Hug a Drummer Day ------------------------------National Angel Food Cake Day (I'll eat to that)------------------------------------------National Cake Decorating Day( if I can lick the bowl)-------------------------------------------------------------U.S. Naval Academy Day------------------------------------World Homeless Day------------------------World Hospice and Palliative Care Day------------------------------------------------World Porridge Day----------------------------------------------World Mental Health Day---------------------------------------------World Sight Day--------------------------------------------- 1875 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy dies today Russian poet, author, playwright -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1871 – Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1669 – Happy Birthday Johann Nicolaus Bach, German organist and composer---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1872 – William H. Seward, dies today American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Stateand I've been to his grave.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------