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Events In October 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in October of this year.
October Events
OCD Awareness Week, Intl.: October 12-18 (...
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OCD Action Week is an awareness campaign in the United Kingdom. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects approximately two percent of the population. It's a condition marked by chronic feelings of doub...
October
Pet Peeve Week, Ntl.: October 12-18
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The second week of October is National Pet Peeve Week. It's a week for men and women to take a deep breath and finally release the pet peeve they've been holding onto. Pet peeves accomplish nothing, and h...
October
Sterile Processing Week: October 12-18
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Sterile Processing Week, (formerly Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week) is organized by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM). The week...
October
Take Your Medicine Week, America: October...
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Thousands of Americans fail to take the prescription drugs prescribed yearly, meaning the medicines can not do their job. Ultimately this costs the economy $290 billion per year. America, Take Your Medici...
October
USS Cole (YE)(2000): October 12
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On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole, a Navy guided-missile destroyer (DDG-67), was hit by an Al Qaida terrorist attack while harboring and refueling in Aden, Yemen. Seventeen American sailors were killed...
October
Veterans' Health Week (AU): October 12-19...
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Veterans have served Australia bravely, and attending to their health needs post-service is the focus of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans' Health Week focuses on the services available to our...
October
Veterinary Technician Week, Ntl.: October...
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First held in 1993, National Veterinary Technician Week (NVTW) allows veterinary nurses/technicians can focus favorable attention on their profession through a variety of activities. Veterinary Technici...
October
White Sunday (WS): October 12
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White Sunday, Lotu Tamaiti in Polynesian, translates to "Children's Sunday" remains one of the most critical days for religious Polynesians. It is the day children become the parents, and parents the chil...
October
Wildlife Refuge Week, Ntl.: October 12-18
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National Wildlife Refuge Week, supported by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is celebrated annually during the second week of October, Throughout the country, local events are planned. Contact your sta...
October
Ahoi Ashtami (H): October 13
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Ahoi Ashtami traditionally occurs mid-fall in October or November, a mother-son observance in the Hindu faith. Mothers of sons awaken before dawn, place pristine water into a mud container called a kor...
October
American Indian Heritage Day, (US-AL): Oct...
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The State of Alabama changed Columbus Day into American Indian Heritage Day in 2000, a statewide holiday on the 2nd Monday of October.
October
Coffee Week, (UK): Octobe 13-19 (est)
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The British aren't usually the people who pop into your mind when you say "coffee;" however, the English love a good cup of Joe. UK Coffee Week is an annual fundraiser that celebrates coffee and raises fu...
October
Columbus Day (US)(1492): October 13
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Columbus Day is also called Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. Columbus Day was an official holiday in the United States, created by a joint Congressional/Presidential resolution on April 30,...
October
Data Week, Intl. (AU-QLD): October 13-16
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INTERNATIONAL DATA WEEK International Data Week (IDW) is a significant event in the global data community, organized collaboratively by the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Committee on Data of the Inte...
October
Disaster Reduction Day, Intl.: October 13
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International Disaster Reduction Day celebrates people and communities worldwide that work tirelessly to reduce human exposure to natural disasters, including preventing human casualties. It seeks to rais...
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