October 2011 Calendar of Events

Horoscope and Zodiac
Libra is September 22 to October 21
Scorpio is October 22 to November 21

October 1 celebrates the establishment of the PRC in Hong Kong. October 5 is Portugal’s Republic Day. October 8 is Battle of Angamos Peruvian holiday. Sukkot is a Jewish observance and October 10 is Shemini Atzeret for the Jewish followers. October ‘s 2nd Monday for the Japanese is Sports Day (Taiiku-no-hi).

October 3 is Chinese Mid Autumn Harvest Festival. October 11 is Simchat Torah for those of Jewish persuasion and October 12 is Thanksgiving in Canada. October 12, 2009 is American Columbus Day. October 17 is Singapore holiday Deepavali.

October 17 is Hindu/Jain Diwali (Deepavali). October 20 is the Sikh Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth and the Baha’i Birth of the Bab. In Thailand October 23 is freedom from slavery Chulalongkorn Day. October 23 in Hungary celebrates the Russian revolution.

October 25 is Reformation Day for Protestants. October 26 is Chinese Double Ninth Day (Chung Yeung), Elder’s Day/Family Remembrance day. October 26 is New Zealand Labor Day. October 28 is Milvian Bridge Day. October 28 is Czech Republic Independence day. October 29 Greece celebrates Oxi Day for repelling Mussolini. October 29 is Turkish Republic National holiday. October 31 is celebrated (globally) as All Hallows Eve or Halloween as it is also known. October 31 is also Chiang Kai-Shek’s birthday (Taiwan). October 31 in Germany is Reformation day.