This is our day guide for Saturday October 28th 2023 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 28th 2023
International: National Anniversary Day
Also known as 'World War ΙΙ National Holiday', this holiday celebrates Greece's refusal to yield to the Axis powers in 1940.
Czech Republic: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
Marks the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918Regional
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): Lakshmi Puja
The most important day to worship Goddess Lakshmi falls on the full moon day in lunar month AshwinRegional
India (regional): Maharishi Valmiki Birthday
Valmiki is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. He lived in the first millennium BCE
Lao: End of Buddhist Lent Day
Boun Ok Phansa is a mark of the end of three month retreat during the rainy season of the monks
Myanmar: Full Moon Day of Thadingyut
The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lent
Sri Lanka: Vap Full Moon Poya
Marks Buddha's preaching of Abhidamma to the gods in Tavatimsa and the end of the Buddhist period of fastingOctober 27th 2023 | Go to Today | October 29th 2023
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| General Information for October 28th 2023 | |
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| There are 8 public holidays today. | |
| Day 301 of 2023 | |
| 64 days left in 2023 | |
| Week 43 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1995 – 289 people are killed and 265 injured in Baku Metro fire, the deadliest subway disaster. | |
| 1982 – The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to the first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect. | |
| 1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established. | |
| 456 – The Visigoths brutally sack the Suebi's capital of Braga (Portugal), and the town's churches are burnt to the ground. |
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