American Italian Heritage Museum And Cultural Center

Thirty-One Days of Italians 2007 List for Italian American Heritage Month.
Author, educator, and researcher Janice Therese Mancuso established Thirty-One Days of Italians to publicize the significant contributions that those of Italian heritage have made to America. She was recently awarded a grant from the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF), and has received support from the Italian Historical Society of America and others in the Italian American community.
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.)