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* means the holidays starts the night before.
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1
- International
Day for Older Persons [United Nations]
- World
Habitat Day [United Nations]
- 4
- Shemini
Atzeret* [Judaism] - This day features prayers
for rain and a good harvest for the upcoming year. Reform
Jews and Jews that live in Israel celebrate Shemini Atzeret
and Simchat Torah on the same day.
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5
- Simchat
Torah * [Judaism]
- This day marks the beginning of the annual Torah reading
cycle and is a day of joyous celebration.
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7
- World
Communion Sunday [Christian] - This day offers
congregations an opportunity to experience Holy Communion
in the context of the global community of faith
- International
Association of Scientologists Day [Scientology]
- This day celebrates the founding of
the International Association of Scientologists, the membership
organization responsible for safeguarding and ensuring
the continuality and expansion of the Scientology religion.
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8
- Laylat
al-Qadr [Islam]
- Known as the night of power, this night commemorates
the time when the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad.
- Columbus
Day - A
United States National holiday in recognition of Christopher
Columbus.
- 10
- International
Day for Natural Disaster Reduction [United Nations]
- 11
- New
Moon 5:02 Universal Time
- 12
- Eid
al Fitr [Islam]
- This day marks the end of Ramadan and is usually
celebrated for 2-3 days. It is a time of celebration.
- 13
- Ghambar
Ayathrem begins
[Zoroastrianism] - Ghambar Ayathrem celebrates the creation
of plants, the sowing of the winter crop, and the return
of the herds from the pasture.
- 17
- International
Day for the Eradiction of Poverty [United Nations]
- 20
- Birth
of the Bab [Baha'i]
- This day honors the birthday of the Bab, the one who
announced the coming of the Baha'u'llah, the founder of
the Baha'i religion.
- Installation
of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji [Sikhism] - This
day celebrates the passing on of the Guruship to the Holy
Scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, by the tenth Guru,
Guru Gohind Singh Ji.
- 21
- Dassehra
[Hinduism]
- This day celebrates the victory of good over evil, of
Lord Rama over the demon Ravan, and the Goddess Durga
over a demon.
- 23
- United
Nations Day [United Nations]
- World
Development Information Day [United
Nations]
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26
- Full
Moon
4:53 Universal Time
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28
- Kathina
[Buddhism] - On this day ordained monks and nuns in the
Theravada tradition are given new robes.
- Reformation
Day [Protestant
Christianity] - Commemorates when on October 31, 1517
C.E. Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of
a church in Germany, which was the beginning of the Protestant
Reformation. This day is sometimes celebrated on October
31.
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