Fifth week of October, 2016 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, was called for in the Final Document of the General Asse..→

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, includ..→

The General Assembly in 1972 instituted World Development Information Day to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen..→

Larry Itliong is known as a prominent leader in one of the greatest social justice movements in the United States of America: the American farm labor movement. At 15 yea..→

Just imagine a plate of hot freshly cooked spaghetti in a thick tomato sauce, with seasoned pieces of smoked sausage, black olives, and mushrooms, or delicious Chicken Fe..→

Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 21st centuries. They help t..→

October 28, the International Animation Day (IAD) was proclaimed in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) as the main global event to celebrate the ..→

With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to celebrate Nevada Day on the last Friday ..→

This Day is an annual day specially dedicated to people with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis. Conceived by patients for patients, World Psoriasis Day is a truly glob..→

Stroke can be caused either by a clot obstructing the flow of blood to the brain (called an ischemic stroke) or by a blood vessel rupturing and preventing blood flow to t..→

New Zealander George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementation, starting on April 30,..→

Diwali (or Deepavali, the festival of lights ) is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn (northern hemisphere) or spring (southern hemisphere) every year. One of ..→