October 22 Holidays

National Nut Day celebrates the nutritionally dense seed — almonds, walnuts, cashews, pistachios, and pecans — whose healthy fats, protein, fiber, and micronutrients have been endorsed by the American Heart Association as components of a heart-healthy diet. International Stuttering Awareness Day was established in 1998 to raise awareness for stuttering — a communication disorder affecting approximately 70 million people worldwide — and to reduce the social stigma and employment discrimination faced by people who stutter. National Make a Dog’s Day was created by Subaru and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to encourage people to perform one act of kindness for a dog — from adopting from a shelter to spending extra time with their own pet. National Color Day was established to celebrate color as an artistic, psychological, and cultural force — the science of color perception dates to Goethe’s 1810 Theory of Colors, and color therapy practitioners have been treating emotional conditions with chromotherapy since the early 20th century.