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What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 18h

🌟 Sunday, October 19, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍬Sweetest Day, New Friends Day
🍸Gin & Tonic Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
👑Empress Elisabeth
🥊Evander Holyfield

#PastEvents📜
🏳️ 1781 Yorktown surrender
⚖️ 2005 Saddam Hussein trial

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 1d

🌟 Saturday, October 18, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍬Sweetest Day, Cupcake Day
💜World Menopause Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Pam Dawber
🎂Chuck Berry

#PastEvents📜
🇺🇸 1867 Alaska Purchase
🇨🇦 1929 Persons Day (Canada)

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 2d

🌟 Friday, October 17, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍝Pasta Day, Black Poetry Day
🌍International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎭Arthur Miller
👩‍🚀Mae Jamison

#PastEvents📜
🛢️ 1973 OPEC oil embargo
🕊️ 1979 Mother Teresa Nobel Prize

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 3d

🌟 Thursday, October 16, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🐱Global Cat Day
👔Boss's Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
✍️Oscar Wilde
🎭Angela Lansbury

#PastEvents📜
🚨 1998 Pinochet arrest
🏅 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

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What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 4d

🌟 Wednesday, October 15, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
😠National Grouch Day
🦯White Cane Safety Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Friedrich Nietzsche
🎂Emeril Lagasse

#PastEvents📜
🏅 1990 Gorbachev Nobel Peace Prize
📜 2005 Iraq Constitution Ratified

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What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 5d

🌟 Tuesday, October 14, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍰Dessert Day, Columbus Day
🌎Indigenous Peoples' Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎤Usher
🇺🇸Dwight D. Eisenhower

#PastEvents📜
⚔️ 1066 Battle of Hastings
🐻 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh published

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 Monday, October 13, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
📅Columbus Day, No Bra Day
🕍Shemini Atzeret

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂No notable birthdays found.
🎂No notable birthdays found.

#PastEvents📜
🏠 1792 White House construction began
🌎 1884 GMT adopted worldwide

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 Sunday, October 12, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
👨‍🌾National Farmers Day
🗺️Columbus Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎤Luciano Pavarotti
🏅Marion Jones

#PastEvents📜
🚢 1492 Columbus reaches Americas
🚀 1964 Voskhod 1 launched

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 8d

🌟 Saturday, October 11, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🏳️‍🌈National Coming Out Day
♟️National Chess Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
✍️Elmore Leonard
🎬Joan Cusack

#PastEvents📜
🚀 1968 Apollo 7 launch
🎗️ 1987 AIDS Quilt display

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 9d

🌟 Friday, October 10, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🧠World Mental Health Day
👜National Handbag Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🤷No notable birthdays found
🤷No notable birthdays found

#PastEvents📜
🇨🇬 1960 Congo's Victory Day
🎶 1960 Motown's 1st #1 Hit

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What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 10d

🌟 Thursday, October 09, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🤔Curious Events Day
✉️World Post Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎤John Lennon
👑Bella Hadid

#PastEvents📜
🚀 2003 Mission:Space opened
⚔️ 1944 Siege of Antwerp ends

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 11d

🌟 Wednesday, October 08, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍣National Salmon Day
🏳️‍🌈International Lesbian Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎬Matt Damon
🎬Sigourney Weaver

#PastEvents📜
🗺️ 1967 Che Guevara captured
⚾ 1956 Larson's perfect game

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What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 12d

🌟 Tuesday, October 07, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🌮Taco Day, Frappe Day
💖Inner Beauty Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎤Simon Cowell
📺Joy Behar

#PastEvents📜
💔 1998 Shepard murder
☢️ 1963 Nuclear Test Ban

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 13d

🌟 Monday, October 06, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🏅National Coaches Day
🎩Mad Hatter Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🏀LeBron James Jr.
🎬Elisabeth Shue

#PastEvents📜
📷 2010 Instagram founded
🕊️ 1981 Sadat assassinated

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 14d

🌟 Sunday, October 05, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🍎World Teachers' Day
🎉Many other observances

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎬Kate Winslet
😂Bernie Mac

#PastEvents📜
🎥 1962 Dr. No released
🌍 2015 Paris Agreement

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 15d

🌟 Saturday, October 04, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🐾World Animal Day
🌮National Taco Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Dakota Johnson
🎂Caitriona Balfe

#PastEvents📜
🚀 1957 Sputnik 1 launch
🎀 1959 Barbie doll unveiled

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 16d

🌟 Friday, October 03, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🥰Boyfriend Day, Smile Day
🎬Mean Girls Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎤Gwen Stefani
🎸Stevie Ray Vaughan

#PastEvents📜
🇩🇪 1990 German Unity
🦃 1789 1st Thanksgiving

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 17d

🌟 Thursday, October 02, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🇮🇳Gandhi Jayanti
🕊️Non-Violence Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
MahatmaMahatma Gandhi
🎤Sting

#PastEvents📜
💻 1996 Electronic Freedom Act
📜 1791 US Bill of Rights

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 18d

🌟 Wednesday, October 01, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
☕International Coffee Day
🍪National Cookies Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Julie Andrews
🎂Zach Galifianakis

#PastEvents📜
🏞️ 1890 Yosemite National Park
🎓 1885 Stanford University opened

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 19d

🌟 Tuesday, September 30, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
❤️National Love People Day
🌍International Translation Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Fran Drescher
🎂Kieran Culkin

#PastEvents📜
🤝 1993 Oslo Accords signed
🌐 1994 First .com sold

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 20d

🌟 Monday, September 29, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
☕National Coffee Day
🇨🇳Confucius' Birthday

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Julie Andrews
🎂Neil deGrasse Tyson

#PastEvents📜
📺 1941 Wacky Races Premiere
👮 1829 London Police Founded

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 21d

🌟 Sunday, September 28, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🤝Good Neighbor Day
🍺Drink Beer Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🥳Hilary Duff
🥳Naomi Watts

#PastEvents📜
🗺️ 1542 Cabrillo discovers California
✈️ 1924 First nonstop flight

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 22d

🌟 Saturday, September 27, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
✈️World Tourism Day
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Ancestor Appreciation Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Ranbir Kapoor
🎂Avril Lavigne

#PastEvents📜
🚂 1825 First public railway
🚀 1968 WRESAT launch

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 23d

🌟 Friday, September 26, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
🦙National Alpaca Day
🇩🇪German Butterbrot Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎾Serena Williams
🇨🇦Lilly Singh

#PastEvents📜
🏛️ 1687 Parthenon damaged
✈️ 1976 Concorde Atlantic flight

What is Today? @whatistoday.bsky.social · 24d

🌟 Thursday, September 25, 2025

What's #Special ?🎉
📚Comic Book Day
💪Women's Health Day

Famous #Birthdays🎂
🎂Will Smith
🎂Barbara Walters

#PastEvents📜
📜 1791 Bill of Rights
⚖️ 2018 Cosby Sentenced

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