
We all know about the Holidays and National Days that are on the Calendar for October, but what about the ones that are not? The last week of October is usually filled with the hubbub of Halloween, but it is also full of other holidays and remembrance days that should not be forgotten. Well, just to make sure you have all your holidays covered, here’s a list for the Third Week of October.
Weekly Holidays and Remembrances
- World Rainforest Week
- Peace, Friendship, and Goodwill Week
- National School Bus Safety Week
Daily Holiday’s and Rememberances
Sunday October 24th
- United Nations Day
- Nachos Birthday
- 40-Hour Work Week Day (1940, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 went into effect.)
- Black Thursday (1929, a major stock market panic occurred.
Five days later, the stock market collapsed completely)
- Niagara Falls Barrel Day (1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.)
- First non-US team to win baseball’s World Series (1992, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves)
- Mother-In-Law’s Day (always the Fourth Sunday in October)
Monday October 25th
- National Denim Day – Wear Denim!
- Pablo Picasso’s Birthday (1881)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park Birthday 1923
- Make a Difference Day
- World Pizza maker’s Day – So make a Pizza!
- George Washington Bridge Birthday 1931
- Punk For A Day Day
Tuesday October 26th
- Gunfight at the OK Corral 1881
- National Sleep-In Day – Tell you’re boss you’re a little sick but will be in late!
Wednesday October 27th
- Boxer Shorts Birthday 1901
- Birthday of the Pencil 1492
- Cranky Co-Workers Day – Just let them be who they will be….
- Navy Day 1922
- Turn Off the Violence Day – Help the violence in your home and on your tv to come to a stop today.
- Teddy Roosevelt’s Birthday
Thursday October 28th
- National Chocolate Day – Yummy, Yum!
- Cotton Gin Birthday 1793
- The first day Fingerprints were taken from a criminal 1904
- Gulliver’s Travels Birthday 1726
- Statue of Liberty Birthday
- National Organization of Women Founded 1966
- Hermit Day
- International Internet Day
- Stock market Crash 1929
- National Candy Corn Day
Sunday October 31st
- National Magic Day
- And of Course…… HALLOWEEN!


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