October 1: The Italian Immigrant (A day to honor every
Italian who journeyed to America from
Italy.)
October 2: Amadeo Pietro Giannini (Established the banking
system in America.)
October 3: Guglielmo Marconi (Known as the Father of Radio
for his experiments with long distance wireless transmissions.)
October 4: Filippo Mazzei (Supporter of American freedom
during
American Revolution.
Thomas Jefferson’s inclusion of “all men are created equal” into the
Declaration of Independence is a paraphrase of Mazzei’s “All men are by nature
equally free and independent.”)
October 5: Antonio Meucci (Original holder of the patent for
the forerunner of today’s telephone.)
October 6:
Joe DiMaggio (“The Yankee Clipper” led the NY Yankees to nine
World Championships.)
October 7:
Mario Lanza (Renowned tenor and film star in the mid-1950s.)
October 8: Ella T. Grasso (First woman in America to become
state governor in her own right.)
October 9: Father Pietro Bandini (Missionary for Native
Americans. In 1898 established Tontitown, “a perfect example of colonization,"
in
Arkansas.)
October 10:
Enrico Fermi (Discovered radioactive elements that heralded
the nuclear age.)
October 11: Antonio Pasin (Created Radio Flyer wagon.)
October 12:
Christopher Columbus (Navigator that changed the world,
opening trade routes and allowing immigration from
Europe to the Americas.)
October 13: Maria Montessori, M.D. (Developed an educational
method for teaching children.)
October 14: Domenico Ghirardelli (His company developed the
Broma process, a method of extracting cocoa butter from the cacao beans, that
is now used by most chocolate manufacturers.)
October 15:
Lee Iacocca (Responsible for the turnaround of Chrysler
Corporation in 1980s and established The Iacocca Foundation, which provide
grants to fund diabetes research.)
October 16: Anthony Fauci (One of the most cited researchers
and scientist in the world.)
October 17: Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini (First American
citizen to become a saint.)
October 18: Enrico Caruso (World’s most acclaimed tenor in
the early 1900s.)
October 19:
Yogi Berra (Baseball player, manager, and famous for his
quotes, known as "yogi-isms.")
October 20:
Frank Capra (Acclaimed 20th Century film director, best known
for It’s a Wonderful Life.)
October 21: Arturo Toscanini (One of the world’s greatest
orchestra conductors.)
October 22: Giovanni da Verrazzano (First European explorer
to enter the harbor of
New York.)
October 23: Robert Mondavi (Revolutionized the American wine
industry.)
October 24: Fiorello La Guardia (First three-term Mayor of
New York City, and credited for changing its landscape and building the
foundation for the city’s growth after the Depression.)
October 25:
Amerigo Vespucci (Namesake of America.)
October 26: Giovanni Caboto (Explored the northeastern
America continent for England,)
October 27: Costantino Brumidi (Known as the “Michelangelo
of the [U.S.] Capitol.”
October 28:
Rocky Marciano (The only Heavyweight World Champion to retire
undefeated.)
October 29: Father Geno Baroni (Founder and president of the
National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs and founded the Urban Rehabilitation
Corporation, the forerunner to Housing Counseling Services.)
October 30:
Andrea Palladio ("Father of Architecture," wrote The Four
Books on Architecture, the most famous and influential books on architecture
of all time, and still in print.)
October 31: Your Favorite Italian (Celebrate someone not on
the list, but greatly admired.)
CARY, NC September 2007 – A Quick Facts List for
Thirty-One
Days of Italians. For details visit the Web site of
Thirty-One Days of Italians.
