October 2005








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World Holidays

ANTIGUA and BARBUDA
Oct. 7: Merchant Holiday

ARGENTINA
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

AUSTRALIA
Oct. 3: Labor Day

AUSTRIA
Oct. 26: National Day

AZERBAIJAN
Oct. 18: Independence Day

BAHAMAS
Oct. 14: Discovery Day

BELIZE
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

BENIN
Oct. 26: Armed Forces Day

BOTSWANA
Oct. 1: Public Holiday

BRAZIL
Oct. 12: St. Aparecida’s Day

BRUNEI
Oct. 4: First Day of Ramadan

BURUNDI
Oct. 13: Rwagasore Day
Oct. 21: Ndadaye Day

CAMBODIA
Oct. 23: Paris Peace Agreement Day
Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Birthday of the King

CANADA
Oct. 10: Thanksgiving Day

CHILE
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

CHINA
Oct. 1: National Day

COLOMBIA
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

COSTA RICA
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

CROATIA
Oct. 8: Independence Day

CUBA
Oct. 10: Beginning of the Independence War

CYPRUS
Oct. 1: Independence Day
Oct. 28: Greek National Day (Ochi Day)

CZECH REPUBLIC
Oct. 28: Founding Day

ECUADOR
Oct. 9: Independence of Guayaquil

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Oct. 12: Independence Day

FIJI
Oct. 12: Fiji Day

GEORGIA
Oct. 14: Svetitskhovloba

GERMANY
Oct. 3: Day of German Unity
Oct. 31: Reformation Day

GREECE
Oct. 28: Greek National Day

GRENADA
Oct. 25: Thanksgiving Day

GUATEMALA
Oct. 20: Revolution Day

GUINEA
Oct. 2: Republic Day

HONDURAS
Oct. 3: Francisco Morazan Day
Oct. 12: Columbus Day
Oct. 21: Armed Forces Day

HUNGARY
Oct. 23: Commemoration of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956

INDIA
Oct. 2: Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday
ISRAEL
Oct. 3: Rosh Hashana Eve
Oct. 4: Rosh Hashana
Oct. 12: Yom Kippur Eve
Oct. 13: Yom Kippur
Oct. 17: Sucot Eve
Oct. 24: Ho’Shana Raba
Oct. 25: Simchat Tora – Shmini Atzeret
October 2005

JAMAICA
Oct. 18: National Heroes Day

JAPAN
Oct. 11: Health and Sports Day (Taiku no hi)

KAZAKHSTAN
Oct. 25: Republic Day

KENYA
Oct. 10: Moi Day
Oct. 20: Kenyatta Day

LESOTHO
Oct. 4: Independence Day

MACEDONIA
Oct. 11: Anti-Fascist Uprising Day

MALAWI
Oct. 10: Mother’s Day

MARSHALL ISLANDS
Oct. 21: Compact Day

MEXICO
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

MICRONESIA
Oct. 24: United Nations Day

MONGOLIA
Oct. 1: Veteran’s Day

MOZAMBIQUE
Oct. 4: Peace and Reconciliation Day

NEPAL
Oct. 12: Vijay Dashami
Oct. 31: Laxmi Puja

NEW ZEALAND
Oct. 25: Labor Day

NIGERIA
Oct. 1: National Day

PALAU
Oct. 1: Independence Day
Oct. 24: United Nations Day

PANAMA
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

PERU
Oct. 8: Battle of Angamos

PORTUGAL
Oct. 5: Proclamation of the Republic

RWANDA
Oct. 1: Armed Forces Day

ST. LUCIA
Oct. 3: Thanksgiving Day

ST. VINCENT and THE GRENADINES
Oct. 27: Independence Day

SERBIA and MONTENEGRO
Oct. 20: Belgrade Day

SLOVENIA
Oct. 31: Reformation Day

SOUTH KOREA
Oct. 3: National Foundation Day

SPAIN
Oct. 12: National Day

SYRIA
Oct. 6: October War Remembrance

TANZANIA
Oct. 14: Mwalimu Nyerere Day

THAILAND
Oct. 24: Substitution for Chulalongkorn Day

TURKEY
Oct. 29: Republic Day

TURKMENISTAN
Oct. 6: Remembrance Day
Oct. 27-28: Independence Day

UGANDA
Oct. 9: Independence Day

URUGUAY
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

VENEZUELA
Oct. 12: Columbus Day

YEMEN
Oct. 14: October Revolution Anniversary

ZAMBIA
Oct. 24: Independence Day

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