October Holidays & Observances
Month Long Observances
Week Long Observances
Days

October - Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Campaign for Healthier Babies Month
Car Care Month
Child Health Month
Country Music Month
Crime Prevention Month
Dental Hygiene Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Energy Awareness Month
Family Health Month
Sexuality Education Month
Fire Prevention Month
Healthy Lung Month.
Hunger Awareness Month
Kitchen and Bath Month
Liver Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Mental Illness Awareness Month
Pasta Month
Physical Therapy Month
Popcorn Poppin' Month
Spinal Health Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Youth Against Tobacco Month
Vegetarian Awareness Month
National Roller Skating Month
Fair Trade Month
Stress Awareness Month
National Caramel Month

October - Week
Get Organized Week
Mental Illness Awareness Week
National Health Care Food Service Week
Customer Service Week International
National Spinning & Weaving Week
Walk a Child to School Week
World Space Week
Home-based Business Week
Fire Prevention Week
National Physician Assistants Week
Teen Read Week
Health Education Week
Hepatitis Awareness Week
Infection Control Week

October - Day
October 1 - International Day of Older Persons
October 1 – National Day (Hong Kong)
October 1-3 – National Day (China)
October 2 – Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday (India)
October 2-4 – Choo-seok / Full Moon Holiday (Korea - Floating HOliday)
October 3 – Gae-chun-jeo / National Foundation Day (Korea)
October 3 – Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Taiwan)
October 3 – Day of German Unity (Germany)
October 4 - Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (Christian)
October 5 - World Teachers' Day
October 5 - Child Health Day
October 5 - World Habitat Day
October 6 - National German-American Day (USA)
October 6 - Physician Assistant Day (USA)
October 9 - Leif Erikson Day
October 9 - World Post Day
October 10 – National Day (Taiwan)
October 10 - World Mental Health Day
October 11 - National Coming Out Day (USA)
October 11 - Columbus Day (USA - Floating Holiday)
October 11 – Canada’s Thanksgiving (Canada - Floating Holiday)
October 11 – Sports Day (Japan - Floating Holiday)
October 12 - Native Americans' Day (South Dakota, USA)
October 12 – Our Lady Aparecida, Patron Saint of Brazil (Brazil)
October 12 - Día de la Raza / Day of the Race (Argentina)
October 14 - Peace Corps Birthday
October 14 - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 15 - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
October 15 - White Cane Safety Day
October 16 - World Food Day
October 16 – National Boss Day (USA)
October 16 - Dictionary Day
October 16 - Ether Day
October 16 - National Feral Cat Day (USA)
October 16 – Sweetest Day (Floating Holiday)
October 17- Black Poetry Day
October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 18 - Alaska Day (Alaska, USA)
October 23 - National Mole Day (Avogadro's number)
October 23 – Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
October 24 - United Nations Day
October 24 - World Development Information Day
October 25 - Mother-in-Law's Day
October 25 – Bank Holiday (Ireland - Floating Holiday)
October 26 – British Summer Time Ends (United Kingdom)
October 27 - Navy Day
October 28 – Czech Republic’s Independence Day (Czech Republic)
October 31 - Halloween
October 31 - National Magic Day (for Houdini)
October 31 - Nevada Day (Nevada, USA)
October 31 - Reformation Day