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Nauru Independence Day Parade, Nauru: Nauru officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of Oceania in the Central Pacific. Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic and island nation, as well the smallest member state of the Commonwealth of Nations by area. Wikipedia
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Holidays 10.26
Holidays
Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
African-American Cotton Pickers Day
American Bar Association Giving Day
American Frog Day
Angam Day (a.k.a. Day of Fulfillment; Nauru)
Armed Forces Day (Benin)
Court Staff Day (Tajikistan)
Cox Plate Day (Australia)
Day of Mourning Day (Libya)
Day of the Deployed
Doonesbury Day
Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Day (Venezuela)
Goose Day (French Republic)
Hillary Clinton Day
Horseless Carriage Day
Howl at the Moon Day
International Red Cross Day
Intersex Awareness Day
Kojagrat Purnima (Nepal)
Mourning Day (Libya)
Mule Day
National Day of the Deployed
National Financial Crime Fighter Day
National Gospel Day (Cook Islands)
National Livestock Guardian Dog Appreciation & Awareness Day
National Mule Day
National Noah Day
National Ranboo Day
National Tennessee Day
National Transgender Children Day
National Vivace Microneedling Day
Neutrality Day (Austria)
Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)
Planet-Wide Moon Howl
Prixin (Star Trek)
Rugby Day
St. Elsewhere Day
Topin Wagglegammon
Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day
World Amyloidosis Day
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chicken Fried Steak Day
Exaltation of the Shellfish (Spain)
International Mavrud Day (Bulgaria)
National Mincemeat Pie Day
National Pumpkin Day
Pretzel Day
Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day
Independence & Related Days
Austria (from Allies of WW2, 1955)
Foundation Day (Catanduanes, Philippines)
4th & Last Saturday in October
Children’s Day (Malaysia) [Last Saturday]
Hug A Sheep Day [Last Saturday]
Make a Difference Day [4th Saturday]
Mother-in-Law Day [4th Saturday]
Muddy Dog Day (UK) [Last Saturday]
National Erotic Humiliation Day [4th Saturday]
National Forgiveness Day [Last Saturday]
National One United Race Day [4th Saturday]
National Pit Bull Awareness Day [4th Saturday]
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day [4th Saturday]
National Snowmobile Day [Last Saturday]
National Take Back Day [Last Saturday]
National Trick or Treat Day [Last Saturday]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Day [4th Saturday]
Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sharing Economy Saturday (Canada) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Snowmobile Day (Sweden) [Last Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Splurge Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Stir-Fry Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Universal Children’s Day (Australia) [4th Saturday]
William Penn Day (Delaware) [4th Saturday]
World Federation Day [Last Saturday]
World Swim Day [4th Saturday]
Yellow Saturday [Saturday of Last Full Week]
Weekly Holidays beginning October 26 (3rd Full Week of October)
Marmaris International Race Week (Marmaris, Turkey) [thru 11.1]
Festivals Beginning October 26, 2024
Alabama Wine Festival (Duck Springs, Attalla, Alabama)
Barbecue Festival (Lexington, North Carolina)
Beefsteak (Reno, Nevada)
Boo & Brews (Pennsville, New Jersey)
Central Florida Veg Fest (Orlando, Florida)
Charleston Beer Fest (Charleston, South Carolina)
Chili Cook-Off (Santa Cruz, California)
Elberta German Sausage Festival (Elberta, Alabama)
Essex ClamFest (Essex, Massachusetts)
Federweisser Festival at Winehaven (Chisago City, Minnesota) [thru 10.27]
Georgia Sweet Potato Festival (Ocilla, Georgia)
Gilfeather Turnip Festival & Contest (Wardsboro, Vermont)
Grand Prairie Rice Festival (Hazen, Arkansas)
Halloween Festival & Parade (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
Hat Roberts Chili Cook Off (Tallapoosa, Georgia)
Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival (Kimmswick, Missouri) [thru 10.27]
Lake County Home Show (Grayslake, Illinois) [thru 10.27]
Marunada Chestnut Festival (Liganj, Croatia) [thru 10.27]
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 11.3]
National Championship Barbeque Cookoff (Meridian, Texas)
OysterFest (St. Michaels, Maryland)
Peanut Butter Festival (Brundidge, Alabama)
Pendleton Fall Harvest Festival (Pendleton, South Carolina)
Route 66 Pecan & Music Festival (Claremore, Oklahoma) [thru 10.27]
Sorghum Festival (Wewoka, Oklahoma)
Southern California Gourd Art Competition (Santa Ana, California)
Tailgating Cook-Off (Loreauville, Louisiana)
Toccoa Harvest Festival (Toccoa, Georgia) [thru 10.27]
West Fest (Cartersville, Georgia)
WhiskyFest (Hollywood, Florida)
World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest (Sulphur Springs, Texas)
Feast Days
Albinus (Christian; Saint)
Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Amandus of Strasbourg (Christian; Saint)
Andrew Motion (Writerism)
Beóán (a..k.a. Bean) of Mortlach (Christian; Saint)
Casper, Big Bird’s Brother (Muppetism)
Cedd (Christian; Saint)
Celine Borzecka (Christian; Blessed)
Cuthbert of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)
Dante Quinterno (Artology)
Day of the Ancients (Asatru/Pagan Slavic)
Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Christian; Saint)
Eadfrith of Leominster (Christian; Saint)
Eata of Hexham (Christian; Saint)
Pope Evaristus (a.k.a. Aristus; Christian; Saint)
Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
Jack Morelli (Artology)
Jan Wolkers (Artology)
Julian Schnabel (Artology)
Lilith’s Day (Pagan)
Ludi Victoriae Sullanae begins (Old Rome; until November 1)
Makoshe’s Day (Honoring Mother Earth; Asatru/Pagan)
Montesquieu (Positivist; Saint)
Onan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Onomatopoeias Day (Pastafarian)
Pat Conroy (Writerism)
Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
Quadragesimus (Christian; Saint)
Quodvultdeus (Christian; Saint)
Rusticus of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)
Shan Sa (Writerism)
Toping Wagglegammon (Shamanism)
Vasily Vereshchagin (Artology)
Witta (a.k.a. Albinus) of Büraburg (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Premieres
Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1951)
The Best and the Brightest, by David Halberstam (Political History; 1972)
Better Off Dead, 26th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2021)
Cello Concerto in E Minor, by Edward Eldar (Concerto; 1919)
Cloud Atlas (Film; 2012)
Cured Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1945)
Dan in Real Life (Film; 2007)
Donnie Darko (Film; 2001)
Down and Outing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1961)
Firework, by Katy Perry (Song; 2010)
Gallopin’ Gals (MGM Cartoon; 1940)
The Great Santini (Film; 1979)
Head Hunters, by Herbie Hancock (Album; 1973)
Heartbreaker, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1979)
Henpecked Hoboes (MGM Cartoon; 1946)
Interstellar (Film; 2014)
Life as a House (Film; 2001)
Mourning Becomes Electra, by Eugene O'Neill (Play; 1931)
Quadrophenia, by The Who (Album; 1973)
Rock Meets Rock or Thud and Blunder (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 313; 1964)
San Andreas (Film; 2015)
The Spinach Roadster (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)
St. Elsewhere (TV Series; 1982)
Supergirl (TV Series; 2015)
The Terminator (Film; 1984)
That’s No Lady — That’s Notre Dame! (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1935)
T.V. Fuddlehead (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1959)
The Two-Alarm Fire (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1934)
Under Pressure, by Queen & David Bowie (Song; 1981)
A Watery Grave or Drown Among the Sheltering Palms (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 314; 1964)
Wonderland (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)
You’re the Top, recorded by Cole Porter (Song; 1934)
Your Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)
Today’s Name Days
Albin, Amand, Wigand (Austria)
Dimitar, Dimitrina, Mitko (Bulgaria)
Amando, Demetrije, Dimitrije, Dmitar, Evarist, Lucijan, Mitar, Rogacijan, Zvonimir (Croatia)
Erik (Czech Republic)
Amandus (Denmark)
Aime, Aimi, Amanda, Ami, Manda (Estonia)
Amanda, Manta, Niina, Nina, Ninni (Finland)
Dimitri (France)
Albin, Amand, Anastacia, Josephine, Wieland (Germany)
Demetris, Dimitra, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Glykon, Leptinis (Greece)
Dömötör(Hungary)
Evaristo (Italy)
Amanda, Kaiva (Latvia)
Evaristas, Liaudginas, Mingintė (Lithuania)
Amanda, Amandus (Norway)
Dymitriusz, Ewaryst, Eweryst, Łucjan, Lucyna, Ludmiła, Lutosław (Poland)
Dimitrie (Romania)
Demeter (Slovakia)
Evaristo, Felicísimo, Luciano (Spain)
Amanda, Rasmus (Sweden)
Madden, Maddock, Maddox, Mahala, Mahalia, Makenna, Mckenna (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 300 of 2024; 66 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of Week 43 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 24 (Gui-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 24 Tishri 5785
Islamic: 22 Rabi II 1446
J Cal: 30 Orange; Lastday [30 of 30]
Julian: 13 October 2024
Moon: 28%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 20 Descartes (11th Month) [Oken / Buffon]
Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 35 of 90)
Week: 3rd Full Week of October
Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 4 of 30)
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Holidays 5.17
Holidays
Bugloss Day (French Republic)
Children’s Day (Norway)
Constitution Day (Nauru)
Dia das Letras Galegas (Spain)
DIPG Awareness Day
Discovery Day (Cayman Islands)
Dogbert Day (Dilbert)
Dressed to the Nines Day
Falling Off a Log Night
Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
Firefighters’ Day (Latvia)
Galacian Literature Day (Spain)
International Art of Giving Day
International Child Helpline Day
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
International Internet Day
International Twm Sion Cati Day (UK)
King Arthur Day
Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Merry-Go-Round Day [also 7.25]
Minecraft Day
National Book Day (Indonesia)
National Curves Day (Illinois)
National Cyber Safety Awareness Day
National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
National Donkey Welfare Day (Kenya)
National Emo Day for Women
National Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
National Graduation Day
National Graduation Tassel Day
National Idaho Day
National Linda Day
National Numeracy Day (UK)
National Pinkfix Day
National Real Estate Day
National VA2K Walk & Roll Day
National Work From Home Day (UK)
Navy Day (Argentina)
Pack Rat Day
Peasant Day (a.k.a. Agrarian Reform; Cuba)
Pink Shirt Day (New Zealand)
Railroad Day
Raja Day (Perlis, Malaysia)
Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand)
Rubber Band Day
Slottsplassen (Norway)
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day (UK)
Supermodel Day
Tell An Umpire "I Love Your Outfit" Day
Uff Da Day (North Dakota)
Walk Safely to School Day (Australia)
Watch A Baby Fall Asleep Day
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day
World Horticulture Day
World Hypertension Day
World Information Society Day (UN)
World Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day
World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
World Orienteering Day
World Recycling Day
World Stationary Day
World Telecommunication Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Cherry Cobbler Day
National Mushroom Hunting Day
National Walnut Day
Pinot Grigio Day
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Nauru)
Constitution Day (a.k.a. Seventeenth of May or Syttende Mai; Norway; 1814)
Kappan Empire (a.k.a. Holy Empire of the Kappa; Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Syttende Mai (Constitution Day; Norway; from Denmark, 1814)
3rd Friday in May
Arbour Day (Prince Edward Island, Canada) [3rd Friday]
Asakusa Sanja Matsuri begins (Geisha parade) [3rd Friday]
Ascension Friday (Belgium) [Friday closest to Ascension]
Bike-to-Work Day (US) [3rd Friday]
Endangered Species Day [3rd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fountain Pen Friday [3rd Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
International Virtual Assistants’ Day [3rd Friday]
NASCAR Day [3rd Friday]
National Bike to Work Day [3rd Friday]
National Defense Transportation Day [3rd Friday]
National Pizza Party Day [3rd Friday]
National Wear Blue Day [3rd Friday]
Native Nonprofit Day [3rd Friday]
O. Henry Pun Off Day [3rd Friday]
Teacher’s Day (Florida) [3rd Friday]
Wear Red for VEDS Day [3rd Friday]
World Meditation Day (UK) [3rd Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning May 17 (2nd Full Week)
Mike, the Headless Chicken Weekend [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Festivals Beginning May 17, 2024
Aalborg Carnival (Aalborg, Denmark) [thru 5.25]
Anderson Valley Pinot Festival (Anderson Valley, California) [thru 5.19]
Arizona Restaurant Week: Spring (Statewide, Arizona) [thru 5.26]
Bath Festival (Bath, England) [thru 5.20]
Bayou Bon Vivant Cajun Music, Food & Art Celebration (Norfolk, Virginia) [thru 5.19]
Beaufort Music Festival (Beaufort, South Carolina) [thru 5.18]
Chocolate Fest (Long Grove, Illinois) [thru 5.19]
Crawfish Festival (Fountain Valley, California) [thru 5.19]
Fort Worth Zoo Annual Beastro (Fort Worth, Texas)
Georgia Mountain Fire & Smoke Cooking Festival (Hiawassee, Georgia) [thru 5.18]
Hangout Music Festival (Gulf Shores, Alabama) [thru 5.19]
Hermann Maifest (Hermann, Missouri) [thru 5.19]
Karneval der Kulturen (Berlin, Germany( [thru 5.20]
Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off (Magnolia, Arkansas) [thru 5.18]
Manchester Jazz Festival (Manchester, United Kingdom) [thru 5.26]
Moers Festival (Moers, Germany) [thru 5.20]
Morel Mushroom Festival (Muscoda, Wisconsin) [thru 5.18]
Motor City Comic Con (Novi, Michigan) [thru 5.19]
New Jersey Seafood Festival (Belmar, New Jersey) [thru 5.19]
North Carolina Potato Festival (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) [thru 5.19]
OC Greek Food Festival (Anaheim, California) [thru 5.19]
Oregon Homebrew Festival (Corvallis, Oregon) [thru 5.18]
Palm Beach Ribs, Wings & Rock Festival (Palm Beach, Florida) [thru 5.19]
Picklefest (Atkins, Arkansas) [thru 5.18]
Preston Trout Days (Preston, Minnesota) [thru 5.19]
Rhubarb Festival (Intercourse, Pennsylvania) [thru 5.18]
Stockton Flavor Fest (Stockton, California) [thru 5.19]
Taste of Maplewood Street Festival (Maplewood, Missouri) [thru 5.18]
Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival (Temecula, California) [thru 5.19]
Wave-Gotik-Treffen (Leipzig, Germany) [thru 5.20]
The WhiskyX (Brooklyn, New York)
World Expo of Beer (Frankenmuth, Michigan) [thru 5.18]
Feast Days
A.J. Casson (Artology)
Antonius (Positivist; Saint)
Bruno of Wurzburg (Christian; Saint)
Cathan (Christian; Saint)
Dave Sim (Artology)
Dea Dia (Goddess of the Cosmos; Ancient Rome)
Eugene (Muppetism)
Falling Off a Log Night (Shamanism)
Feast of ‘Azamat (Baha'i)
Gio Nicola Buhagiar (Artology)
Giulia Salzano (Christian; Saint)
Karl Burman (Artology)
Laval Homeboy Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Let Your Star Shine Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Maden of Brittany (Christian; Saint)
Madron (a.k.a. Madern (Christian; Saint)
Maxime Emile Louis Maufra (Artology)
Mifune Matsuri (Boat Festival; Japan)
Neo-Pagan Fertility Ritual (Philippines; Everyday Wicca)
Ogham (Celtic Book of Days)
Paschal Baylon (Christian; Saint)
Restituta (Christian; Saint)
Silave (Christian; Saint)
Single Malt Whisky Day (Pastafarian)
Sjofn’s Blot (Pagan)
William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 137 [33 of 72]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [23 of 37]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [25 of 57]
Un Giorno Nero (A Black Day; Italy) [Friday the 17th] (1 of 1 for 2024)
Premieres
About a Boy (Film; 2002)
All Men Are Mortal, by Simone de Beauvoir (Novel; 1946)
At Dawn We Spley, by Gordon W. Prange (Historical Novel; 1982)
Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1966)
Bad Blood, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2015)
Blurryface, by Twenty One Pilots (Album; 2015)
Bon Voyage! (Film; 1962)
Catch-22 (TV Mini-Series; 2019)
Cinderella Goes to a Party (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1942)
Comic Cuts, by Alfred Harmsworth (UK Comic; 1890) [1st regular comic published]
Don’t Look Back (Documentary Film; 1967)
Five Puppets (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)
Gentle On My Mind, recorded by Glen Campbell (Song; 1967)
Godspell (Off-Broadway Musical; 1971)
Grin and Share It, featuring Droopy (MGM Cartoon; 1957)
Groove Me, recorded by King Floyd (Song; 1970)
The Guns of Avalon, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1972) [chronicles of Amber #2]
History of Modern Art, by H. Harvard Arnason (Art History; 1968)
Hobo Bobo (WB MM Cartoon; 1947)
If (Animated Film; 2024)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Film; 2002)
In a Lonely Place (Film; 1950)
Information Please (Radio Quiz Show; 1938)
The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse (Novel; 1923)
John Wick: Chapter 3 �� Parabellum (Film; 2019)
King Porter Stomp, recorded by Teddy Hill, featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Song; 1937)
La Planète des Singes (The Planet of the Apes), by Pierre Boulle (Novel; 1963)
Le Quiet Squad (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)
The Love Boat (TV Series; 1976)
Mesmerize, by System of a Down (Album; 2005)
Mr. Big Stuff, recorded by Jean Knight (Song; 1970)
My Mortal Enemy, by Willa Cather (Novel; 1926)
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (Book; 2006)
Pink of the Litter (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)
Puss in Boots (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)
Random Access Memories, by Daft Punk (Album; 2013)
A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean (Novella��� 1976)
The Rookie Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1941)
See You Yesterday (Film; 2019)
Shéhérazade, by Maurice Ravel (Song Cycle; 1904)
Shutter Bug (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)
Stay (I Missed You), by Lisa Loeb (Song; 1994)
The Sultan’s Cat, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
Swiss Ski Yodelers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)
Thank God It’s Friday (Film; 1978)
The Tree of Life (Film; 2011)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
Uthal, by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (Opera; 1806)
Wacky-Bye Baby (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1948)
What About Bob? (Film; 1991)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (Novel; 1900)
Today’s Name Days
Dietmar, Pascal, Walter (Austria)
Gizela, Heraklije, Paškal, Paško (Croatia)
Aneta (Czech Republic)
Bruno (Denmark)
Taido, Taidur, Taimar, Taimo, Taivo (Estonia)
Maila, Maili, Mailis, Maisa, Rebekka (Finland)
Pascal (France)
Antonella, Dietmar, Pascal (Germany)
Andronikos, Iounia, Junia, Solon (Greece)
Paszkál (Hungary)
Pasquale, Restituta (Italy)
Dailis, Herberts (Latvia)
Bazilė, Gailė, Paskalis, Virkantas (Lithuania)
Harald, Ragnhild (Norway)
Bruno, Herakliusz, Paschalis, Sławomir, Torpet, Weronika, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)
Andronic (România)
Gizela (Slovakia)
Pascual (Spain)
Rebecka, Ruben (Sweden)
Pascal, Pascha, Pascual, Turner (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 138 of 2024; 228 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 20 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 10 (Xin-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 9 Iyar 5784
Islamic: 9 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 18 Magenta; Foursday [18 of 30]
Julian: 4 May 2024
Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 25 Caesar (5th Month) [Antonius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 60 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of May
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 28 of 31)
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Holidays 10.26
Holidays
Accession Day (Jammu and Kashmir, India)
African-American Cotton Pickers Day
American Bar Association Giving Day
American Frog Day
Angam Day (a.k.a. Day of Fulfillment; Nauru)
Armed Forces Day (Benin)
Court Staff Day (Tajikistan)
Cox Plate Day (Australia)
Day of Mourning Day (Libya)
Day of the Deployed
Doonesbury Day
Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Day (Venezuela)
Goose Day (French Republic)
Hillary Clinton Day
Horseless Carriage Day
Howl at the Moon Day
International Red Cross Day
Intersex Awareness Day
Kojagrat Purnima (Nepal)
Mourning Day (Libya)
Mule Day
National Day of the Deployed
National Financial Crime Fighter Day
National Gospel Day (Cook Islands)
National Livestock Guardian Dog Appreciation & Awareness Day
National Mule Day
National Noah Day
National Ranboo Day
National Tennessee Day
National Transgender Children Day
National Vivace Microneedling Day
Neutrality Day (Austria)
Peniamina Gospel Day (Niue)
Planet-Wide Moon Howl
Prixin (Star Trek)
Rugby Day
St. Elsewhere Day
Topin Wagglegammon
Workaholic Stop and Smell Something Day
World Amyloidosis Day
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
Food & Drink Celebrations
Chicken Fried Steak Day
Exaltation of the Shellfish (Spain)
International Mavrud Day (Bulgaria)
National Mincemeat Pie Day
National Pumpkin Day
Pretzel Day
Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day
Independence & Related Days
Austria (from Allies of WW2, 1955)
Foundation Day (Catanduanes, Philippines)
4th & Last Saturday in October
Children’s Day (Malaysia) [Last Saturday]
Hug A Sheep Day [Last Saturday]
Make a Difference Day [4th Saturday]
Mother-in-Law Day [4th Saturday]
Muddy Dog Day (UK) [Last Saturday]
National Erotic Humiliation Day [4th Saturday]
National Forgiveness Day [Last Saturday]
National One United Race Day [4th Saturday]
National Pit Bull Awareness Day [4th Saturday]
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day [4th Saturday]
National Snowmobile Day [Last Saturday]
National Take Back Day [Last Saturday]
National Trick or Treat Day [Last Saturday]
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Day [4th Saturday]
Salacious Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]
Sausage Saturday [4th Saturday of Each Month]
Sharing Economy Saturday (Canada) [Last Saturday]
Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]
Snowmobile Day (Sweden) [Last Saturday]
Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]
Splurge Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Stir-Fry Saturday [Last Saturday of Each Month]
Universal Children’s Day (Australia) [4th Saturday]
William Penn Day (Delaware) [4th Saturday]
World Federation Day [Last Saturday]
World Swim Day [4th Saturday]
Yellow Saturday [Saturday of Last Full Week]
Weekly Holidays beginning October 26 (3rd Full Week of October)
Marmaris International Race Week (Marmaris, Turkey) [thru 11.1]
Festivals Beginning October 26, 2024
Alabama Wine Festival (Duck Springs, Attalla, Alabama)
Barbecue Festival (Lexington, North Carolina)
Beefsteak (Reno, Nevada)
Boo & Brews (Pennsville, New Jersey)
Central Florida Veg Fest (Orlando, Florida)
Charleston Beer Fest (Charleston, South Carolina)
Chili Cook-Off (Santa Cruz, California)
Elberta German Sausage Festival (Elberta, Alabama)
Essex ClamFest (Essex, Massachusetts)
Federweisser Festival at Winehaven (Chisago City, Minnesota) [thru 10.27]
Georgia Sweet Potato Festival (Ocilla, Georgia)
Gilfeather Turnip Festival & Contest (Wardsboro, Vermont)
Grand Prairie Rice Festival (Hazen, Arkansas)
Halloween Festival & Parade (Glen Ellyn, Illinois)
Hat Roberts Chili Cook Off (Tallapoosa, Georgia)
Kimmswick Apple Butter Festival (Kimmswick, Missouri) [thru 10.27]
Lake County Home Show (Grayslake, Illinois) [thru 10.27]
Marunada Chestnut Festival (Liganj, Croatia) [thru 10.27]
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (Kyiv, Ukraine) [thru 11.3]
National Championship Barbeque Cookoff (Meridian, Texas)
OysterFest (St. Michaels, Maryland)
Peanut Butter Festival (Brundidge, Alabama)
Pendleton Fall Harvest Festival (Pendleton, South Carolina)
Route 66 Pecan & Music Festival (Claremore, Oklahoma) [thru 10.27]
Sorghum Festival (Wewoka, Oklahoma)
Southern California Gourd Art Competition (Santa Ana, California)
Tailgating Cook-Off (Loreauville, Louisiana)
Toccoa Harvest Festival (Toccoa, Georgia) [thru 10.27]
West Fest (Cartersville, Georgia)
WhiskyFest (Hollywood, Florida)
World Champion Hopkins County Stew Contest (Sulphur Springs, Texas)
Feast Days
Albinus (Christian; Saint)
Alfred the Great (Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Amandus of Strasbourg (Christian; Saint)
Andrew Motion (Writerism)
Beóán (a..k.a. Bean) of Mortlach (Christian; Saint)
Casper, Big Bird’s Brother (Muppetism)
Cedd (Christian; Saint)
Celine Borzecka (Christian; Blessed)
Cuthbert of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)
Dante Quinterno (Artology)
Day of the Ancients (Asatru/Pagan Slavic)
Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Christian; Saint)
Eadfrith of Leominster (Christian; Saint)
Eata of Hexham (Christian; Saint)
Pope Evaristus (a.k.a. Aristus; Christian; Saint)
Fulk of Pavia (Roman Catholic Church)
Jack Morelli (Artology)
Jan Wolkers (Artology)
Julian Schnabel (Artology)
Lilith’s Day (Pagan)
Ludi Victoriae Sullanae begins (Old Rome; until November 1)
Makoshe’s Day (Honoring Mother Earth; Asatru/Pagan)
Montesquieu (Positivist; Saint)
Onan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Onomatopoeias Day (Pastafarian)
Pat Conroy (Writerism)
Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann and Paul Gerhardt (Lutheran Church)
Quadragesimus (Christian; Saint)
Quodvultdeus (Christian; Saint)
Rusticus of Narbonne (Christian; Saint)
Shan Sa (Writerism)
Toping Wagglegammon (Shamanism)
Vasily Vereshchagin (Artology)
Witta (a.k.a. Albinus) of Büraburg (Christian; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]
Premieres
Audrey the Rainmaker (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1951)
The Best and the Brightest, by David Halberstam (Political History; 1972)
Better Off Dead, 26th Jack Reacher book, by Lee Child (Novel; 2021)
Cello Concerto in E Minor, by Edward Eldar (Concerto; 1919)
Cloud Atlas (Film; 2012)
Cured Duck (Disney Cartoon; 1945)
Dan in Real Life (Film; 2007)
Donnie Darko (Film; 2001)
Down and Outing (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1961)
Firework, by Katy Perry (Song; 2010)
Gallopin’ Gals (MGM Cartoon; 1940)
The Great Santini (Film; 1979)
Head Hunters, by Herbie Hancock (Album; 1973)
Heartbreaker, by Pat Benatar (Song; 1979)
Henpecked Hoboes (MGM Cartoon; 1946)
Interstellar (Film; 2014)
Life as a House (Film; 2001)
Mourning Becomes Electra, by Eugene O'Neill (Play; 1931)
Quadrophenia, by The Who (Album; 1973)
Rock Meets Rock or Thud and Blunder (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 313; 1964)
San Andreas (Film; 2015)
The Spinach Roadster (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)
St. Elsewhere (TV Series; 1982)
Supergirl (TV Series; 2015)
The Terminator (Film; 1984)
That’s No Lady — That’s Notre Dame! (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Three Orphan Kittens (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1935)
T.V. Fuddlehead (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1959)
The Two-Alarm Fire (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1934)
Under Pressure, by Queen & David Bowie (Song; 1981)
A Watery Grave or Drown Among the Sheltering Palms (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 314; 1964)
Wonderland (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)
You’re the Top, recorded by Cole Porter (Song; 1934)
Your Song, by Elton John (Song; 1970)
Today’s Name Days
Albin, Amand, Wigand (Austria)
Dimitar, Dimitrina, Mitko (Bulgaria)
Amando, Demetrije, Dimitrije, Dmitar, Evarist, Lucijan, Mitar, Rogacijan, Zvonimir (Croatia)
Erik (Czech Republic)
Amandus (Denmark)
Aime, Aimi, Amanda, Ami, Manda (Estonia)
Amanda, Manta, Niina, Nina, Ninni (Finland)
Dimitri (France)
Albin, Amand, Anastacia, Josephine, Wieland (Germany)
Demetris, Dimitra, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Glykon, Leptinis (Greece)
Dömötör(Hungary)
Evaristo (Italy)
Amanda, Kaiva (Latvia)
Evaristas, Liaudginas, Mingintė (Lithuania)
Amanda, Amandus (Norway)
Dymitriusz, Ewaryst, Eweryst, Łucjan, Lucyna, Ludmiła, Lutosław (Poland)
Dimitrie (Romania)
Demeter (Slovakia)
Evaristo, Felicísimo, Luciano (Spain)
Amanda, Rasmus (Sweden)
Madden, Maddock, Maddox, Mahala, Mahalia, Makenna, Mckenna (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 300 of 2024; 66 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of Week 43 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 28 of 28]
Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 24 (Gui-Hai)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 24 Tishri 5785
Islamic: 22 Rabi II 1446
J Cal: 30 Orange; Lastday [30 of 30]
Julian: 13 October 2024
Moon: 28%: Waning Crescent
Positivist: 20 Descartes (11th Month) [Oken / Buffon]
Runic Half Month: Wyn (Joy) [Day 5 of 15]
Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 35 of 90)
Week: 3rd Full Week of October
Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 4 of 30)
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Holidays
Bugloss Day (French Republic)
Children’s Day (Norway)
Constitution Day (Nauru)
Dia das Letras Galegas (Spain)
DIPG Awareness Day
Discovery Day (Cayman Islands)
Dogbert Day (Dilbert)
Dressed to the Nines Day
Falling Off a Log Night
Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
Firefighters’ Day (Latvia)
Galacian Literature Day (Spain)
International Art of Giving Day
International Child Helpline Day
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
International Internet Day
International Twm Sion Cati Day (UK)
King Arthur Day
Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Merry-Go-Round Day [also 7.25]
Minecraft Day
National Book Day (Indonesia)
National Curves Day (Illinois)
National Cyber Safety Awareness Day
National Day Against Homophobia (Canada)
National Donkey Welfare Day (Kenya)
National Emo Day for Women
National Famine Memorial Day (Ireland)
National Graduation Day
National Graduation Tassel Day
National Idaho Day
National Linda Day
National Numeracy Day (UK)
National Pinkfix Day
National Real Estate Day
National VA2K Walk & Roll Day
National Work From Home Day (UK)
Navy Day (Argentina)
Pack Rat Day
Peasant Day (a.k.a. Agrarian Reform; Cuba)
Pink Shirt Day (New Zealand)
Railroad Day
Raja Day (Perlis, Malaysia)
Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thailand)
Rubber Band Day
Slottsplassen (Norway)
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day (UK)
Supermodel Day
Tell An Umpire "I Love Your Outfit" Day
Uff Da Day (North Dakota)
Walk Safely to School Day (Australia)
Watch A Baby Fall Asleep Day
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day
World Horticulture Day
World Hypertension Day
World Information Society Day (UN)
World Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day
World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
World Orienteering Day
World Recycling Day
World Stationary Day
World Telecommunication Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
National Cherry Cobbler Day
National Mushroom Hunting Day
National Walnut Day
Pinot Grigio Day
Independence & Related Days
Constitution Day (Nauru)
Constitution Day (a.k.a. Seventeenth of May or Syttende Mai; Norway; 1814)
Kappan Empire (a.k.a. Holy Empire of the Kappa; Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
Syttende Mai (Constitution Day; Norway; from Denmark, 1814)
3rd Friday in May
Arbour Day (Prince Edward Island, Canada) [3rd Friday]
Asakusa Sanja Matsuri begins (Geisha parade) [3rd Friday]
Ascension Friday (Belgium) [Friday closest to Ascension]
Bike-to-Work Day (US) [3rd Friday]
Endangered Species Day [3rd Friday]
Flashback Friday [Every Friday]
Fountain Pen Friday [3rd Friday]
Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]
International Virtual Assistants’ Day [3rd Friday]
NASCAR Day [3rd Friday]
National Bike to Work Day [3rd Friday]
National Defense Transportation Day [3rd Friday]
National Pizza Party Day [3rd Friday]
National Wear Blue Day [3rd Friday]
Native Nonprofit Day [3rd Friday]
O. Henry Pun Off Day [3rd Friday]
Teacher’s Day (Florida) [3rd Friday]
Wear Red for VEDS Day [3rd Friday]
World Meditation Day (UK) [3rd Friday]
Weekly Holidays beginning May 17 (2nd Full Week)
Mike, the Headless Chicken Weekend [3rd Friday & Saturday]
Festivals Beginning May 17, 2024
Aalborg Carnival (Aalborg, Denmark) [thru 5.25]
Anderson Valley Pinot Festival (Anderson Valley, California) [thru 5.19]
Arizona Restaurant Week: Spring (Statewide, Arizona) [thru 5.26]
Bath Festival (Bath, England) [thru 5.20]
Bayou Bon Vivant Cajun Music, Food & Art Celebration (Norfolk, Virginia) [thru 5.19]
Beaufort Music Festival (Beaufort, South Carolina) [thru 5.18]
Chocolate Fest (Long Grove, Illinois) [thru 5.19]
Crawfish Festival (Fountain Valley, California) [thru 5.19]
Fort Worth Zoo Annual Beastro (Fort Worth, Texas)
Georgia Mountain Fire & Smoke Cooking Festival (Hiawassee, Georgia) [thru 5.18]
Hangout Music Festival (Gulf Shores, Alabama) [thru 5.19]
Hermann Maifest (Hermann, Missouri) [thru 5.19]
Karneval der Kulturen (Berlin, Germany( [thru 5.20]
Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off (Magnolia, Arkansas) [thru 5.18]
Manchester Jazz Festival (Manchester, United Kingdom) [thru 5.26]
Moers Festival (Moers, Germany) [thru 5.20]
Morel Mushroom Festival (Muscoda, Wisconsin) [thru 5.18]
Motor City Comic Con (Novi, Michigan) [thru 5.19]
New Jersey Seafood Festival (Belmar, New Jersey) [thru 5.19]
North Carolina Potato Festival (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) [thru 5.19]
OC Greek Food Festival (Anaheim, California) [thru 5.19]
Oregon Homebrew Festival (Corvallis, Oregon) [thru 5.18]
Palm Beach Ribs, Wings & Rock Festival (Palm Beach, Florida) [thru 5.19]
Picklefest (Atkins, Arkansas) [thru 5.18]
Preston Trout Days (Preston, Minnesota) [thru 5.19]
Rhubarb Festival (Intercourse, Pennsylvania) [thru 5.18]
Stockton Flavor Fest (Stockton, California) [thru 5.19]
Taste of Maplewood Street Festival (Maplewood, Missouri) [thru 5.18]
Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival (Temecula, California) [thru 5.19]
Wave-Gotik-Treffen (Leipzig, Germany) [thru 5.20]
The WhiskyX (Brooklyn, New York)
World Expo of Beer (Frankenmuth, Michigan) [thru 5.18]
Feast Days
A.J. Casson (Artology)
Antonius (Positivist; Saint)
Bruno of Wurzburg (Christian; Saint)
Cathan (Christian; Saint)
Dave Sim (Artology)
Dea Dia (Goddess of the Cosmos; Ancient Rome)
Eugene (Muppetism)
Falling Off a Log Night (Shamanism)
Feast of ‘Azamat (Baha'i)
Gio Nicola Buhagiar (Artology)
Giulia Salzano (Christian; Saint)
Karl Burman (Artology)
Laval Homeboy Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Let Your Star Shine Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Maden of Brittany (Christian; Saint)
Madron (a.k.a. Madern (Christian; Saint)
Maxime Emile Louis Maufra (Artology)
Mifune Matsuri (Boat Festival; Japan)
Neo-Pagan Fertility Ritual (Philippines; Everyday Wicca)
Ogham (Celtic Book of Days)
Paschal Baylon (Christian; Saint)
Restituta (Christian; Saint)
Silave (Christian; Saint)
Single Malt Whisky Day (Pastafarian)
Sjofn’s Blot (Pagan)
William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 137 [33 of 72]
Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]
Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [23 of 37]
Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [25 of 57]
Un Giorno Nero (A Black Day; Italy) [Friday the 17th] (1 of 1 for 2024)
Premieres
About a Boy (Film; 2002)
All Men Are Mortal, by Simone de Beauvoir (Novel; 1946)
At Dawn We Spley, by Gordon W. Prange (Historical Novel; 1982)
Babel-17, by Samuel R. Delany (Novel; 1966)
Bad Blood, by Taylor Swift (Album; 2015)
Blurryface, by Twenty One Pilots (Album; 2015)
Bon Voyage! (Film; 1962)
Catch-22 (TV Mini-Series; 2019)
Cinderella Goes to a Party (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1942)
Comic Cuts, by Alfred Harmsworth (UK Comic; 1890) [1st regular comic published]
Don’t Look Back (Documentary Film; 1967)
Five Puppets (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)
Gentle On My Mind, recorded by Glen Campbell (Song; 1967)
Godspell (Off-Broadway Musical; 1971)
Grin and Share It, featuring Droopy (MGM Cartoon; 1957)
Groove Me, recorded by King Floyd (Song; 1970)
The Guns of Avalon, by Roger Zelazny (Novel; 1972) [chronicles of Amber #2]
History of Modern Art, by H. Harvard Arnason (Art History; 1968)
Hobo Bobo (WB MM Cartoon; 1947)
If (Animated Film; 2024)
The Importance of Being Earnest (Film; 2002)
In a Lonely Place (Film; 1950)
Information Please (Radio Quiz Show; 1938)
The Inimitable Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse (Novel; 1923)
John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum (Film; 2019)
King Porter Stomp, recorded by Teddy Hill, featuring Dizzy Gillespie (Song; 1937)
La Planète des Singes (The Planet of the Apes), by Pierre Boulle (Novel; 1963)
Le Quiet Squad (The Inspector Cartoon; 1967)
The Love Boat (TV Series; 1976)
Mesmerize, by System of a Down (Album; 2005)
Mr. Big Stuff, recorded by Jean Knight (Song; 1970)
My Mortal Enemy, by Willa Cather (Novel; 1926)
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan (Book; 2006)
Pink of the Litter (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1967)
Puss in Boots (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1934)
Random Access Memories, by Daft Punk (Album; 2013)
A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean (Novella’ 1976)
The Rookie Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1941)
See You Yesterday (Film; 2019)
Shéhérazade, by Maurice Ravel (Song Cycle; 1904)
Shutter Bug (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)
Stay (I Missed You), by Lisa Loeb (Song; 1994)
The Sultan’s Cat, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)
Swiss Ski Yodelers (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)
Thank God It’s Friday (Film; 1978)
The Tree of Life (Film; 2011)
Tommy, by The Who (Album; 1969)
Uthal, by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (Opera; 1806)
Wacky-Bye Baby (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1948)
What About Bob? (Film; 1991)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (Novel; 1900)
Today’s Name Days
Dietmar, Pascal, Walter (Austria)
Gizela, Heraklije, Paškal, Paško (Croatia)
Aneta (Czech Republic)
Bruno (Denmark)
Taido, Taidur, Taimar, Taimo, Taivo (Estonia)
Maila, Maili, Mailis, Maisa, Rebekka (Finland)
Pascal (France)
Antonella, Dietmar, Pascal (Germany)
Andronikos, Iounia, Junia, Solon (Greece)
Paszkál (Hungary)
Pasquale, Restituta (Italy)
Dailis, Herberts (Latvia)
Bazilė, Gailė, Paskalis, Virkantas (Lithuania)
Harald, Ragnhild (Norway)
Bruno, Herakliusz, Paschalis, Sławomir, Torpet, Weronika, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)
Andronic (România)
Gizela (Slovakia)
Pascual (Spain)
Rebecka, Ruben (Sweden)
Pascal, Pascha, Pascual, Turner (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 138 of 2024; 228 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 5 of week 20 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Huath (Hawthorn) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ji-Si), Day 10 (Xin-Si)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 9 Iyar 5784
Islamic: 9 Dhu al-Qada 1445
J Cal: 18 Magenta; Foursday [18 of 30]
Julian: 4 May 2024
Moon: 72%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 25 Caesar (5th Month) [Antonius]
Runic Half Month: Ing (Expansive Energy) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 60 of 92)
Week: 2nd Full Week of May
Zodiac: Taurus (Day 28 of 31)
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