Weekly Calendar

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.

Weekly Picks is taking a 1-week vacation.

Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

• October 1
• Navaratri Oct 1-10 (Hindu)
• Muharram - New Year (Islam) (starts at sunset)
• International Day of Older Persons (UN)
• October 2
• International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
• Rosh HaShanah - New Year (Jewish) (starts at sunset)
• October 3
• German Unity Day (Germany)
• October 4
• St. Francis Day (Catholic)
• Beginning of World Space Week (UN) (Oct 4-10)
• October 5
• World Teacher's Day (UN)
• October 6
• German American Day (US)
• October 9
• National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
• Beginning of National Fire Prevention Week (US/Canada)
• October 10
• Thanksgiving (Canada)
• October 11
• Dasara (Hindu)
• Ashura (Islam) [Begins at sunset]
• Yom Kippur (Jewish) [Begins at sunset]
• Old Michaelmas Day (Celtic)
• National Coming Out Day (US/UK/Switzerland)
• General Pulaski Memorial Day (US)
• International Day of the Girl Child (UN)
• October 12
• Columbus Day (US)
• October 13
• International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN)