October 5th - Holidays and Observances

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• World Space Week (October 4–10)
• Armed Forces Day (Indonesia)
• Christian feast day:
  • Anna Schäffer
  • Faustina Kowalska
  • Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Blessed Bartolo Longo
  • Thraseas
  • Hor and Susia (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
  • Placid and Maurus
  • Placidus (martyr)
  • October 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Vanuatu)
• Engineer's Day (Bolivia)
• International Day of No Prostitution
• Republic Day (Portugal)
• Teachers' Day (Pakistan)
• Teachers' Day (Russia)
• World Teachers' Day^[19]

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day

Balloons Around the World Day

 

Fun Observances

Chic Spy Day

October 5 is Chic Spy Day, a day to acknowledge that a well-dressed spy is always more successful in catching the bad guys than a scruffy one.

The unofficial holiday is a tribute to the elegant and stylish spies in popular culture and was created in 2015 by chicspy.com, a fashion website. It commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1962, when the chicest spy of all – James Bond – made his debut on the big screen in a movie called Dr. No. Starring Sean Connery and Bond, the film was based on a novel of the same name by Ian Fleming.

Fashionable and Resourceful

The spy genre of movies has frequently featured sophisticated and well-dressed protagonists who are not only equipped with fighting skills that can put a ninja to shame, but are also charming, attractive and immensely likable. All spies - men or women - in movies tend to own state-of-the-art espionage and surveillance equipment.

As a genre, spy movies are as old as the film industry. They became especially popular during the Second World War and the Cold War era. Today, spy movies tend to focus on themes such as terrorism and governmental corruption.

How to Celebrate?

• Have a favorite spy? Spend the day watching his or her movies.
• Watch Dr. No and all of James Bond's movies.
• Have a spy party. Ask your guests to dress up like their favorite spy; serve shaken, not stirred martinis; and share notes about why you think your favorite spy is the chicest.

Did You Know…

…that even though Dr. No was the first James Bond film, Casino Royale was the first Bond novel ever published?

 

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Q. How do you make the number one disappear?

A. Add the letter G and then presto—it's Gone!

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Q. There's a one-story house where everything inside is pink: pink walls, pink doors, pink floors, pink ceilings, pink windows, pink curtains, pink chairs, and pink tables.

What color are the stairs?

A. There are none—it's a one-story house!

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Comedian Daniel Tosh is no fan 
of the expression “The worst day 
of fishing is better than the 
best day at work.” “I’ve watched The Deadliest 
Catch on Discovery,” 
he said. “I’ve never once 
been at work, capsized in 
40-degree water, watched all my coworkers die, and been like, ‘Hey, at least we’re fishin’.’”

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If you stop eating doughnuts you will live three years longer, but it's just three more years that you'll want a doughnut.

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