Portal:Schools/Selected anniversaries/October

October

1st
 * 1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College Schools.

6th
 * 1851 – Scotch College, an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for boys opens in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

18th
 * 1976 – James Callaghan gives a speech at Ruskin College, Oxford, starting what has since become known as 'The Great Debate', and eventually leading to the introduction of the National Curriculum into England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

31st
 * 1950 – The program on Halloween known as "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" starts in a Philadelphia suburb.