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01 National Chocolate Cupcake Day Food · United States 02 National Mashed Potato Day Food · United States 03 National Mark Day Names · International 04 National No Beard Day Style · United States 05 National Speak Up for Victims of Sexual Abuse Day Awareness · United States
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National Mark Day

Mark ranked sixth among American boys in the 1960s and has since dropped out of the top two hundred. October 18 arrives on the far side of that fall, and it is neither of Saint Mark's two feast days.

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National Katie Day

In 2004 Katie was the ninth most popular baby girls' name in England and Wales and 102nd in the United States: the same five letters, 93 places apart. October 14 belongs to all of them.

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National Ken Day

Mattel put the first Ken dolls on sale in March 1961, months after the name hit its American peak of 1,775 boys. Nothing in the record connects the two; October 18 is for the people, not the doll.

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National Chocolate Cupcake Day

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International Day of the Nacho
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