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Wednesday October 9

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Saint Barthélemy Abolition Day

All Day Durga Puja begins

All Day Greek Name Day: Lot

All Day Hangul Day (South Korea)

All Day Independence of Guayaquil

All Day Uganda Independence Day

All Day World Post Day

Thursday October 10

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Cuba Independence Day

All Day Curaçao Day

All Day Durga Ashtami (in Durga Puja)

All Day Fiji Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Amaryllis, Evlampia (and variants)

All Day Huduma Day

All Day Maha Saptami

All Day Maroons Day

All Day Taiwan National Day

All Day National Sports Day in Malaysia

All Day Party Foundation Day

Friday October 11

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Double Ninth Festival

All Day Foot Health Week (Australia) begins

All Day International Day of the Girl Child

All Day National Coming Out Day (USA)

All Day People’s Uprising against Fascism Day

Saturday October 12

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Discovery of America Day (Honduras)

All Day Hispanic Day

All Day Dasara (Hindu)

All Day Equatorial Guinea Independence Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Andromahi, Valantios (and variants)

All Day Indigenous Resistance Day

All Day Lady of Aparecida

All Day Spain National Day

All Day Uruguay Day of Cultural Diversity/Day of the Races

All Day Vijayadashami (in Durga Puja)

All Day World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

Sunday October 13

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Greek Name Day: Agathoniki, Dia, Florentia, Karpos (and variants)

All Day International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

All Day Papankusha Ekadashi

All Day Prince Louis Rwagasore Day

All Day The Passing of King Bhumibol

Monday October 14

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Constitution Day Sint Maarten

All Day Day of Svetitskovloba

All Day Day of the Defender

All Day Greek Name Day: Gervasios, Ignatios, Nazarios

All Day Health-Sports Day

All Day Indigenous Peoples’ Day

All Day Yemen Liberation Day

All Day Mwalimu Nyerere Day

All Day National Heroes’ Day of Bahamas

All Day National Sports Day in Japan

Tuesday October 15

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Commemoration Day of King’s Father

All Day Evacuation Day (Tunisia)

All Day Global Handwashing Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Loukianos

All Day International Day of Rural Women

All Day Mother’s Day in Malawi

Wednesday October 16

All Day Mental Health Awareness Week (Australia)

All Day Ashwin Purnima Vrat

All Day Sukkot

All Day World Food Day

Thursday October 17

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Day of Dignity (Bolivia)

All Day Dessalines Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Antigonos, Efprepios (and variants)

All Day International Day for Eradication of Poverty

All Day Kathina

All Day Tula Sankranti

Friday October 18

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist

All Day Greek Name Day: Luke, Loukras, Loska, Loskas, Lucas, Luke

All Day National Prayer Day (Zambia)

Saturday October 19

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Ethnicity day (Estonia)

Sunday October 20

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Birth of Guru Granth

All Day Greek Name Day: Artemios, Diana, Henoe, Enoe, Kerasia

All Day Karva Chauth

All Day Kenya Mashujaa Day

All Day Guatemala Revolution Day

All Day Spirit Day

All Day World Osteoporosis Day

All Day World Statistics Day

Monday October 21

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Greek Name Day: Efkratis, Efkratoula, Orsalia, Ursula (and other variants)

All Day Heroes and Forefathers Day

All Day Honduran Armed Forces Day

All Day National Heroes’ Day Jamaica

All Day President Ndadaye’s Day

Tuesday October 22

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Greek Name Day: Averkios

All Day International Stuttering Awareness Day

All Day Kurama Fire Festival (Japan)

Wednesday October 23

All Day National Sports Day Iran

All Day Chulalongkorn Day / Piyamararaj Day

All Day Day of the Macedonian Revolution

All Day Greek Name Day: James, Jacob, Jacqueline (and other variants)

All Day Hungarian Republic Day

All Day Libya Liberation Day

Thursday October 24

All Day Disarmament Week begins

All Day Global Media and Information Literacy Week begins

All Day Zambia Independence Day

All Day Shemini Atzeret/ Simchat Torah (Jewish)

All Day United Nations Day

All Day World Development Information Day

Friday October 25

All Day Greek Name Day: Chrysanthi, Hrisanthi, Hrysanthi

All Day Kazakhstan Republic Day

All Day Thanksgiving in Grenada

Saturday October 26

All Day Accession Day India

All Day Austrian National Day

All Day Gospel Day (Cook Islands)

All Day Greek Name Day: Dimitrios, Glykon, Leptinis (and variants)

All Day Intersex Awareness Day

Sunday October 27

All Day Greek Name Day: Louppos, Nestor

All Day Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day

All Day World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Monday October 28

All Day New Zealand Labour Day

All Day Indepedent Czechoslovak State Day

All Day Feasts of Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles

Tuesday October 29

All Day Greek Name Day: Abramios, Anastasia (and variants)

All Day International Day of Care and Support

All Day King’s Coronation Day (Cambodia)

All Day Turkiye Republic Day

All Day World Stroke Day

Wednesday October 30

All Day Greek Name Day: Apollonia, Kleopas, Kronos, Markianos, Tertios, Zinovia (and variants)

All Day Masik Shivaratri

Thursday October 31

All Day All Hallow’s Eve (Christian)

All Day Beltane

All Day Greek Name Day: Ablia, Apellis, Aristovoulos, Narkisos, Stratoniki (and variants)

All Day Halloween

All Day Reformation Day

All Day Samhain

All Day World Cities Day

Friday November 1

All Day All Saints Day

All Day Day of the Dead begins (Mexico)

All Day Deepavali, Festival of Lights

All Day Greek Name Day: Dionysos

All Day Lung Cancer Awareness Month begins (Australia)

All Day National Novel Writing Month begins (USA)

All Day Native American Heritage Month begins (USA)

All Day Algeria Revolution Day

All Day Samhain – Pagan/Wicca

Saturday November 2

All Day All Souls’ Day

All Day Crowning of Haile Selassie

All Day Greek Name Day: Afthonios, Akindinos, Elpidiforos, Pigasos (and variants)

All Day International Day to End Imputiny for Crimes against Journalists

Sunday November 3

All Day Culture Day Japan

All Day Dominica Independence Day

All Day Separation Day Panama

All Day Trans Parent Day

Monday November 4

All Day Greek Name Day: Ermaios, Ioanikios, Ioannikios

All Day National Unity and Armed Forces Day Italy

All Day Tonga Constitution Day

All Day Unity Day Russia

Tuesday November 5

All Day Greek Name Day: Epistemis, Galaktion, Linos, Silvanos (and variants)

All Day Guy Fawkes Night (UK)

All Day UN Romani Language Day

All Day World Tsunami Awareness Day

Wednesday November 6

All Day Greek Name Day: Leonardo

All Day International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

All Day National Stress Awareness Day (USA)

Thursday November 7

All Day Greek Name Day: Anthinodoros, Ernest, Theagenis, Themelios (and variants)

Friday November 8

All Day Greek Name Day: Angelos, Efstratia, Gabriel, Matina, Metaxia, Michael, Michelle, Stratigos, Taxiarhis (and variants)

All Day Intersex Day of Solidarity

All Day National STEM and STEAM Day

Saturday November 9

All Day Greek Name Day: Elladios, Helladios, Mavra, Nektarios, Theoktisti

All Day Cambodia Independence Day

All Day World Legal Services Day

Sunday November 10

All Day Greek Name Day: Arsinoe, Irodion, Milon, Orestis, Rodios, Rozana (and variants)

All Day World Science Day for Peace and Development

Monday November 11

All Day Angola Independence Day

All Day Armistice Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Drakon, Minas, Victor, Vincent (and variations)

All Day Poland Independence Day

All Day Pepero Day South Korea

All Day Remembrance Day

All Day Singles Day (China)

All Day St Martin’s Day

Tuesday November 12

All Day Birth of Baha’u’llah – Baha’i

All Day World Pneumonia Day

Wednesday November 13

All Day Greek Name Day: Damaskinos, Hrysostomos (and variants)

All Day World Kindness Day

Thursday November 14

All Day Greek Name Day: Philipia, Philip (and other variants)

All Day International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property

All Day World Diabetes Day

Friday November 15

All Day Nativity Fast Begins – Orthodox Christian

All Day Shichi-Go-San (Japan)

Saturday November 16

All Day Greek Name Day: Ifigenia, Mathaios, Matthias

All Day International Day for Tolerance

All Day International Flamenco Day

Sunday November 17

All Day GERD Awareness Week

All Day Greek Name Day: Genadios, Hilda

All Day International Student Day

All Day World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

Monday November 18

All Day Greek Name Day: Plato, Platonas, Platon

All Day Latvia Independence Day

All Day International Day of Islamic Art

All Day Morocco Independence Day

All Day Oman National Day

All Day Sultan Qaboos’s Birthday (Oman)

All Day World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Violence

Tuesday November 19

All Day H.S.H the Sovereign Prince’s Day (Monaco)

All Day International Men’s Day

All Day Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Wednesday November 20

All Day African Industrialisation Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Denahis

All Day Transgender Day of Remembrance

All Day World Children’s Day

Thursday November 21

All Day Greek Name Day: Despoina, Lemonia, Mary, Soultana, Virginia (and variants)

All Day Presentation of the Theotokos

All Day World Hello Day

All Day World Philosophy Day

All Day World Television Day

Friday November 22

All Day Greek Name Day: Kikilia, Philimon, Valerios (and variants)

All Day Lebanon Independence Day

Saturday November 23

All Day Greek Name Day: Amfilohios, Elenos (and variants)

Monday November 25

All Day Greek Name Day: Catherine, Mercurios (and variants)

All Day International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

All Day Suriname Independence Day

Tuesday November 26

All Day Greek Name Day: Kyparisia, Nikon, Stergios, Stilianos (and variants)

All Day World Olive Tree Day

Thursday November 28

All Day Greek Name Day: Irinarhos (and variants)

All Day Albania Independence Day

All Day Mauritania Independence Day

Friday November 29

All Day Greek Name Day: Fedra, Filoumeni (and variants)

All Day International day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

Saturday November 30

All Day Barbados Independence Day

All Day Computer Security Day

All Day Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

All Day Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle

All Day Greek Name Day: Andrew, Andreas, Andrea

Sunday December 1

All Day Greek Name Day: Areti, Jacob, Theoklitos, Naoum, Philaretos (and variants)

All Day World AIDS Day

All Day Antigua and Barbuda Independence Day

Monday December 2

All Day Greek Name Day: Meropi, Solomon (and variants)

All Day International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

All Day Lao National Day

All Day National Day United Arab Emirates

Tuesday December 3

All Day Greek Name Day: Glykerios

All Day International Day of People Living with Disabilities

Wednesday December 4

All Day Greek Name Day: Barbara, Damaskinos (and variants)

All Day International Day of Banks

Thursday December 5

All Day Greek Name Day: Diogenes, Savvas (and variants)

All Day H.M King Phumiphon’s Birthday (Thailand)

All Day International Volunteer Day

All Day World Soil Day

Friday December 6

All Day Greek Name Day: Nikoleta, Nikos (and variants)

All Day Finland Independence Day

All Day Saint Nicholas Day

Saturday December 7

All Day Greek Name Day: Amvrosios, Ambrosius

All Day International Civil Aviation Day

Sunday December 8

All Day Bodhi Day (Buddhist)

All Day Greek Name Day: Patapios

All Day Pretend to Be a Time Traveller Day

Monday December 9

All Day Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Roman Catholic

All Day Greek Name Day: Ann, Anais (and variants)

All Day International Anti-Corruption Day

All Day International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

All Day Tanzania Independence Day

Tuesday December 10

All Day Human Rights Day

All Day Nobel Prize Day

Wednesday December 11

All Day International Mountain Day

Thursday December 12

All Day Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe – Roman Catholic

All Day Greek Name Day: Aaron, Abraham, Adam, Danae, Debora, Esthir, Eve, Isaac, Melhisedeh, Noah, Rachel, Rebecca, Ruben, Spiridon (and variants)

All Day International Day of Neutrality

All Day Jamhuri Day (Kenya)

All Day Universal Health Coverage Day

Friday December 13

All Day Greek Name Day: Aris, Ioubenalios, Lucy (and variants)

All Day Saint Lucia National Day

Saturday December 14

All Day Greek Name Day: Arrianos, Lefki (and variants)

Sunday December 15

All Day Greek Name Day: Anthea, Sossana, Sylvia (and variants)

Monday December 16

All Day Greek Name Day: Modestos, Theofano

All Day Kazakhstan Independence Day

All Day Posadas Navidenas – Christian

Tuesday December 17

All Day Bhutan National Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Daniel, Danielle, Iakhos

Wednesday December 18

All Day International Migrants Day

All Day Qatar National Day

All Day Sankashti Chaturthi

All Day UN Arabic Language Day

Thursday December 19

All Day Greek Name Day: Aglaia

Friday December 20

All Day International Human Solidarity Day

All Day Macau SARE Day

Saturday December 21

All Day World Basketball Day

Sunday December 22

All Day Greek Name Day: Natasa, Zoilos (and variants)

Monday December 23

All Day Emperor Akihito’s Birthday (Japan)

All Day Greek Name Day: Nifon, Nefon

Tuesday December 24

All Day Christmas Eve

All Day Greek Name Day: Ahmet, Evgenia (and variants)

All Day Libya Independence Day

Wednesday December 25

All Day Chanukah

All Day Christmas Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Baltasar, Bethlehem, Christos, Chrystalla, Emmanouela, Gaspar, Melhior (and variants)

Thursday December 26

All Day Greek Name Day: Constantios, Dia, Josef (and variants)

All Day Kwanzaa begins (USA)

All Day Saphala Ekadashi

Friday December 27

All Day Greek Name Day: Mavrikios, Stephanos (and variants)

All Day International Day of Epidemic Preparedness

All Day John Apostle and Evangelist

Saturday December 28

All Day Greek Name Day: Domna, Mygdonios, Theofili

Sunday December 29

All Day Greek Name Day: Benjamin, Beniamin, Veniamin

All Day Mongolia Independence Day/Revolution Day

All Day Masik Shivaratri

Monday December 30

All Day Greek Name Day: Anisios, Filetairos, Gideon (and variants)

Tuesday December 31

All Day New Year’s Eve

All Day No Interruptions Day

All Day Greek Name Day: Melany, Melania, Melanie