First week of October, 2024 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly (by resolution 45/106) designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons. This was preceded by initiat..→

The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO’s advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, France, where it f..→

October 1 marks the beginning of International School Library Month (ISLM), a month to celebrate and draw attention to school libraries. First started as International Sc..→

Ohio hepatitis C awareness month; German heritage month; Crime prevention month; Disability employment awareness month; Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month; Manu..→

The state of Ohio has approximately 8.05 million acres under forest cover, which is 30.7% of Ohio’s land area. Nearly three-quarters of Ohio’s forestland, 5.8 million acr..→

World Vegetarian Day is observed annually on October 1. It is the official date, however if necessary, individuals may schedule their event on a nearby date instead. It i..→

According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to "disseminate the ..→

The festival of Rosh Hashanah—the name means “Head of the Year”—is observed for two days beginning on 1 Tishrei, the first day of the Jewish year. It is the anniversary o..→

World Animal Day was observed on October 4th, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Started in Florence Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecolog..→

World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in the month of October every year. The idea of World Smile Day was coined and initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial ar..→

The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the ..→

In 1993 Professor Dr. Gerhard Englert proposed the idea to organize World Ostomy Day. The aim was to draw attention for people with a stoma and pouch, their quality of l..→

UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special intergovernmental conference..→

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German American immigration and culture to th..→