Day Guide for Monday October 10th 2022

This is our day guide for Monday October 10th 2022 which shows you at a glance what's happening around the world on day 283 of 2022.

Holidays on October 10th 2022

International: Columbus Day. This national holiday commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas
International: Day of respect for cultural diversity. <p>Honors indigenous people on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas.</p>
International: Milad Un Nabi. Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendar
Bahamas: National Heroes' Day. The second Monday in October is National Heroes Day, which replaced Discovery Day in 2013
Belize: Indigenous People’s Resistance Day (in lieu). Marks the arrival of Columbus in the Americas on October 12th 1492

Public sector only

Canada: Thanksgiving. Celebrated on the Second Monday in October and statutory, except in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
Cuba: Independence Day. Marks the date in 1868, that Carlos Manuel de Céspedes made his famous "Grito de Yara", the battle cry and declaration that launched the uprising for Cuban Independence.
Curaçao: Curaçao Day. Curaçao Day is a public holiday in Curaçao that marks the island's anniversary of becoming a country within the Dutch kingdom on October 10th 2010.
Fiji: Fiji Day. Fiji became an independent sovereign state on 10 October 1970 when its colonial status was removed
Israel: Sukkot. Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles
Japan: Health-Sports Day. Japan celebrates Sports Day to promote sports and an active lifestyle to ensure a healthy mind and body
Kenya: Mazingira Day. A day for all Kenyans to participate in environment conservation activities.
Lao: Boat Racing Festival. Held at different times in October or early November in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.
Myanmar: Post-Full Moon Day of Thadingyut. The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent
North Korea: Party Foundation Day. Foundation of the Worker's Party of Korea
Samoa: Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday. Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood
Sint Maarten: Constitution Day. The constitution came into force on October 10th 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
Suriname: Maroons Day. A day to honour Maroons, escaped Africans slaves who mixed with the indigenous peoples of the Americas
Taiwan: National Day. Celebrates the start of the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911
Turks and Caicos Islands: National Heritage Day. This holiday replaced Columbus Day in 2014, which was also held on the second Monday In October

Regional

USA (regional): US Indigenous People's Day. This state holiday has been adopted on the second Monday in October to replace Columbus Day

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There are no observances today.

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