This is our day guide for Saturday October 31st 2020 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 31st 2020
International: Reformation Day
Celebrated on October 31st, but moved to the preceding Friday if it falls on a Tuesday, or to the following Friday if it falls on a Wednesday
Cambodia: Water Festival Ceremony Holiday
Bonn Om Touk. Full moon of the Buddhist month of Kadeuk
Finland: All Saints' Day
Pope Boniface IV dedicated the day as a holiday to honour the Blessed Virgin Mary and all martyrsRegional
India (regional): Maulud Nabi
Celebrated by Muslims on the twelfth day of the month of Rabiulawal, the third month of the Muslim calendarRegional
India (regional): Kumar Purnima
An important festival in Odisha where young women perform religious rites to seek ideal life partners and a bright future.Regional
India (regional): Maharishi Valmiki Birthday
Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCERegional
India (regional): Sardar Patel's Birthday
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, popularly known as Sardar Patel, was the first Deputy Prime Minister of IndiaNot a Public Holiday
International: Halloween
Ireland is believed to be the birthplace of the Halloween festival.
Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lentOctober 30th 2020 | Go to Today | November 1st 2020
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| General Information for October 31st 2020 | |
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| There are 9 public holidays today. | |
| Day 305 of 2020 | |
| 61 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 44 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean killing all 217 people on board. | |
| 1984 - Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed. | |
| 1940 - The Battle of Britain ends, with the UK preventing a German invasion. | |
| 1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. |
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