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Events In October 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in October of this year.
October Events
Independence Day Holiday, (AZ)(1991): Octo...
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Independence Day in Azerbaijan marks the anniversary of October 18, 1991, when the nation separated from the Soviet Union. Independence Day is a national holiday.
October
Menopause Day, World: October 18
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The International Menopause Society promotes World Menopause Day. The organization seeks to raise awareness about the need for a health audit to avoid chronic diseases in later life upon entering this p...
October
Opossum Day, Ntl. (CA): October 18
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The opossum is the only marsupial native to North America. Like kangaroos, it carries its children in a pouch, and possums have existed since the age of dinosaurs. Possums benefit the ecosystem immeasurab...
October
Oyster Festival US, Leonardtown (US-MD): O...
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Fine-tune your shucking skills and get ready to celebrate everything, oyster. Created in 1966, The US Oyster Festival in Leonardtown, Maryland, is a two-day event featuring a cook-off, shucking contest, m...
October
Person's Day (CA)(1929): October 18
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On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England ruled in the women's favor on whether women are "persons" according to the law. As persons, women would have the right to vote a...
October
Saint Luke Feast Day: October 18
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Saint Luke wrote one of the four Gospels in the New Testament. He is the patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, surgeons, students, and butchers. Today is his feast day. Why so many feast days...
October
Sloth Day, Intl: October 18
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International Sloth Day falls on the third Saturday of October. Created by Foundation AIUNAU, this event aims to raise awareness of sloths' condition, educate people about these species and make people mo...
October
Squash Day, World: October 18
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Tournament organizer Alan Thatcher created World Squash Day to promote the physical and mental benefits of playing squash. This aerobic competitive sport, like tennis, burns an average of 900 calories per...
October
Sweetest Day: October 18
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Sweetest Day was created decades ago by Herbert Birch Kingston of Cleveland, Ohio, to bring cheer to orphans, the elderly, shut-ins, and the sick. Kingston would go door-to-door, delivering candy, treats,...
October
World Series MLB: October 18-30 (est)
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The World Series is an annual group of seven baseball games played at the end of the season between the championship teams of the American and National Leagues. The team that wins the majority of the seve...
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 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...
October
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: October 19...
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Promoted by Hey U.G.L.Y. (Unique, Gifted, Lovable, You), the National Bullying Bystanders Unite Week seeks to encourage the 85% of people who witness bullying but do nothing to pledge not to let bullying...
October
Character Counts Week, Ntl.: October 19-25
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The federal government, state governors, mayors, and others issue Character Counts Week proclamations yearly. These help raise awareness and draw attention to local celebrations and character-building suc...
October
Chemistry Week, Ntl.: October 19-25
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National Chemistry Week is a community-based program of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that unites businesses, schools, and individuals around the importance of chemistry to quality of life. The mis...
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