10/1
International Day for Older Persons (UN)
10/1
Maha Navami (Hindu)
10/1
Yom Kippur begins (Jewish)
10/2
Dussehra (Hindu)
10/2
Yom Kippur ends (Jewish)
10/2
Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
10/2
International Day of Nonviolence (UN)
10/4
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (Christian)
10/5
World Teachers’ Day
10/5
Onam (Hindu)
10/6
Child Health Day
10/6
World Habitat Day (UN)
10/7
First Day of Sukkot (Jewish)
10/8
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
10/9
10/9
World Post Day (UN)
10/10
World Mental Health Day (UN)
10/10
World Inclusion Day
10/10
World Sight Day
10/11
International Day of the Girl Child (UN)
10/11
National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+)
10/12
World Arthritis Day
10/12
National Freethought Day
10/13
Last Day of Sukkot
10/13
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/14
Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
10/15
Simchat Torah (Jewish)
10/15
White Cane Safety Day (Blind Awareness)
10/15
International Pronouns Day
10/16
World Food Day (UN)
10/16
Boss’s Day
10/16
Spirit Day (LGBTQIAA+ anti-bullying)
10/17
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
10/18
World Menopause Day
10/19
International Breast Cancer Day
10/20
Deepavali (Hindu)
10/20
Gur-Gaddi Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
10/20
World Osteoporosis Day
10/21
Bandi-Chhor Diwas (Sikh)
10/22
Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
10/23
Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
10/23
10/24
United Nations Day (UN)
10/26
Christ the King (Christian)
10/27
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
10/29
World Stroke 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