Day Guide for Thursday October 6th 2022 What are the holidays on October 6th 2022?

This is our day guide for Thursday October 6th 2022 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 6th 2022

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Bhutan (regional): Thimphu Tshechu Holiday

Second day of public holidays in Timphu for the Tshechu festival

China: Chinese National Day Holiday

Compensated by Saturday Oct 8

Egypt: Armed Forces Day

Celebrates Egypt's victory in the October War of 1973

Honduras: Discovery of America Day

Honours the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

Regional

India (regional): Following Day of Vijaya Dasami Holiday

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.

Syria: October Liberatory War

Celebrates victory in the October War of 1973 against Israel.

Turkmenistan: Earthquake Memorial Day

A day of remembrance to the victims of the massive and deadly earthquake that took place on this day in 1948.

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General Information for October 6th 2022
There are 7 public holidays today.
Day 279 of 2022
86 days left in 2022
Week 40 of the year
On this Day in History
1976 - All of the Cuban national fencing team die in an air crash, when bombs explode aboard their Cuban Airlines DC-8.
1889 - Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1600 - Jacopo Peri's Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, premieres in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque period.
404 - Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.