10/1/2023 9:00:00 AM
October is here and brings with it a whole new list of recognitions listed below:
October 1
- International Day of Older Persons
- International Music Day
- World Vegetarian Day
- National Homemade Cookies Day
- National Hair Day
- International Coffee Day
October 2
- International Day of Non-Violence
- National Custodian Day
- World No Alcohol Day
- World Farm Animals Day
- Child Health Day
- World Habitat Day
- National Name Your Car Day
October 3
- Butterfly and Hummingbird Day
- "Mean Girls" Day
- National Techies Day
- National Boyfriend Day
October 4
- National Taco Day
- National Vodka Day
- World Animal Day
- National Cinnamon Roll Day
- Feast of St Francis of Assisi
- Yom Kippur
- National Golf Lovers Day
October 5
- National Be Nice Day
- World Teachers Day
- National Walk and Bike to School Day
- World Financial Planning Day
- Random Acts of Poetry Day
October 6
- Mad Hatter Day
- National German-American Day
- National Noodle Day
- World Cerebral Palsy Day
- World Smile Day
- National Coaches Day
- National Plus Size Appreciation Day
October 7
- National Depression Screening Day
- You Matter to Me Day
- National Frappe Day
- National Body Language Day
- National Inner Beauty Day
October 8
- National Pierogi Day
- World Octopus Day
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- National Chess Day
October 9
- Leif Erikson Day
- World Migratory Bird Day
- World Post Day
- Columbus Day
- Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Fire Prevention Day
October 10
October 11
- International Day of the Girl Child
- National Coming Out Day
October 12
- Farmers Day
- National Savings Day
- World Arthritis Day
- National Emergency Nurse’s Day
- National Stop Bullying Day
- World Arthritis Day
October 13
- International Day of Disaster Reduction
- National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- U.S. Navy Birthday
- National No Bra Day
- World Sight Day
October 14
- National Dessert Day
- National Fossil Day
October 15
- Global Handwashing Day
- International Day of Rural Women
- National Latinx Aids Awareness Day
- National Mushroom Day
- National Grouch Day
- National Fetch Day
October 16
- Global Cat Day
- Home Movie Day
- World Food Day
- World Singing Day
- World Spine Day
- National Train Your Brain Day
- National Sports Day
- Boss's Day
- Dictionary Day
- Department Store Day
October 17
- Black Poetry Day
- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
- National Pasta Day
- National Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day
- National Pay Back a Friend Day
- World Trauma Day
October 18
- World Menopause Day
- Alaska Day
- National No Beard Day
- Global Dignity Day
October 19
- LGBT Center Awareness Day
- National Pharmacy Technician Day
- World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
- National New Friends Day
October 20
- International Chefs Day
- International Sloth Day
- World Statistics Day
- World Osteoporosis Day
- National Day on Writing
- National Youth Confidence Day
October 21
- "Back to the Future" Day
- Celebration of the Mind Day
- National Apple Day
- Reptile Awareness Day
- National Pets for Veterans Day
- National Medical Assistants Day
- National Mammography Day
October 22
- International Stuttering Awareness Day
- National Nut Day
- National Make A Difference Day
October 23
- Mole Day
- National Boston Cream Pie Day
- National Canning Day
- National Paralegal Day
- National Mother-in-Law Day
- National TV Talk Show Host Day
October 24
- National Bologna Day
- United Nations Day
- World Development Information Day
- World Polio Day
October 25
- International Artist's Day
- World Pasta Day
- International Dwarfism Awareness Day
- World Opera Day
- National Art Day
- National I Care About You Day
October 26
- Intersex Awareness Day
- National Pumpkin Day
- National Day of the Deployed
October 27
- National Black Cat Day
- Navy Day
- World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
- World Occupational Therapy Day
- National Mentoring Day
- National American Beer Day
October 28
- International Animation Day
- National Chocolate Day
- Nevada Day
- National Immigrants Day
- National First Responders Day
October 29
- Internet Day
- National Cat Day
- National Oatmeal Day
- World Psoriasis Day
- World Stroke Day
October 30
- National Candy Corn Day
- National Checklist Day
- National Breadstick Day
- National Text Your Ex Day
October 31
- Halloween
- National Caramel Apple Day
- National Magic Day
- World Cities Day
October Weekly Holidays and Observances
- Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 3-9)
- National Newspaper Week (Oct. 3-9)
- National Primary Care Week (Oct. 4-9)
- World Space Week (Oct. 4-10)
- National Physician Assistants Week (Oct. 6-12)
- Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 9-15)
- Earth Science Week (Oct. 10-16)
- Emergency Nurses Week (Oct. 10-16)
- National Metric Week (Oct. 10-16)
- National School Lunch Week (Oct. 11-15)
- National Chemistry Week (Oct. 17-23)
- National Friends of Libraries Week (Oct. 17-31)
- National Pharmacy Week (Oct. 17-23)
- National Veterinary Technicians Week (Oct. 17-23)
- National School Bus Safety Week (Oct. 18-22)
- Nuclear Science Week (Oct. 18-22)
- Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23-31)
- Respiratory Care Week (Oct. 24-30)
October Monthly Holidays and Observances
- ADHD Awareness Month
- American Archives Month
- American Pharmacist Month
- Blind Awareness Month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Eczema Awareness Month
- Fair Trade Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- International Walk to School Month
- Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
- LGBT History Month
- Liver Cancer Awareness Month
- National Apple Month
- National Arts and Humanities Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Chiropractic Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- National Orthodontic Health Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- National Pasta Month
- National Pizza Month
- National Pork Month
- National Seafood Month
- Polish American Heritage Month
- Popcorn Poppin' Month
- SIDS Awareness Month
- Spina Bfida Awareness Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- World Menopause Month