This is our day guide for Monday October 28th 2024 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 2024
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.
Cook Islands: Gospel Day (in lieu)
Christianity was first brought to the islands in the 1820s by John Williams.
Czech Republic: Independent Czechoslovak State Day
Marks the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918
Ireland: October Bank Holiday
The October Bank Holiday is a public holiday in Ireland on the last Monday in October
New Zealand: Labour Day
This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labor movement
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Independence Day (in lieu)
As Independence Day falls on a Sunday in 2024, the following Monday will a holidayOctober 27th 2024 | Go to Today | October 29th 2024
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| General Information for October 28th 2024 | |
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| There are 6 public holidays today. | |
| Day 302 of 2024 | |
| 64 days left in 2024 | |
| Week 44 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1958 - John XXIII is elected Pope. | |
| 1492 - Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. | |
| 1420 - Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming Dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, is completed. | |
| 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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