National
Disability Employment Awareness Month.
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| October 1 Details |
Ronald
H. Brown (1941–1996) : African American.
Independence
Day : Nigeria.*
National
Day : People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Nigeria.
October 2 Details
Nat Turner
(1800–1831) : African American.
Mahatma
Gandhi (1869–1948) : India.*
| October 3 Details |
John Ross (1790–1866) : American Indian (Cherokee).
German Unity Day : Germany.
National Foundation Day (Kaech'on-jol) : Korea.
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Tecumseh (1768?–1813) : American Indian (Shawnee).
Republic Day : Portugal.
Surrender of Chief Joseph (1877) : American Indian.
October 6 Details
Henri Christophe
(1767–1820) : Haitian.
Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) : African American.
Armed Forces Day : Egypt*.
Sh'mini
Atzeret : Jewish.* (holiday begins at sundown)
October 7 Details
Sh'mini Atzeret : Jewish.* (m)
Simchat Torah: Jewish.*
(holiday begins at sundown)
October 8 Details
Battle
of Angamos : Peru. Public holiday.
Simchat Torah : Jewish.* (m)
October 9 Details
Mary Shadd Cary (1823–1893) : African
American.
Han'gul Day : Korea.
Independence Day : Uganda.
| October 10 Details |
Lin Yutang
(1895–1976) : Chinese.
Elijah
Muhammad (born Elijah Poole) (1897–1975) : African American.
Double
Tenth Day (Shuang-shih) : Republic of China (Taiwan).*
Grito
de Yara (1868) : Cuba.
October 11 Details
Robert
Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) : African American.
Health
Sports Day (Taiiku No Hi) : Japan.*
National
Coming Out Day/March on Washington (1987) : Gay/Lesbian.
Thanksgiving
Day : Canada.* (m)
Columbus
Day observed : United States.* (m)
October 12 Details
Charles
Gordone (1925–1995) : African American.
Día
de la Raza (Columbus Day) : Latin American countries.*
Liberation
from France : Laos.*
National
Day : Spain.*
Our
Lady Aparecida : Brazil.*
Arna Bontemps
(1902–1973) : African American.
October 14 Details
[William]
Allison Davis (1902–1983) : African American.
Frank
Yankovic (1915–1998) : Slovenian American.
October 15 Details
John
L. Sullivan (1858–1918) : Irish American.
Ramadan
(The Month of Fasting) : Islam*
(First day of month-long fasting). (m)
October 16 Details
Sarah
Winnemucca Hopkins (1844–1887) : American Indian (Northern Piute).
Mahalia
Jackson (1911–1972) : African American.
Henry
Lewis (1932–1996) : African American.
Eugene
O'Neill (1888–1953) : Irish American.
John
Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry (1859) : African American.
| October 17 Details |
Jean Jacques
Dessalines (c. 1758–1806) : Haitian.
Birthday
of the Bab (1819–1850) : Baha'i.*
Dassehra
(Durga Puja) : Hindu.
October 23 Details
Chulalongkorn
Day : Thailand.*
National
Liberation Day : Egypt.*
Republic
Day : Hungary.*
| October 24 Details |
Suez Victory
Day : Egypt.*
United
Nations Day : United Nations.
October 25 Details
Bank Holiday : Republic of Ireland.*
Labor Day : New Zealand.*
October 26 Details
Miriam
Kressyn (1912–1996) : Jewish American.
National
Day : Austria.*
October 28 Details
So Jae-P'il
(Philip Jaisohn) (1866–1951) : Korean American.
Ochi
Day : Greece.*
October 29 Details
Republic
Day : Turkey.*
October 30 Details
Francisco
Madero (1873–1913) : Mexican.
| October 31 Details |
Halloween : United
States.
All
Saints Eve : Sweden.*
Reformation
Day : Protestant.*
Samhain: Pagan
and Wiccan. (holiday begins at sundown)