Worldwide Day of Play
Worldwide Day of Play is held on October 2. It is an annual event designed to encourage children and parents to turn off the television and play together, especially outdoors. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. 
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The yearly event officially began on October 2, 2004, and has been broadcast on all US Nickelodeon channels.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
World Vegetarian Day on October 1
International Coffee Day on October 1 (At a meeting on 3–7 March 2014, a decision was taken by the International Coffee Organization to launch the first official International Coffee Day in Milan as part of Expo 2015);
Balloons Around The World Day on October 1
World Cocoa and Chocolate Day on October 1
International Walk and Bike to School Day on October 1 (the first Wednesday in October);
International Gaucher Disease Day on October 1
Occupational Therapy Month and Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in Canada on October 1
Mental Illness Awareness Week and Human papilloma virus Prevention Week in Canada on October 1 (October 1 to 7);
Children's Day in El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka on October 1
World Day for Farmed Animals on October 2
World No Alcohol Day on October 2
World Farm Animals Day on October 2
Medical Technologist's Day in Chile on October 2
World Multiplication Table Day on October 3 (Held on the first Friday in October);
Virus Appreciation Day on October 3
Children's Day in Singapore on October 3 (celebrated on the first Friday of October)