#1964 good friday earthquake

[dailymothanon]

Little miss Palmer (AK)… she is so sweetie and silly! I’ve actually had her designed for quite some time , just haven’t ever posted it for whatever reason 🤔 but I do have some hcs for her already 🐶

She’s got meteorology and seismology under her belt!

cuz of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, the National Tsunami Warning Center was placed in Palmer. They watch over all coastal states and Canadian provinces, so she actually knows plenty of states and provinces! Tho they don’t really know her

She happens to be a clown just cuz when I went to the Alaska state fair (Alaska’s state fair is always in Palmer) last year I was seeing how many other artists were making clown designs as it was national clown week and so I wanted to do that for Palmer 🐶 so she’s silly…

When she first met Alaska it was during the 1925 serum run, at the route had to pass thru her!

She and Anchorage have a younger sister and older brother kinda relationship, but they’re not related, just really close

Idk who she’d be friends with outside of other Alaskan cities 🤨

Palmer is one of the few Alaskan cities that can be extroverted for an extended amount of time

Alaska, Fairbanks and Palmer fawn over sciences and information 🐶

[aryburn-trains]

ARR 4319 leads the northbound Coastal Classic past the marsh waters just south of Portage on a calendar-perfect evening. This area was devastated during the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake which was the second largest earthquake ever recorded. The event was so significant that the land actually dropped 6-10' once the shaking stopped leading to the marshes and petrified forests that make up this part of south central Alaska. May 25, 2013

[audible-smiles]

my mental model for “earthquake” is the 9.2 magnitude 1964 Good Friday quake that hit Alaska, causing massive property damage, land slides, and tsunamis. it was the second most powerful earthquake in recorded history and it killed 131 people.

the Turkey-Syria earthquake’s death toll is up to 6,300 and still rising.

[beautiful0ruins]

Alaska 1964 Good Friday earthquake and tsunami damage.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 3.27 (after 1950)

1958 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. 1964 – The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. 1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. 1976 – The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public. 1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history. 1980 – The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212. 1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours. 1986 – A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people. 1990 – The United States begins broadcasting anti-Castro propaganda to Cuba on TV Martí. 1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. 1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo. 1998 – The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States. 1999 – Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav Army SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat. 2000 – A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others. 2002 – Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel. 2002 – Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured. 2004 – HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe. 2009 – The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people. 2014 – Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict. 2015 – Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead. 2016 – A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter. 2020 – North Macedonia becomes the 30th member of NATO. 2023 – Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.

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[diioonysus]

history | tragedies | north america

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

so the foundations of human nature was impure and dangerous and lead to death and destruction but Jesus came and on Good Friday, He gave Himself and redeemed all that and made it new and so we could have security and safety and life, which is illustrated and mirrored in another way by the city of Valdez Alaska which was built too close to the ocean, in a dangerous, susceptible location, and was largely destroyed by a major earthquake and tsunami in 1964 — which occurred on Good Friday that year, and later led to the reconstruction of the city in a more stable, safer area nearby. in this essay I will

[alaska-gothic]

“Late March 1964 aerials of a flooded Homer Spit--featuring the Land's End Hotel--after the Good Friday Earthquake. An underwater landslide lowered the Spit several feet.” (David Reamer on Twitter)

[aiiaiiiyo]

Chaotic condition of the commercial section of Kodiak following Alaska's Good Friday earthquake, 1964.[1600 x 1063] Check this blog!

[dailymothanon]

Ahh yes Oregon, our local gay beaver boy whale exploder. I wasn’t sure what color to make his hair so 🤔 I just slapped this one on and called it a day. Someone gotta hide his packs tbh. Anyways I thought this design went hard, who want him 👻 he probably wears contacts because beaver eyesight is terrible both at day and night and are nearsighted, just a thought

This is my very accurate rendition of the 1964 Alaska Good Friday Earthquake, because although devastating I do think it’s a little silly Washington was completely fine meanwhile Alaska Oregon and Cali all went thru it 😌

[rvexillology]

My wife made my imagined Kodiak Island flag a reality

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Kodiak Island, Alaska, is the United States’ second largest island and roughly the size of Cyprus. It sits approximately 250 miles southwest from Anchorage. The town, island, and archipelago all share the name Kodiak (originally Kadiak, or Кадьяк, in Russian). The flag design incorporates the island’s moniker as the Emerald Isle, stylized as a compass rose to represent the community’s significant commercial fishing industry. The green peaks represent the mountainous topography in summer, topped with white snow in wintertime. The eight voids between peaks represent the eight major bays along Kodiak’s accessible “road system”. The island’s shores are lapped by the Shelikof Strait to the north and west, and the Gulf of Alaska to the south and east. These are depicted by the upper blue (shallow water) and lower purple (deep water). The 28 black dots represent the other named islands within the Kodiak Archipelago, most of which are uninhabited. The island chain runs in southwest to northeast direction, so the dots are positioned similarly. The dots are also supposed to mimic the spots on the backs and tails of King Salmon, for which the island is renowned for. The ratio is 4:6 to remember the devastation of the Good Friday Earthquake of 1964 and as a tribute to the U.S. Coast Guard, whose largest Base is located in Kodiak (the USCG Racing Stripe that adorns its cutters is canted at 64 degrees).

[histolines]

Chaotic condition of the commercial section of Kodiak following Alaska's Good Friday earthquake, 1964.[1600 x 1063] via /r/HistoryPorn https://ift.tt/2Jev9N6

[sagasacey]

Writing Sample

Environmental Events and the Hospital

Teresa L. Lowrey

Anchorage, Alaska

10/02/2019

Abstract

This document discusses the environmental dangers of the Anchorage Bowl, beginning with the 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake and the after-effects to the most precious commodity we have; water.  The paper goes on to discuss who the Alaska Native Medical Center and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium are, and how they are responding to these common threats and challenges.

Introduction

Environmental events, water impairment, and the ecological impact pollution are having on our tributaries and water-supply can jeopardize a community's health significantly.  One hospital's approach to catastrophic events, and the topic of water impairment, which we can link to several outbreaks of different cancers and other alarming environmental issues, is having a significant effect on the Health Care industry Worldwide.  The goal of this article is to bring awareness to the immediate dangers and lingering safety issues that are present in our every day lives.  From earthquakes to ground failure, and how the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC), and the Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) as a community leader, encourages its medical professionals to train as members of response teams, who are ready to act, in the event of an emergency.

Environmental Events and the Hospital

The Environment

Friday, March 27, 1964, 17:36 Alaska Standard Time (AST), the Pacific Plate moved north, penetrating the lower layer of the North American Plate. The biggest quake to hit this continent began, and after four and a half minutes, nothing but silence enveloped the entire State. Minutes later, a massive tsunami collided with the Pacific Rim and came racing back, heading for the Pacific coastline and the Lower 48.  The gigantic wall was reaching 500 miles per hour, and gaining speed, the violent deluge that followed, rolled out a path of destruction from the Aleutian Islands and South Central Alaska, down to the Oregon, California, and Hawaiian coastlines.

After several minutes of complete chaos, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) measures the quake at 6.2, ranking it as the most significant quake in recorded North American history.  However, decades later, seismologists and geologists estimate the 1964 earthquake at a 9.2 with its epicenter 72 miles east of Anchorage, about 56 miles northwest of Valdez, and 15 and a 2/half miles beneath the Earth's surface (United States Geological Survey, n.d.).  

Immediately following the quake, many Alaska residents found themselves homeless and struggling to find food, shelter, and clean water. The continuous shaking and disruption of Earth and debris altogether remove waterlines and have lowered water levels in wells.  For many Alaskan communities, while their water supply was still governed by how much Jr. could bring up from the lake or river.  The turbidity of the water was so significant; it had the consistency of thick chocolate milk, was very heavy, and needed days of sitting to be potable. Other places were witnessing entire streams disappearing due to massive snow slides caused by the shaking landscape. Rerouting the tributaries, waterways, and streams, and several reports of muddy waters in the wells from uncased well bottoms that screen out the silt, because the impact destroyed them.

Some coastal communities and Fire Island experienced saltwater encroachment due to the following waves of the tsunami after the quake (USGS March 27, 1964).  For larger communities who rely on communal water systems, such as the residents of Anchorage, the "64 Earthquake," created more urgent concerns than most officials were prepared to deal with at the time.

 The Creeks and Lakes

Fifteen years preceding the Great Alaska Earthquake, the USGS begin taking assessment readings from a network of observation wells and stream-gaging stations, providing pre-earthquake data for comparison. In the six weeks following the quake, Ship creek had a 200% increase of discharge due to the permeable surface fracture and the release of ground-water, immediately following the earthquake.  After this time, in April and May, the snowmelt significantly increased the levels of discharge and turbidity (silty water) in Ship Creek, while South Campbell Creek's increase was due to ground-water release from the spring thaw. The water discharge in Chester creek, however, had a notable decrease and continues to this day to have less discharge than Ship creek. Whereas, before the earthquake, Chester Creek's discharge was always higher because of the lower valley setting. However, after the 1964 earthquake, there was a significant decrease, leading geologists to believe recharge from the ground-water decreased. Russian Jack Springs also had a considerable decline in discharge in March of 1964 compared to 13 years preceding the quake.  Residents near lakes all around Anchorage reported mud-fountains in the lakes, some spewing sediment nearly 200 feet away Waller, Roger, M., (March 27, 1964).  

Ground Water

Ground-water reservoirs were affected by turbid and muddied waters. Reports of wells that reach the shallow water table were to have, as much as a foot of uncased hole at the bottom, with no screening exposing the water supply to more silt, clogging the water pumps.  Many wells were to have lost all water after the quake; of the seven pump-station wells Anchorage had at the time, three were destroyed entirely, and pump station six had to be abandoned for low water levels, and the pump could not prime(Waller, Roger, M., March 27, 1964).  

Further, the initial jolt drained wells in the immediate area of the epicenter, filling back to normal levels, with no effects from the tremblors following the quake.  However, other wells, hundreds of miles away, continued to increase and decrease in water level for several months following; due to the seismic waves that were generated by the aftershocks.  Determining the water level is done by measuring the waterline of the wells that penetrate the shallow water table and deeper aquifers, this method proved the increase in the wells, when the initial impact of the quake put pressure on the aquifers.  Other effects on the ground-water included the turbidity of natural springs in the affected region and the liquefication of landfill areas.

the quake put pressure on the aquifers. Other effects on the ground-water included the turbidity of natural springs in the affected region and the liquefication of landfill areas.

The Environment 54 Years Later.

November 30, 2018, 8:29 am Alaska Daylight Savings Time (ADST), a magnitude 7.0 quake hits North of Anchorage, Alaska, with the epicenter located directly under Joint Base Elmendorf/Fort Richardson (JBER) followed by another magnitude 5.7 quake, seven minutes later.  From that Good Friday in March of 1964 to November 30, 2018, Alaska has survived 144 earthquakes over 6.0 magnitude, and the USGS continues to work with Federal, State, Local, and Educational agencies to track, measure and analyze data so to understand more about the environment we live. "USGS and other scientists cannot predict the exact time, location, and magnitude of any specific earthquake (USGS 10/05/2019)."

"Many failures of engineered materials occurred on or adjacent to saturated lowlands filled with organic sediment, silt, or sand (USGS 2019)," USGS reports of GF show the estimated area exposed to landslides as significant, with the estimated population exposure of little to none. The estimated area exposed to liquefication is substantial, while the likely population exposure is limited. The United States Geological Survey has created a website as a tool for recognizing and mapping "Ground Failure" (GF) hotspots, referring to the site as the Ground Failure Card.  If areas have a history of reports in the past for landslides or liquefication, it is designated, as such, to help determine safety routes for first responders. The Card provides information on the type of ground failure, either landslide or liquefication, a viewing map of the affected area, and the ground failure background USGS (10/05/2019). The 2018 Anchorage Earthquake was a significant testing ground for this essential tool.

Now What?

While the November 30, 2018 earthquake was nowhere close to the magnitude of the Great Alaskan Earthquake of 1964, the Anchorage Bowl and surrounding communities suffered significant damage to its infrastructure. Alaska has 40 active volcanoes throughout the South-Central area and the Aleutian Islands, also known as part of the Ring of Fire, this area is legendary for quakes and tsunamis.  With these types of environmental dangers, comes a whole list of extenuating factors, that are directly and indirectly related to seismic events.

Moreover, while adverse environmental events and water impairment are real, potential everyday threats that affect tens of thousands of people in overcrowded cities to rural one-family cabins in the wilds of bush Alaska, many do not take this threat as dangerous.  Whatever the danger and whoever is affected, the numbers can be overwhelming, and with such a massive risk, to so many communities, education and training of personnel on earthquakes, tsunamis, and water impairment have been on the agenda of these community leaders since the early days following the 1964 Earthquake.

take this threat as dangerous.  Whatever the danger and whoever is affected, the numbers can be overwhelming, and with such a massive risk, to so many communities, education and training of personnel on earthquakes, tsunamis, and water impairment have been on the agenda of these community leaders since the early days following the 1964 Earthquake.

The Hospital

During the 1830s and '40s, more than half of the Dena'ina population died from the Smallpox epidemic. On November 29, 1953, the U.S. Government opened The Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) under the Alaska Native Services (ANS); the facility provided 400 beds, on a 22 acres site, located on 3rd Avenue, and was explicitly designated for the TB outbreak at the time. Throughout the hospital's history, it has been providing care for Alaskan communities with the assistance of military personnel, who are directly employed by the United States government.  In 1971 after President Nixon signed the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act, Senator Ted Stevens pushed for one Alaskan Native Nation. However, the federal government thought that would give the Alaskan natives too loud a voice in what happens to the lands, so thirteen corporations rose to lead the different regions.  

The Health Care Organization and Non-Profit

Of those thirteen corporations, one leader, the Cook Inlet Region Inc.(CIRI), was already working with the Anchorage community natives.  At the time, to have a Tribal Council in the middle of a big city was unheard of, but not for CIRI, it did not make a difference what kind of Alaskan native you were, or where you came from, they were always there to lend a hand to their Native brothers and sisters.  To fulfill the medical needs of the native community, CIRI established the South Central Foundation as a Health Care Organization for Alaskan Native and Native American families in 1982.  The formation of the South Central Foundation brought strength and empowerment to the people, by educating communities on health issues and concerns, like the tuberculosis epidemic, malnutrition, and hepatitis.  

By 1997 several native health organizations come together to found the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC).   The super non-profit that concentrates its efforts on comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC), providing wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training, and agricultural water and sanitation systems construction. Two of the most successful programs created by the non-profit are the community health aide program (CHAP), and the home sanitation programs; the first program offers education and training to rural community members who can assist in the health care process. Health Aides live in the communities they work in, and they know their patients and the community, they are the first point of contact for a person seeking health care or emergency attention in rural villages. Moreover, ANTHC is the only Statewide program to educate and certify community health aides in the Nation. Concerning ANTHC's village sanitation program, several communities in rural Alaska do not have running water. Moreover, they will use what is commonly known as the "Honey Bucket" (coined because of the color), this form of bathroom use can be toxic to the human body when practiced over a long period. Cases of Hepatitis A and TB have decreased in villages with sanitation systems in place.

Emergency Procedures

With the general public at risk of earthquakes, tsunamis, and ground failure due to these types of events, Anchorage residents have the potential of being in harm's way from many obstacles and situations. And, if a hospital is going to respond to these catastrophic events, the preparation ANMC and ANTHC hospital staff must undergo weekly staff meetings, monthly Executive Tribal Services Management meetings to help guide staff in the event of an emergency. Some of the staff members are responsible for clearing out rooms and stairwells.  While other team members are responsible for a safe exit from the building if there is any structural failure (Personal communication Daney Appendix A).  While no procedures are in place to address water impairment, the staff are well educated and trained on the environmental dangers of the Anchorage Bowl.

Conclusion

When there are adverse environmental events that affect the public masses, side-effects can trickle down and present themselves to the healthcare professional in a variety of ways.  The effects earthquakes are having on the medical industry, and how one leading medical provider is responding to these events with education and training, is setting the standard for health care communities around the World.

References

Alaska History.org, (n.d.), Anchorage Timeline. Retrieved from https://www.alaskahistory.org/anchorage-timeline/  Accessed on 10806/2019.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, (2019), 2018 Year in Review.  Retrieved from https://anthc.org/who-we-are/overview/  Accessed on 10/06/2019.

Brocher, T.M., Filson, J.R., Fuis, G.S., Haeussler, P.J., Holzer, T.L., Plafker, G., and Blair, J.L., 2014, The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and tsunamis—A modern perspective and enduring legacies: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3018, 6 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143018. Accessed on 10/03/2019.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, (September 27, 2019) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Home Page. Retrieved https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-office-water Accessed on 09/27/2019.

United States Geological Survey, (09/29/2019), USGS Current Water Data for the Nation. Retrieved from https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt  Accessed on 09/28/2019.

United States Geological Survey, (March 27, 1964), USGS, The Great M9.2 Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964. Retrieved from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/  Accessed on 10/02/2019.

United States Geological Survey, (10/05/2019), Earthquake Hazards Program, Ground Water.  Retrieved from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ak20419010/ground-failure/summary  Accessed on 10/04/2019.

Waller, Roger, M., (March 27, 1964), Effects of the March 1964 Alaska earthquake on the hydrology of the Anchorage area, Alaska: Chapter B Paper 544, The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: effects hydrologic regimen.  United States Geological Survey (USGS), Retrieved from https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0544b/pp544b_text.pdf   Accessed on 10/02/2019.

  Appendix A

Name:   Gilbert W. Daney (Buzz)  

Profession:  Clinic Manager

Organization:  Alaska Native Medical Center/Traditional Healing

The primary objective of this document is to discuss environmental pollution/disasters and how they affect the health care industry.  The decision to interview Buzz is because of his position as a clinic Manager. Further, as a healthcare manager, he is expected to respond in the course of a catastrophic emergency or environmental incident.  

1). As a Health care administrator, what types of "meetings" do you attend?

Some of the meetings I attend are staff meetings for clinic team members. I also go to one-on-one sessions with employees and upper management.

Executive Tribal Services (ETS) Managers meetings.

With this question, Buzz also provided some information as to what the clinic is. This clinic is not considered to be under any other medical category except, Traditional healing practices in the Alaska native culture. The program has many cultural interventions to assist the customer/owners, some of which include hands-on healing and traditional counseling (Personal Communication, Daney).

2).  Are you required to travel, if so, where and how often?

We have a Tribal Doctor out in Wasilla, and I travel out to the valley every quarter (Personal Communication, Daney).

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3).  What kinds of paperwork are involved, and how much?

Dashboards for ETS meetings and other committees – these are reports and updates using medical data collected during a specific period. Some of the exciting news is how the use of medications has decreased with the customer/owners who use Traditional healing for chronic pain.

Quarterly Executive Tribal Services reporting to different committees; Emergency planning committee, Quality improvement.

Nunatsiavut – Children identified as at-risk before birth. This program provides classes, support, counseling, and other resources so that the children have exposure to a healthy environment (Personal Communication, Daney).

4).  In your opinion, what kind of Dispute Resolution is best when dealing with patients?

The primary goal when dealing with patient disputes is to listen.  When someone is upset, all they want is to be heard and someone who will respond to their concerns.  I usually try to handle any complaints within the hour.  I do my best to make sure they are satisfied before they leave. If I cannot fix the issue, the compliance department will react (Personal Communication, Daney).

5).  What kind of Dispute Resolution do you use when an employee is the subject of cause?

I meet with the employees monthly, and I am visible and accessible as much as I can, I don't hang out in my office much. If the employee feels they cannot talk to someone in person about their complaint, there is an 800 number they can use. And they can make an anonymous report (Personal Communication, Daney).

6).  How many hours a week is spent behind the desk or on the phone?

I have a work cell phone, and I answer anywhere from six to a dozen phone calls a day (Personal Communication, Daney).

7).  Do you have a good work/life balance?

Yes, we have a learning day as a part of our all-staff meetings.  We have the best systems in the entire World, "Kusreung to the employees" (Personal Communication, Daney).  The enthusiasm is his voice regarding this question gave light to the subject of his work.

8).  What type of format do you use when corresponding with others?

I usually use email on a secured network that can communicate with external systems (Personal Communication, Daney).

9).  As an Office Manager, do you have any environmental concerns?

I feel safe. I filter my water. I have recently heard someone mention something about the high levels of bacteria in the water, but nothing about Eklutna Lake, and that's where we get our water from (Personal Communication, Daney). Anchorage's water supply comes from Eklutna Lake, and the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility maintain the service.

The only real concerns I have are earthquakes; we have four active volcanoes in the surrounding area. We have one of the safest buildings in the entire region. We provide quarterly meetings on how to better prepare ourselves for everyone's safety.  So, that when there is an earthquake, we are ready, and we know what to do (Personal Communication, Daney).

10). What is your role during an environmental disaster?

My responsibility is to make sure everyone makes it out of the building.  I am to clear out all rooms to be safe, and make sure there are no people in the stairwells.  Our primary responsibility is to make sure everyone makes it to a designated safe area (Personal Communication, Daney).

Lowrey, T.L., (09/26/2019) Personal Interview via Phone with Gilbert W. Daney.

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Holidays 10.6

Holidays

American Library Day

Armed Forces Day (Egypt)

Come and Take It Day (Texas)

Commemoration Day (Turkmenistan)

Day of Commemoration and National Mourning (Turkmenistan)

Discovery of America Day (Honduras)

Donkey Day (French Republic)

Dukla Pass Victims Day (Slovakia)

Earthquake Remembrance Day (Turkmenistan)

Ecological Debt Day

Festival of Spiritual Anarchy

German Pioneer Day (Pennsylvania)

Gopher Hill Day

Inbox Zero Day

Instagram Day

International Geodiversity Day

Ivy Day (Ireland)

Jack Day

Jackie Mayer Rehab Day (Sandusky, Ohio)

Mad Hatter Day

Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad (Hungary)

Moulin Rouge Day

National Badger Day (UK)

National Coaches Day

National Energy Geek Day

National German-American Day

National Influencer Day

National Isabella Day

National Kink Day

National Physician Assistant Day

National Plus Size Appreciation Day

National Transfer Money to Your Daughter Day

Odd Socks Day (Australia)

Physician's Assistant Day

Semana Morazánica (Honduras)

Talking Motion Picture Day

Teachers’ Day (Sri Lanka)

Tishreen Liberation Day (Syria)

Wizkid Day (Minnesota)

World Cerebral Palsy Day

World HSP Day

World Stationary Day

Worldwide Forgiveness Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Garlic Lovers Day

National Noodle Day

National Orange Wine Day

1st Friday in October

Bandcamp Friday [1st Friday]

Barrel-Aged Beer Day [1st Friday]

Byte Night (UK) [1st Friday]

Cerrado Mineiro Day [1st Friday]

Children’s Day (Singapore) [1st Friday]

College Radio Day [1st Friday]

French Canadian Heritage Day (Michigan) [1st Friday]

Kids Music Day [1st Friday]

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest begins (Canada) [Friday before 2nd Monday thru 10.19]

Manufacturing Day (a.k.a. MFG Day) [1st Friday]

National Beep Beep Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Body Language Day [1st Friday]

National Denim Day (a.k.a. Lee National Denim Day) [1st Friday]

National Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) Recognition Day [1st Friday]

National Diversity Day [1st Friday]

National Potato Day (Ireland) [1st Friday]

National Tree Planting Day (Jamaica) [1st Friday]

Plaidurday [1st Friday]

World College Radio Day [1st Friday]

World Multiplication Table Day [1st Friday]

World Smile Day [1st Friday]

Independence Days

Auvenum (a.k.a. Kingdom of Auvenum; Declared; 2018)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Autumnale III (Pagan)

Alexandr Shilov (Artology)

Bathukamma begins (Telangana, India; Hinduism)

Bellini (Positivist; Saint)

Bruno of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Dan Christensen (Artology)

Faith (a.k.a. Fides) and companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Ghengis Khan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Happy Hour All Day Day Day (Pastafarian)

International Rastafarian Headgear Day (Pastafarian)

Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (Christian; Blessed)

Marie Rose Durocher (Christian; Blessed)

Mary Frances of the Five Wounds (Christian; Saint)

Pardulphus (Christian; Saint)

Sagar of Laodicea (Christian; Saint)

Thuistle (Muppetism)

William Tyndale (commemoration, Anglicanism), with Myles Coverdale (Episcopal Church (USA))

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Day of Bad Omens (Ancient Rome) [2 of 2]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [27 of 32]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [32 of 37]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [25 of 30]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [47 of 60]

Premieres

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Film; 2014)

Another Froggy Evening (WB LT Cartoon; 1995)

Ballot Box Bunny (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Batwoman (TV Series; 2019)

Blade Runner 2049 (Film; 2017)

A Bug’s Land (Disneyland Attraction; 2002)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series; 2000)

The Departed (Film; 2006)

Drugstore Cowboy (Film; 1989)

Eight Days A Week, recorded by The Beatles (Song; 1964)

Faith, by George Michael (Song; 1987)

The Florida Project (Film; 2017)

Girlfight (Film; 2000)

Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (WB Animated Film; 2020)

Here Comes Santa Claus, by Gene Autry (Song; 1947)

How to Make an American Quilt (Film; 1995)

Instagram (Social Media App; 2010)

The Jazz Singer (Film; 1927)

Love Me Tender, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1956)

Marathon Man (Film; 1976)

The Maze Runner, by James Dashner (Novel; 2009) [Maze Runner #1]

Meet the Parents (Film; 2000)

Merry Christmas, by Johnny Mathis (Album; 1958)

The Miller’s Daughter (WB MM Cartoon; 1934)

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie (West End Play; 1952)

My Life and Hard Times, by James Thurber (Memoir; 1933)

My Little Pony: The Movie (Animated Film; 2017)

Othello, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1621)

Pillow Talk (Film; 1959)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, by Muriel Spark (Novel; 1961)

Sitting Bull (Film; 1954)

Something, by The Beatles (Song’ 1969)

Spartacus (Film; 1960)

Summer and Smoke, by Tennessee Williams (Broadway Play; 1948)

Taxi (Film; 2004)

Yuri on Ice (Anime Series; 2016)

Today’s Name Days

Adalbero, Bruno, Melanie (Austria)

Bruno, Fides, Verica, Vjera (Croatia)

Hanuš (Czech Republic)

Broderus (Denmark)

Bruno, Edmund (Estonia)

Minttu, Pinja (Finland)

Bruno (France)

Adalbero, Nrunhild, Bruno, Gerald, Melanie (Germany)

Erotiis (Greece)

Brúnó, Renáta (Hungary)

Bruno (Italy)

Monika, Zilgma (Latvia)

Brunonas, Budvydas, Eismantas, Vytenė (Lithuania)

Målfrid, Møyfrid (Norway)

Artur, Artus, Bronisław, Bronisz, Brunon, Emil, Fryderyka, Roman (Poland)

Toma (Romania)

Natália (Slovakia)

Bruno (Spain)

Jennifer, Jenny (Sweden)

Thomas, Toma (Ukraine)

Bron, Bronson, Brown, Bruno, Burnet, Burnett (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 279 of 2024; 86 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 40 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 4 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Xin-You), Day 22 (Ding-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 21 Tishri 5784

Islamic: 21 Rabi I 1445

J Cal: 9 Shù; Twosday [9 of 30]

Julian: 23 September 2023

Moon: 50%: 3rd Quarter

Positivist: 27 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Bellini]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 13 of 89)

Zodiac: Libra (Day 13 of 30)

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