Day Guide for Monday October 14th 2019 What are the holidays on October 14th 2019?

This is our day guide for Monday October 14th 2019 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 14th 2019

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

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

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

Burundi: Prince Louis Rwagasore Day (in lieu)

Marks the assassination in 1961 of a Burundi nationalist and prime minister

Not a Public Holiday

Canada (regional): Thanksgiving

Celebrated on the Second Monday in October and statutory, except in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day (in lieu)

Independence from Spain on 12 October 1968, when the country became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Georgia: Day of Svetitskovloba

This public holiday commemorates the first Christian church to be established in Georgia. According to tradition the shirt of Jesus is buried under the church

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

Lao: Boat Racing Festival

Held at different times in October or early November in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.

Regional

Moldova (regional): Chisinau City Day

Public Holiday just for Chisinau. Each city and village has its own celebration day

Myanmar: Full Moon of Thadingyut Holiday

The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent

Regional

Pakistan (regional): Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai

Urs of a noted scholar, saint and poet, considered to be greatest Muslim poet of Sindhi language

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

Tanzania: Mwalimu Nyerere Day

Commemorates the death of Julius Nyerere, the father of the nation, in 1999

Thailand: The Passing of King Bhumibol (in lieu)

In remembrance of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX who died on October 13th 2016.

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

Ukraine: Day of the Defender

Honours the courage of the defenders of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity

Yemen: Liberation Day

Marks the start of the armed struggle against British rule in South Yemen in 1963

Observances on October 14th 2019

USA: National Kick Butt Day

Hey, it's the second Monday in October - don't you something you need to do, instead of sitting around reading?

USA: National Online Bank Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Online Bank Day

USA: Native American Day

Native American Day is a good reminder to reflect on, and learn more about, the important contributions of Native American people.

USA: Be Bald and Be Free Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Be Bald and Be Free Day

USA: National Dessert Day

This is the ultimate holiday for people with a major sweet tooth!

International: World Standards Day

A day to honor those who work to bring standards and order to our lives.

Poland: Teachers Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Teachers Day

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General Information for October 14th 2019
There are 22 public holidays today.
Day 287 of 2019
78 days left in 2019
Week 42 of the year
On this Day in History
1962 – The Cuban missile crisis begins: A U.S. Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane and its pilot fly over the island of Cuba and take photographs of Soviet missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads being installed and erected in Cuba.
1926 – The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
1890 - President Dwight D Eisenhower is born in Denison, Texas.
1644 - William Penn, the English founder of Pennsylvania, USA, is born.