “only 1% of prostitutes say they enjoy sex with johns and 97% say they want to get out.” Baptie asked “Why do we think it’s OK for men to buy sex? How is that a sign of an egalitarian society?”
Where is Day of No Prostitution?
Worldwide
Worldwide
National Do Something Nice Day
October 5, 2015 in the USA
October 5, 2015 in the USA
National Do Something Nice Day is very similar to National Random Acts of Kindness Day, which is celebrated on February 17.
It would be ideal if everyone lived their lives doing something nice, or doing nice things, on a daily basis and without thinking about it. Today serves as a reminder to us all, as it is easy to get caught up with hectic schedules and fast paced lifestyles, to stop for a moment and do something nice.
Where is the event?
Nationwide USA
Nationwide USA
Historical Events on 5th October:
1550 – Foundation of Concepción, city in Chile
1582 – Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries
1693 – Haarlem people’s revolution due to food shortages
1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris
1864 – Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die)
1869 – A strong hurricane devastates the Bay of Fundy region of Maritime Canada. The storm had been predicted over a year before by a British naval officer
1908 – Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1919 – Norwegian population agrees to prohibition
1924 – 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News
1944 – Suffrage is extended to women in France
1962 – “Dr. No”, 1st James Bond film based on the novel by Ian Fleming and starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, premieres in London
1969 – Monty Python’s Flying Circus begins airing on BBC
1978 – Over 30 major nations ratify the Environmental Modification Convention which prohibits environmental modification techniques
1983 – Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize
1993 – Last honor guard at Lenin’s mausoleum
2000 – Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Miloševic. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution
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