October 17 - What should we celebrate?

October 17th is Spreadsheet Day.
For books about Microsoft Excel, see 005.36.

October 17th is also Mulligan Day.
For books about adapting and adjusting, see 155.24.

October 17th is also Wear Something Gaudy Day.
For books about cosmetics and fashion, see 391.
For books about creating your own costumes, see 746.92.
For instruction books about sewing and tailoring, see 646.

October 16 - What should we celebrate?

October 16th is Conflict Resolution Day.
For books about peaceful resolution of international conflict, see 327.172.
For books about resolution of social problems, see 303.69.
For books about the resolution of conflicts in office personnel, see 658.3145.

October 16th is also World Food Day.
For books about food culture and history, see 641.3.
For cookbooks of various cultures, see 641.59.


October 16th is also Get Smart About Credit Day.
For books about the credit system, see 332.7.
For books about personal finances, see 332.024.


October 16th is also Feral Cat Day.
For books about the biological aspects of cats, see 599.75.
For books about taking care of cats, see 636.8.


October 16th is also Steve Jobs Day (See, he has his own holiday already! And so can you!).
For books about business enterprises in the computer industry, see 338.761.
For books about computer engineering, see 621.39.
For books about computer hardware and software, see 004 and 005, respectively.


October 16th is also Boss' Day.
For books about managing your business relationships, see 650.13.


October 16th is also Department Store Day.
For books about different types of stores, see 381.1.


October 16th is also Dictionary Day.
For English Dictionaries, see 423.
For German Dictionaries, see 433.
For French Dictionaries, see 443.
For Italian Dictionaries, see 453 (are you seeing a pattern here?).
For Spanish Dictionaries, see 463.
For Latin Dictionaries, see 473.
For Greek Dictionaries, see 483.
For Russian Dictionaries, see 491.73.
For Chinese Dictionaries, see 495.13.

October 15 - What should we celebrate?

October 15th is Information Overload Day

For books about clear judgment while thinking, see 153.4.

For books about human memory, see 153.12.

For books about the Internet, see 004.67.

For books about relaxation, see 613.792.




October 15th is also Hagfish Day.

For books about Marsipobranchii and Lampreys, see 597.2.




October 15th is also White Cane Safety Day.

For books about ophthalmology, see 617.7.

For books about social services for blind people, see 362.41.

For patents and inventions, see 608.




October 15th is also Take Your Parents to Lunch Day

For books about lunch, see 641.534.

For books about restaurants, see 647.95.

For books about parenthood, see 306.874.





October 15th is also Global Dignity Day.

For books about personal success in business, see 650.1.

For books about personal improvement, see 158.1.

For books about self-knowledge, see 126.

For books about decision-making, see 153.83.

October 14 - What should we celebrate?

October 14th is Be Bald and Free Day

For books about hair loss, see 616.546.



October 14th is also Face Your Fears Day.

For books about fear in a psychological sense, see 152.46.

For books about bravery and cowardice in terms of ethical consequences, 179.6.



October 14th is also Ada Lovelace Day.

For biographies of mathematicians, see 510.92.

For algorithms in an accounting context, see 511.8.

For algorithms as applied to computer programs, see 005.1.

October 13 - What should we celebrate?

October 13th is Native American Day.

For general works on Native Americans, see 970.1.

For certain tribes, see 970.3.

For government relation with and treatment of Native Americans, see 970.5.

For Native American literature, see 897.

For Native American languages, see 497.

For Native Americans' role as an ethnic group in modern America, see 305.897.



October 13th is also Yorkshire Pudding Day.

For pudding, see 641.8644.

For the history of Yorkshire, see 942.81.

For English cooking techniques, see 641.30942.

October 12 - On this day in history...

On October 12th, 1915, the Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactured its 1 millionth Model T automobile.

 For technical books on the design of passenger automobiles, see 629.222.

 For a social perspective on urban communities, see 307.76.

 For a history of America in 1915, during the Woodrow Wilson administration, see 973.913.

October 11 - On this day in history...

On October 11th, in 1634, a strong storm developed off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state in Germany. The storm created enormous waves that flooded the coastline and caused what is known as the "Buchardi Flood," also known as the "second Grote Mandrenke." Between 8,000 and 15,000 people died as a result of the storm.

For floods in a geological sense, see 551.489.

For social services performed in response to floods, see 363.3493.

For technology designed for the purpose of flood control, see 627.4.

For the history of Schleswig-Holstein, see 943.51.

For information on Germany in 1634, which was during the reign of Ferdinand II, see 943.042.