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Events In October 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in October of this year.
October Events
New York City Wine and Food Festival, Capi...
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The Capital One New York City Wine and Food Festival (NYCWFF) is an annual star-studded lineup of celebrity chefs, food personalities, and culinary experts, a gastronomic extravaganza typically held in Oc...
October
Shakeout Day, Intl.: October 16
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INTERNATIONAL SHAKEOUT DAY PROMOTES EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND SAFETY International ShakeOut Day is a global earthquake preparedness drill to educate the public on protecting themselves during an earthq...
October
Spine Day, World: October 16
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World Spine Day, part of the Bone and Joint Decade’s Action Week, is coordinated by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC). It brings together health care professionals from multiple disciplines to ra...
October
Spirit Day: October 16
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On Spirit Day, people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ youth and take a stand against bullying. This awareness campaign is championed by GLAAD and is the most extensive annual anti-bullying campaign explicit...
October
African-American, Black Poetry Day (1711):...
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African-American Poetry Day marks the anniversary of the birth of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island, New York, in 1711. Hammond was the first African American to publish poetry in the United States. At the...
October
Diwali (Deepavali) (H): October 17-23
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HAPPY DIWALI. Today is the official public holiday in India for Deepavali or Diwali. It is a five-day festival of lights in the Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist faiths celebrated on Naraka Chaturdasi Thithi. T...
October
Food and Drug Interaction Education Week:...
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Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc. sponsors Food & Drug Interaction Education Week in October. Consumers are often unaware that some medications are affected by the foods we eat, herbs we consume, what w...
October
Four Prunes Day: October 17
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Four Prunes Day highlights the health benefits of dried plums known as prunes. Eating four prunes a day is believed to slow the aging process of the brain and body, help in cases of anemia and help promot...
October
IMF World Bank Summit (US-DC): October 17-...
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group Annual Meetings provide a forum for international cooperation on financial and economic issues. Attended by central bankers, ministers of finance...
October
Mammography Day, Ntl.: October 17
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The third Friday of October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is National Mammography Day. It's a day for raising awareness about the importance of mammograms in cancer prevention and earl...
October
Missouri Day Festival and High School Band...
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The Trenton Marching Band Festival is part of the Missouri Day Festival. For over 30 years, the community in and around Trenton has celebrated Missouri Day on the third weekend of October. Over the years,...
October
Mulligan Day: October 17
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Celebrated since 2001, Mulligan Day is simply about second chances. Give yourself or someone close to you a second chance they deserve. Annually on the 17th.
October
Pasta Day, Ntl.: October 17
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National Pasta Day in the US is an annual celebration. Whether you prefer ravioli, tortellini, spaghetti, or penne, pasta is always pasta, and it's always great! It is brought to you by the Party Excus...
October
Playing Card Collection Day, Ntl.: October...
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National Playing Card Collection Day celebrates the collection of one of the oldest forms of portable art since the 13th century. Playing cards are miniature galleries of art and inspiration, showing and...
October
Poverty Eradication, Intl. Day for (1987):...
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was first designated in 1993 by the UN General Assembly. Its purpose is to promote awareness of the cost of poverty to society, the environment, and nation...
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