This is our day guide for Saturday October 15th 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 15th 2016
Cambodia: Commemoration Day of King's Father
Norodom Sihanouk
Estonia: Ethnicity day
day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identityRegional
India (regional): Lakshmi Puja
The most important day to worship Goddess Lakshmi falls on the full moon day in lunar month AshwinRegional
India (regional): Maharishi Valmiki Birthday
Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCE
Sri Lanka: Vap Full Moon Poya
Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fasting
Tunisia: Evacuation Day
Commemorates the retreat of last French soldiers from Bizerte on October 15th 1963Go to Today | October 16th 2016
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| General Information for October 15th 2016 | |
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| There are 6 public holidays today. | |
| Day 289 of 2016 | |
| 77 days left in 2016 | |
| Week 41 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2011 - Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries. | |
| 2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. | |
| 1979 - Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party. | |
| 1971 – The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia. |
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