Movable October Events
• Thanksgiving in (Canada) - (Second Monday of October) - "Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is also celebrated in a secular manner."
On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:
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A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.
• Columbus Day: most of United States (second Monday in October) pp
"Many countries in the New World plus elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an official holiday. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza in many countries in the Americas, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela. These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century, and officially in various countries since the early 20th century."
• Child Health Day is the first Monday in October.
"Child Health Day is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the first Monday in October. According to 36 U.S.C. § 105, on Child Health Day the president invites "all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health Day in observing exercises that will make the people of the United States aware of the fundamental necessity of a year-round program to protect and develop the health of the children of the United States."
"Sweetest Day is an observance celebrated primarily in the Great Lakes region, and parts of the Northeast United States on the third Saturday in October. Once known as a day to spread love and cheer to the unfortunate, this popular holiday in the northern U.S. is now known as a day to show affection to the loved ones in your life. It is described by Retail Confectioners International as an "occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed." Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a "concocted promotion" created by the candy industry solely to increase sales of candy."
• Health and Sports Day (Japan) - Second Monday of October
"Health and Sports Day (体育の日, Taiiku no hi?), also known as Health-Sports Day or Sports Day, is a national holiday in Japan held annually on the second Monday in October. It commemorates the opening of the 1964 Summer Olympics being held in Tokyo, and exists to promote sports and an active lifestyle."
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October: "By the Slavs it is called “yellow month,” from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin." "The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917-"
Movable August Events
• American Family Day (1st Sunday in August)
• Friendship Day (1st Sunday in August)
• National Day of Peace (1st Sunday in August)
• Bahamas Emancipation Day (1st Monday in August)
• Colorado Day (1st Monday in August)
• Grenada Emancipation Day (1st Monday in August)
• Jamaica Independence Day (1st Monday in August)
• Nut Monday (1st Monday in August)
• Picnic Day - in Australia (1st Monday in August)
• Shop & Office Workers' Holiday - in Iceland (1st Monday in August)
• Youth Day - in Zambia (1st Monday in August)
• Feast Day of St. Wilfred - in Yorkshire, UK (1st Saturday)
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October: "By the Slavs it is called “yellow month,” from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin." "The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917-"
