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Events In October 2025
Database of events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions occurring in October of this year.
October Events
Recycle Week, Ntl. (UK): October 13-19 (es...
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Commencing in 2004, Recycle Now's Recycle Week is a campaign promoting the virtues of recycling. Not sure what can be recycled? Recycle Now has created this handy directory of what can and can't, and wha...
October
Saint Edward's Feast Day (1163): October 1...
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Saint Edward the Confessor was born to King Ethelred II in Islip, England, in 1003 AD. Though he died in 1066, his remains were transferred to his final resting place on October 13, 1163. This day has bee...
October
School Lunch Week, Ntl.: October 13-17 (es...
Weekly
National School Lunch Week in the United States by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) promotes healthy eating habits, mainly focusing on what constitutes a nutritious lunch. School lunch and breakfast...
October
Shemini Atzeret (J): October 13/14
Daily
Shemini Atzeret is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month, Tishri. It is a holiday in which work is not permitted. Judaism 101 explains the holiday thus: "Shemini Atzeret means "t...
October
Simchat Torah (J): October 13/14
Daily
Simchat Torah is a Jewish observance marked in the Hebrew calendar on the 22nd day of the month, Tishri. The name translates to "Rejoicing in the Torah" and marks the completion of the annual cycle of con...
October
Skeptics Day, Intl.: October 13*
Daily
International Skeptics Day is an unofficial holiday that celebrates skepticism and its innumerable gifts to us. It’s one of two Skeptic’s Days on the calendar, and the first is National Skeptics Day, whic...
October
Thanksgiving (CA): October 13
Daily
Thanksgiving in Canada is a significant state holiday celebrated on the second Monday of October. It follows the tradition of the end-of-season harvest feasts that have existed for centuries in Europe....
October
World Thrombosis Day: October 13
Daily
World Thrombosis Day (WTD) is a global awareness that began in 2014. It focuses on thrombosis, its causes, risk factors, signs/symptoms, and evidence-based prevention and treatment. Thrombosis is a fanc...
October
Ada Lovelace Day, Intl.: October 14
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Augusta Ada Byron-King was an aristocrat in England, ennobled with the title The Countess of Lovelace. But, she was a little bit more than that. Ada was well ahead of her time. A scientist, mathematicia...
October
Bald and Free Day, (Be): October 14
Daily
Be Bald and Free Day is another Wellcat-created holiday perfect for the follicly challenged and those who have survived cancer treatment. Use this day to show off that gleaming and beautiful bald head p...
October
Dessert Day, Ntl.: October 14
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The concept of dessert as part of a meal originated in Andalusia, Córdoba (Spain) on the Iberian Peninsula, circa 840-852 AD. Dessert was the brainchild of what you might call the first rock star-fashioni...
October
Face Your Fears Day, Intl.: October 14
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Confront what frightens you, whether leaving your job, getting closer in a relationship, quitting a nasty habit, or starting a new business; Face Your Fears Day is the day to plow through those fears and...
October
Liberation Day (YE)(1963): October 14
Daily
ENDING BRITISH COLONIAL RULE: LIBERATION DAY IN YEMEN The October 14, 1963, revolution in Yemen marks a significant turning point in the country's history. It began the armed struggle against British col...
October
lowercase day, write in: October 14
Daily
Write in the lowercase day is an answer to WRITE IN ALL CAPS DAY, and a little bit of fun on the internet and via texting. It’s also an excellent opportunity for teachers to capitalize on this opportunit...
October
Portfolio Day, Intl.: October 14
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Occurring four times a year and sponsored by the National Portfolio Day Association, International Portfolio Day increasingly manifests on social media under the hashtag #PortfolioDay. It is an opportunit...
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