Holidays and Celebrations Calendar - October

• Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
• Apple Jack Month
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Clergy Appreciation Month
• Computer Learning Month
• Cookie Month
• Domestic Violence Awareness Month
• Eat Country Ham Month
• International Drum Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• National Pizza Month
• National Popcorn Popping Month
• Sarcastic Month
• Seafood Month

Week Celebrations:

• Week 1 Get Organized Week
• Week 1 Customer Service Week
• Week 2 Fire Prevention Week
• Week 2 Pet Peeve Week
• Week 3 Pastoral Care Week

Days that vary:

• Ramadan - the ninth month of the Islamic year
• Columbus Day - second Monday of month
• Durga Puja - celebrated from the sixth to tenth day of the waxing moon in the month of Ashvin, which is the sixth month in the Hindu Calendar. Occasionally however, due to a misalignment between the lunar cycle and the solar months, it may also be held in the following month, Kartik
• Dussehra - celebrated in the Hindu Vikrami Calendar month of Ashwin
• Yom Kippur- the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishri
• Sweetest Day - Third Saturday of month
• Sukkot - the 15th day of the month of Tishri
• Mother-In-Law Day - fourth Sunday in October
• Simchat Torah - the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, or Eighth (day) of Assembly, which falls immediately after the 7-day holiday of Sukkot
• Child Health Day - the first Monday in October
• Intergeneration Day - the 1st Sunday in October

1 - World Vegetarian Day; Chinese Moon Festival; Independence Day (Nigeria); International Day of Older Persons; National Day (China)

2 - National Custodial Worker Day; Name Your Car Day; Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday; World Farm Animals Day; Feast of the Guardian Angels; World Habitat Day

3 - Techies Day; Virus Appreciation Day

4 - National Golf Day; Universal Children's Day; Taco Day; St. Francis Day; World Animals Day; Toot Your Flute Day; Navaratri

5 - Do Something Nice Day; Long Walk Day; World Teacher's Day

6 - Come and Take it Day; Biscuit Day; Soap Opera Day; German-American Day; Physician Assistant Day

7 - Bald and Free Day; Bathtub Day; Send a Smile Day; Frappe Day

8 - Tube Top Day;; American Tag Day; Global Learn Day

9 - Curious Events Day; Fire Prevention Day; Leif Erikson Day; Moldy Cheese Day; Children's Day; Clergy Appreciation Day

10 - National Angel Food Cake Day; Canadian Thanksgiving; Tuxedo Day

11 - It's My Party Day; "You Go Girl" Day; Sausage Pizza Day; Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day; Emergency Nurses Day

12 - Farmer's Day;; Moment of Frustration Day; Emergency Nurses Day

13 - International Skeptics Day; World Egg Day; Dessert Day; Train Your Brain Day; U.S. Navy Day; Frustration Scream Day

14 - Be Bald and Free Day; Honey Bee Day; Monarch Day

15 - Cane Safety Day; Grouch Day; Sewing Lovers Day

16 - Bosses Day; Dictionary Day; Oatmeal Day; School Librarian Day

17 - Wear Something Gaudy Day; Pasta Day; Black Poetry Day

18 - No Beard Day; Chocolate Cupcake Day; Look Back on Your Life Day; Watch a Squirrel Day; Boost Your Brain Day; Long Distance Day; St. Lukes Feast Day

19 - Electricity Day; Change Your Life Day

20 - Brandied Fruit Day; Shampoo Day

21 - Babbling Day; Count Your Buttons Day; Caramel Aple Day; Electric Light Day; Can Can Day

22 - National Nut Day; Eat A Pretzel Day; Make a Difference Day; Used Car Day; Timothy Leary's Birthday; Franz Liszt's Birthday

23 - National Mole Day; Tv Talk Show Host Day

24 - United Nations Day; National Bologna Day; International Forgiveness Day; Match Day; International School Library Day

25 - Punk for a Day Day; World Pasta Day; Say "Hey" Day; Picasso Day

26 - Mule Day

27 - Navy Day; Boxer Shorts Day; Independence Day (Saint Vincent And the Grenadines)

28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day; Chocolate Day; Statue of Liberty Day

29 - Hermit Day; National Frankenstein Day; Internet's Birthday

30 - National Candy Corn Day; Mischief Night; Bodybuilder's Day

31 - Carve a Pumpkin Day; Halloween; Magic Day; Increase Your Psychic Powers Day

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