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Events In October 2024
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in October of this year.
October Events
Barbarian Day (1980) : October 27
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Today marks the anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning book "Waiting for the Barbarians" by John M. Coetzee, released on October 27, 1980. This work of fiction is a political thriller set in South Afric...
October
Bat Appreciation Month: October
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Bat Appreciation Month celebrates and creates awareness about the incredible creatures that rule the night skies. Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera and include over 1,400 species, representing abou...
October
Battery Safety Month (Auto): October
Monthly
Each year, roughly 6,000 eye injuries result from working with auto batteries. Prevent Blindness created this month to educate consumers on the dangers of auto batteries and how to avoid eye injuries. T...
October
Beard Day (No): October 18
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No Beard Day was likely started by a razor blade company some years back. Today it is used to convince those who have let their facial hair get a little out of control to clean up their act.
October
Beautyfull World Day, Intl.: October 1
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Internation Beautyfull World Day encourages artists and individuals to work toward peace and use their talents to create a kinder, gentler, and more beautiful world.
October
Bed and Breakfast, Country Inn Day (US/CA)...
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The first Sunday in October recognizes all B&Bs, inns, and their keepers in the US and Canada through "National Country Inn, Bed & Breakfast Day," The event was created in 2005 by Tina Czarnota, the autho...
October
BET Hip Hop Awards: October 15
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The BET Hip Hop Awards celebrate Hip Hop, Rap, and R&B music and the people who make it. The Hip Hop Awards by BET first aired in 2006. The date of the awards is typically announced two months out.
October
Bi-national Health Week (US/CA/MX-varies l...
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Each year a week in October is set aside in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to focus on health. The week can happen at any time during October, with different cities, provinces, and states staggerin...
October
Bilingual Child Month, Celebrating the: Oc...
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How lucky you are if you are a child who speaks, reads, and writes in more than one language! Celebrate Bilingual Child Month honors these young cultural ambassadors who often have to function for their p...
October
Bird Day, Intl. (Caribbean): October 12
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International Migratory Bird Day occurs on the second Saturday in May in the U.S. and Canada and on the 2nd Saturday in October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean each year. But we...
October
Birth of the Bab (1819): October 18
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The founder of the Baha'i faith (a breakaway from Islam), Sayyid Ali Muhammad, was born on this day, October 18, 1819, in Shiraz, Persia (Iran). Followers of the Baha'i faith do not work on this day.
October
Birth of the Baha'u'llah, (1817): October...
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Known as the Divine Educator and a prophet of the Baha'i Faith, Baha'u'llah was born on this day, October 19, 1817. His birthday is a religious holiday in the faith.
October
Black Dog Day, Ntl.: October 1
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Like black cats, black dogs are often not adopted due to their color and nothing else. There is no reason not to get a black dog, which is strictly aesthetics. Besides, if you live in a snowy or sandy loc...
October
Black History Month (UK): October
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Black History Month has been celebrated every October in the UK since the early 1980s. Black History Month Magazine and the National Black History Month portal blackhistorymonth.org.uk are the central...
October
Black in Natural History Museums Week: Oct...
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Black in Natural History Museums Week is an initiative to share the stories, perspectives & knowledge of people of African ancestry in the Natural History Museum community. Dates can be anytime in October...
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