Day Guide for Friday October 15th 2021 What are the holidays on October 15th 2021?

This is our day guide for Friday October 15th 2021 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 2021

International: Durga Puja

Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves worship of Goddess Durga symbolising power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

International: Subha Vijaya Dashami

The festival of Dusseha symbolizes the triumph of good over evil in the legend of Rama and Ravana

Cambodia: Commemoration Day of King's Father

Norodom Sihanouk was the head of state of Cambodia in its various states since 1941 until his death in 2012.

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India (regional): Janmostav of Srimatna Sankardev

Birthday of Srimanta Sankardev, a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath

Iran: Martyrdom of Imam Hassan Asgari

Imam Hassan Asgari was the 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam and was poisoned in 874 AD.

Malawi: Mother's Day

This holiday is celebrated on World Rural Women's Day. World Rural Women’s Day was launched in 1995 during the 4th UN World Conference on Women

Tunisia: Evacuation Day

Commemorates the retreat of last French soldiers from Bizerte on October 15th 1963

Ukraine: Day of the Defender (bridge day)

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

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General Information for October 15th 2021
There are 8 public holidays today.
Day 288 of 2021
77 days left in 2021
Week 41 of the year
On this Day in History
2001 - NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
1951 – Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives.
1815 - Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
1066 - Edgar the Ætheling proclaimed King of England, but never crowned. Reigned until 10 December 1066.