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Events Guide |
Welcome to the Events Guide! Below you will find a selection of festivals, birthdays, anniversaries and other interesting events that may inspire you to contribute to Ovi magazine. Of course, we also welcome reviews of contemporary and classic movies and books, plus anything else you believe would interest our readers. If you know of an event or anything that maybe of interest, but you don't want to write about it yourself. Please contact asa@ovimagazine.com. We also accept press releases.
Please double-check all dates before writing something. The events have been taken primarily from Wikipedia.com and it isn't always correct. KEY: (100+) - This means the person would have been 100 if they hadn't died.
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OCTOBER Until 10 - World Space Week 5 - Archangel Michael's Day/Mikkelinpäivä 5 - International World Teachers' Day 5 - 100yrs The independence of Bulgaria is recognised Week 41
6 - Gerry Adams, politician (60) 6 - World Habitat Day 6 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 7 - Thom Yorke (Radiohead) (40) 8 - Bill Maynard, actor (80) 8 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, recognized by the UN 8 - World Humanitarian Action Day 8 - Yom Kippur begins 9 - Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (80) 9 - Jackson Browne, musician (60) 9 - Leif Erikson Day 9 - World Post Day 10 - Aleksis Kivi's Day, Finnish Literature Day 10 - World Mental Health Day 11 - FIFA World Cup European Qualifying 12 - 80yrs An iron lung respirator is used for the first 12 - Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) (60)
Week 42
13 - Columbus Day - United States 14 - 40yrs Jim Hines becomes first man to break the ten second barrier in the 100m 14 - Matthew Le Tissier, footballer (40) 14 - World Standards Day 15 - Chris de Burgh, singer (60) 15 - Jyrki 69, Finnish musician (40) 15 - FIFA World Cup European Qualifying 15 - Foundation of the Black Panthers Day 15 - International Day of Rural Women 16 - Mary Daly, feminist (80) 16 - Tim Robbins, actor, director, and writer (50) 16 - 30yrs Polish bishop is new Pope 16 - World Food Day 17 - George Wendt, actor (60) 17 - 40yrs Black athletes make silent protest 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 18 - 40yrs Bob Beamon sets a world record of 890m in the long jump 19 - 10yrs The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to the Vail Mountain ski resort
Week 43
20 - Viggo Mortensen, actor (50) 20 - 40yrs Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis 21 - Apple Day 22 - Christopher Lloyd, actor (70) 22 - Derek Jacobi, actor (70) 23 - 25yrs US Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb 24 - Take Back Your Time Day 24 - United Nations Day 24 - World Development Information Day 25 - Marion Ross, actress (80) 26 - Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists (80) 26 - Finland Municipal Elections 2008 26 - Summer time ends, -1 hour
Week 44
27 - Gilles Vigneault, Québécois poet, singer and songwriter (80) 28 - David Dimbleby, television commentator (70) 28 - Greece - Oxi (No) Day 29 - David Remnick, writer and editor of The New Yorker (50) 29 - 10yrs John Glenn becomes oldest person to go into space 30 - 70yrs Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H G Wells's The War of the Worlds 30 - International Orthopaedic Nurses Day 30-16 Nov - Inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Finals 31 - Halloween
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