10/2 
Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish)
10/2 
Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
10/2 
International Day of Nonviolence
10/3 Navratri Begins (Hindu)
10/4 Rosh Hashanah Ends (Jewish)
10/7 World Habitat Day (UN)
10/7 Child Health Day
10/10 World Sight Day
10/10 World Mental Health Day (UN)
10/11 
National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+)
10/11 Maha Navami (Hindu)
10/12 US Free Thought Day
10/12 Dusshera (Hindu)
10/12 Yom Kippur begins (Jewish)
10/14 Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/15 White Cane Safety Day (Blind Awareness)
10/16 Boss’s Day
10/16 World Food Day (UN)
10/16 International Pronouns Day
10/16 Sukkot begins (Jewish)
10/17 Spirit Day (LGBTQIAA+ anti-bullying)
10/17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
10/19 Guru Ramdas Jayanti (Sikh)
10/20 Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
10/20 Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
10/21 Waste Reduction Week
10/22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
10/23 Sukkot ends (Jewish)
10/23 Shemini
10/23 Atzaret/ Simchat Torah begins (Jewish)
10/24 United Nations Day
10/25 Larry Itliong Day
10/25 Shemini Atzaret/ Simchat Torah ends (Jewish)
10/27 National Organization for Women (NOW)
10/28 National Immigrants Day
10/31 Halloween
Color Shape Key
Green Triangle – Diversity Leaders’ Birthdays Blue Circle – United States Holidays Red Bar – Religious / Cultural Holidays Purple Star- International Holidays
Black Square – Equinoxes