Calendar: Week of October 1
Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar:
Monday marks the beginning of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease and to help those affected by it.
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Breast Cancer Foundation
- Follow @NBCF on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- Wear It Pink
- breastcancernow.org
- Doctors warn of heart risk from some breast cancer therapies (CBS News, 02/01/18)
- Risk for breast cancer's return can linger for decades (CBS News, 11/09/17)
- Are some breast cancer patients getting too much radiation? (CBS News, 03/15/17)
- Complete CBSNews.com: Breast Cancer Awareness
Tuesday is the day "American Pie" singer-songwriter Don McLean celebrates his 73rd birthday.
- don-mclean.com
- Don McLean explains why he won't reveal the meaning of "American Pie" ("CBS Evening News," 03/29/17)
- Don McLean's "American Pie" brings $1.2M at auction (CBS News, 04/07/15)
- "American Pie" was a long, long time ago ("Sunday Morning," 07/05/07)
Sit back for about nine minutes and listen to Don McLean perform "American Pie":
On Wednesday, FEMA will be calling all of us on our cellphones to test its new emergency text messaging system.
- IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) (fema.gov)
Thursday is World Animal Day, dedicated to improving animal welfare.
- World Animal Day, October 4
- Follow @WorldAnimalDay on Twitter
Friday sees the announcement of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner in Oslo, Norway.
- The Nobel Peace Prize (nobelprize.org)
- List of past winners
- China frees Nobel Peace Prize winner's widow after 8 years of house arrest (CBS News, 07/10/18)
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize (CBS News, 10/06/17)
And Saturday's the day for the BET Hip Hop Awards in Miami. Drake leads the field with 11 nominations.
- BET Hip Hop Awards 2018, October 16 at 8 p.m. ET
- List of nominees
To watch "Gods' Plan" by Drake, nominated for Best Hip Hop Music Video, click on the player below.
