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Thoughts Ferns of South Florida Demotivation 3
Daisy's Holiday Greetings Big Cypress Fox Squirrels Tips for Swamp Hikers
Green Treefrogs Uncommon Southwest Florida birds
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Orchids ~ Wading birds OGWIT book Identifying lights in the sky
Mammals ~ Spiders Invasive Reptiles & Amphibians Warped cartoons

Turtles ~ Snakes

Collective names for wildlife

 

October holidays: 16-World Food Day ~ 31-Halloween

 

October history

1 - Model T car goes on sale for first time (1908)

4 - East and West Germany united as the Republic of Germany (1990)

6 - The Jazz Singer, first full-length 'talkie' film, opens (1927)

8 - Great Fire of Chicago starts (1871)

20 - U.S. & Britain set U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel (1818)

24 - Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for income tax evasion (1931)

26 - shoot-out at the O.K. Corral between Clanton and Earp families

27 - NYC subway begins operating, the first underground rail system in the world (1904)

31 - Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to Wittenberg's palace church

 

October Birthdays

1 - Julie Andrews
2 - Groucho Marx
4 - Frederic Remington
9 - John Lennon
10 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
13 - Paul Simon
14 - Dwight D. Eisenhower
16 - Angela Lansbury
20 - Bela Lugosi
23 - Johnny Carson
25 - Johann Strauss
31 - Dan Rather