Timeless Halloween

On October 31st- 🎃 1968 US President Johnson halts bombing of N.Vietnam 🎃1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity trade union 🎃1984 Indian PM Indira Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi 🎃1992 Catholic church reinstates Galileo after 359 years #Timeless #SaveTimeless 8/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1941 Mount Rushmore Monument completed 🎃1950 Collazo & Torresola attempt to assassinate Harry Truman in Washington, D.C. 🎃1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium 🎃1959 Lee Harvey Oswald says in Moscow he will never return to USA #Timeless #SaveTimeless 7/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1923 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees F begin at Marble Bar, Australia 🎃1937 Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona 🎃1940 Battle of Britain, English Channel battle between RAF & Luftwaffe, ends w/British victory #Timeless #SaveTimeless 6/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1918 “Spanish” flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week 🎃1918 Short-lived Banat Republic founded in territory where Romania, Hungary and Serbia meet 🎃1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy #Timeless #SaveTimeless 5/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1908 IV Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in London 🎃1913 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated 🎃1914 Great Britain & France declare war on Turkey #Timeless #SaveTimeless 4/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1868 Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers 🎃1871 Founding of Netherland Protestant Union in Dokkum 🎃1889 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) in Paris closes after 32 million visitors #Timeless #SaveTimeless 3/8

On October 31st- 🎃 1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof 🎃1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 🎃1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state of the United States #Timeless #SaveTimeless 2/8

🎃The holiday features bonfires, burning effigies & fireworks. Children also roam with small effigies known as a “guy” & asking for “a penny for the guy” which they can then keep for themselves. #Timeless #SaveTimeless 9/?

🎃 On 11/5 England has Guy Fawkes Day which shares a similar time frame & some traditions with Halloween, but is of unrelated origin. The holiday remembers the execution of Guy Fawkes for attempting to to blow up Parliament with Gunpowder in 1606 #Timeless #SaveTimeless 8/?

🎃 In the Philippines Pangangaluluwa is a tradition where kids go door to door, often in costumes, to sing & ask for prayers for souls in purgatory. Rituals & prayers have increasingly been supplanted by trick-or-treating over the years though. #Timeless #SaveTimeless 7/?

🎃Traditions vary between countries and regions, but the most common is for kids to dress costume & go door to door, singing & asking for treats in return. Another tradition is essentially a piñata, which children hit w/a stick until candy falls out #Timeless #SaveTimeless 6/?

🎃Fastelavn is celebrated in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. The “feast before the fast”, a celebration of fun and eating before the period of Lent in the spring. Today it’s more of a cross between Carnival and Halloween. #Timeless #SaveTimeless 5/?

🎃 Mexico: Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebrated 10/31-11/2 in honor of the dead. It’s believed souls return to Earth to join festivities. Families wear costumes & make-up, hold parades & parties to show love & respect for deceased family #Timeless #SaveTimeless 4/?

🎃 Some villages celebrate with a general procession and bonfire, where songs are sung and there are plenty of sweet treats to be found. Often times the procession is lead by an adult riding a horse, dressed as St. Martin himself. #Timeless #SaveTimeless 3/?