Holidays, Events and Festivals Around the World in October
Holidays, Events and Festivals
What's On in October
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Special Events
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1st October
Armed Forces Day: South Korea.
Goodwill Day: Namibia.
Independence Day: Cyprus, Nigeria, Tuvalu.
National Day: Botswana.
National Day: China.
The official reception and celebration are held in the Great Hall of the People while
various kinds of performances and operas are shown at all theatres.
Unification Day: Cameroon.
United Nations Day: Barbados.
2nd October
Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday: India.
Independence Day: Guinea.
3rd October
Foundation Day: South Korea.
Morazan Day: Honduras.
Unity Day: Germany.
German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit) is the national holiday of Germany, celebrated every year on October 3rd. This day marks the anniversary of the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990, when the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) officially joined the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), creating a single, unified German state for the first time since 1945.
4th October
Independence Day: Lesotho.
5th October
Republic Day: Portugal.
Sports Day: Lesotho.
6th October
Armed Forces Day: Egypt.
7th October
8th October
Battle of Angamos: Peru.
9th October
Independence Day: Uganda.
Independence of Guayaquil Day: Ecuador.
National Dignity Day: Peru.
10th October
Kruge Day: South Africa.
Moi Day: Kenya.
National Day: Taiwan.
11th October
Beginning of Independence War: Cuba.
Revolution Day: Panama.
12th October
Belize, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela.
Dia de La Raza: Mexico.
Discovery Day: Bahamas.
Discovery of America: Argentina.
Independence Day: Guinea.
National Day: Spain.
Spain's National Day, October 12th, is known locally as Fiesta Nacional de España; commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
13th October
Cession Day: Fiji.
14th October
Founders' Day: Zaire.
15th October
Evacuation Day: Tunisia.
Independence Day: Bosnia.
16th October
17th October
Dessalines Day: Haiti.
18th October
Lord of the Miracles: Lima, Peru.
19th October
20th October
Heroes' Day: Jamaica.
Kenyatta Day: Kenya.
Revolution Day: Guatemala.
21st October
Army Day: Honduras.
Overseas Chinese Day: Taiwan.
Revolution Day: Somalia.
22nd October
John Paul II Day: Vatican.
23rd October
Chulalongkorn Day: Thailand.
National Liberation Day: Egypt.
Revolution Day: Hungary.
24th October
Independence Day: Zambia.
Suez Victory Day: Egypt.
United Nations Day.
25th October
26th October
Government Day: Rwanda.
National Day: Austria.
Revolution Day: Benin.
27th October
Independence Day: Saint Vincent, Turkmenistan.
28th October
National Day: Cyprus.
National Holiday: Greece.
29th October
Cumhuriyet Bayrami: Turkey.
The national day of Turkey is Republic Day (Cumhuriyet Bayramı). This day commemorates the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey on October 29th, 1923, marking the founding of modern Turkey after the National War of Liberation and the international recognition of its borders.
Republic Day is a significant public holiday in Turkey, featuring processions with flags, musical bands, and fireworks in the evening across many cities.
National Youth Day: Liberia.
30th October
31st October
Chiang Kai-shek's Birthday: Taiwan.
Reformation Day: Slovenia.
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