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Cultural Calendar

{ Cultural Calendar: October }

The Month Of...

Family History * National AIDS Awareness * National Dessert * National Pretzel * Polish American Heritage * Vegetarian Awareness * Breast Cancer Awareness * Domestic Violence Awareness

First:

- Cameroon Unification Day

- Feast of Penha in Brazil

- Nigeria Independence Day

- Cyprus Independence Day

Second:

- Guinea Republic Day

Third:

- Morazan Day in Honduras

Fourth:

- St. Francis of Assisis Day

- Carrying in the Pudding in London, UK

Fifth:

- Bulgaria Independence Day

Sixth:

- Ivy Day in Ireland

- National German-American Day

- Ashura (Muslim)

- St. Thomas Day in Greece

Seventh:

- Deed of Cession in Fiji

Eighth:

- Islamic New Year

- Day of the Navy in Peru

Ninth:

-Lief Ericson Day in Iceland

- Feast of High Places Kite Flying Festival in China

- Chrysanthemum Festivle in Japan

- Uganda Independence Day

Tenth:

- Kruger Day in South Africa

Eleventh:

- National Coming Out Day

Twelfth:

- Family Harvest Festival in Nigeria

- Imamat Day (Muslim)

 

Thirteenth:

- Floating of the Lamps in Thailand

Fourteenth:

- Discoverers Day in Hawaii

- Be Bald and Be Free Day

- Founders Day in Zaire

- Yemen National Day

- National Frump Day

- Quarrel Festival in Japan

Fifteenth:

- National Grouch Day

- White Cane Safety Day

- National Shut-In Visitaion Day

Sixteenth:

- World Food Day (United Nations)

- national Bosses' Day

Seventeenth:

- Kanname-Sai harvest Festival in Japan

- Dessalines Day in Haiti

- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (United Nations)

Eighteenth:

-Persons Day in Canada

- Chile Independence Day

Nineteenth:

- Jesuit Martyrs Day in Canada

Twentieth:

- Revolution Day in Guatemala

- Kenyatta Day in Kenya

- International Juan Valdez Appreciation Day

Twenty first :

- Make a difference Day

- Trafalgar Day

- Babbling Day

- Costa Rican Independence Day

- National Day in Somalia

Twenty second:

- National Nut Day

- Festival of Eras in Japan

- National Barbers Day

Twenty third:

- Chulalongkorn Day in Thailand

- Hungarian Revoluion Day

Twenty fourth:

- United Nations Day

- Zambia Independence

- Suez Day in Egypt

Twenty fifth:

- Thanksgiving Day in the Virgin Islands

- Retrocession Day in Taiwan

- Halloween Holiday in Ireland

Twenty sixth:

- International Red Cross Day

- Norway Independence Day

Twenty seventh:

- Namindg Day in Zaire

Twenty eighth:

- National Chocolate Day Ohi Day in Greece

Twenty ninth:

- Turkey Republic Day

- Iroquois Feast of the Dead (every 12 years)

Thirtieth:

- Chan Kom in Mexico

- Swaziland Independence Day

- Los Angelitos in Mexico

- National Candy Corn Day

Thirty first:

- Halloween

- Old Celtic new Years Eve

- Reformation Day (Lutheran)

Floating Holidays:

1st Monday - Universal Children's Day * 2nd Monday - Thanksgiving Day in Canada * Columbus Day Observed * 2nd Thursday in October - national Desert Day * 3rd monday of October - Hurricane Thanksgiving Day in the Virgin Islands * national Heroes Day in Jamaica