“October Calendar,” Friend, Oct. 1971, 25
October Calendar
Dry Leaves
Jump in the dry leaves!
See them scurry and fly,
And hear how they crackle,
And skitter, and sigh.
Watch how a few go
Skimming away,
Like children from school
Just let out to play.
October 3, 1835: Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer, born.
October 5, 1582: Gregorian calendar adopted.
October 6, 1867: First LDS conference held in new Salt Lake Tabernacle.
October 7, 1853: James Whitcomb Riley, American poet, born.
October 9, 1898: Lorenzo Snow sustained as 5th President of Church.
October 10, 1880: John Taylor sustained as 3rd President of Church.
October 16, 1876: Brigham Young Academy (University) founded in Provo, Utah.
October 17, 1901: Joseph F. Smith sustained as 6th President of Church.
October 19, 1784: Leigh Hunt, English poet-essayist, born.
October 21, 1878: Thomas A. Edison invented electric lights.
October 22, 1811: Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and conductor, born.
October 24, 1632: Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch naturalist, born.
October 25, 1825: Johann Strauss, Austrian composer, born.
October 29, 1795: John Keats, English poet, born.
October 31: Halloween in U.S.