Day Guide for Monday October 17th 2016 What are the holidays on October 17th 2016?

This is our day guide for Monday October 17th 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 17th 2016

International: Day of the Races

Honors the indigenous people of the Americas on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas

Regional

India (regional): Parkash Gurpurab of Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji

The fourth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism. Given the title of Sikh Guru in August 1574 and was Guru for seven years. As Guru, his main contribution to Sikhism was organizing the structure of Sikh society.

Israel: Sukkot

Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles

Jamaica: National Heroes' Day

Celebrated on the Third Monday in October. Commemorates seven national heroes from Jamaican history.

Lao: Boat Racing Festival

Held at different times in late summer or early fall in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.

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General Information for October 17th 2016
There are 5 public holidays today.
Day 291 of 2016
75 days left in 2016
Week 42 of the year
On this Day in History
1956 – Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize.
1912 - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
1610 – French king Louis XIII is crowned in Rheims.
1448 - Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi is defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.