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.

Regional

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

Observances on October 15th 2021

United Nations: International Day of Rural Women 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Day of Rural Women 

USA: National Cheese Curd Day

This by-product of the cheese making process is often made into a tasty treat.

USA: National Grouch Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Grouch Day

USA: National I Love Lucy Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National I Love Lucy Day

USA: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day

USA: National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

United Kingdom: National Roast Pheasant Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Roast Pheasant Day

USA: National White Cane Safety Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National White Cane Safety Day

USA: National Aesthetician Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Aesthetician Day

USA: National Boss’s Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Boss’s Day (or National Boss’s Day)

USA: National Mammography Day

National Mammography Day is observed annually on the third Friday in October as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Brazil: Brazil Teachers Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Teachers Day in Brazil

International: Global Handwashing Day

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, washing your hands was an important part of staying healthy.

United Kingdom: Local Radio Day

An occasion to not only celebrate but also strengthen the connections that local radio brings.

International: World Students' Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Students' Day.

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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
2011 - Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries.
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.
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.
1940 – The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed.