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Today, around the world
Wednesday, October 30. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
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Firsts, not anniversaries
No firsts are recorded for this day yet.
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Thursday, Oct 31Halloween · Many countries
Friday, Nov 1All Saints' Day · Many countries
Friday, Nov 1All Saints' Day, a holy day of obligation in some areas (a national holiday in many historically Catholic countries), and its related observance: Day of the Innocents, the first day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico, Haiti) — Narrative from Christian Bible
Friday, Nov 1Anniversary of the Revolution · Algeria
Friday, Nov 1Chavang Kut · Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma
Friday, Nov 1Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava · Chhattisgarh, India — Celebration of the Chhattisgarh foundation day
Friday, Nov 1Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo · Bhutan
Friday, Nov 1Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981. — Antiguan and Barbudan holiday on November 1st
Friday, Nov 1Karnataka Rajyotsava · Karnataka, India — Karnataka formation day
Friday, Nov 1Kerala Day · Kerala, India — 1 November 1956; creation of the Indian state of Kerala
Friday, Nov 1Liberty Day · United States Virgin Islands
Friday, Nov 1International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day — Rare form of childhood-onset epilepsy
Friday, Nov 1National Brush Day · United States — Holiday to raise awareness of oral health after Halloween
Friday, Nov 1Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day · Japan — National holidays honoring military forces
Friday, Nov 1The first day of winter observances: Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales) — Ancient Welsh festival
Friday, Nov 1The first day of winter observances: Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere, celebrations start at sunset of October 31 (Neopagan Wheel of the Year) — Gaelic festival marking the start of winter
Friday, Nov 1World Vegan Day — Day celebrating vegan aims
Saturday, Nov 2Día de los Muertos · Mexico — Altars with photographs, marigolds and the foods the dead loved; November 1 and 2.
Saturday, Nov 2All Souls' Day · Many countries — Graves are visited and candles lit.
Saturday, Nov 2Coronation of Haile Selassie · Rastafari — Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
Saturday, Nov 2Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration · Mexico — Mexican multi-day holiday
Saturday, Nov 2Dziady · Belarus — Slavic folk holiday
Saturday, Nov 2Arrival of Indentured Labourers · Mauritius — Holiday
Saturday, Nov 2International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists · United Nations — Annual observance for advocacy of free expression
Saturday, Nov 2Statehood Day · North Dakota and South Dakota, United States
Sunday, Nov 3Culture Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Sunday, Nov 3Flag Day · United Arab Emirates — National occasion in the United Arab Emirates
Sunday, Nov 3Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. — 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain
Sunday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Sunday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Sunday, Nov 3Independence Day of Cuenca · Ecuador
Sunday, Nov 3Mother's Day · East Timor — Celebration honouring mothers
Sunday, Nov 3Victory Day · Maldives — National holiday in the Maldives
Monday, Nov 4Community Service Day · Dominica
Monday, Nov 4Flag Day · Panama
Monday, Nov 4National Tonga Day · Tonga
Monday, Nov 4National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate · Italy — Italian national day
Monday, Nov 4Unity Day · Russia — National holiday in Russia
Monday, Nov 4Yitzhak Rabin Memorial · unofficial, but widely commemorated — Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Tuesday, Nov 5Bonfire Night · United Kingdom — Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with fireworks.
Tuesday, Nov 5Bank Transfer Day · United States — 2011 American consumer activism initiative
Tuesday, Nov 5Colón Day · Panama
Tuesday, Nov 5Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country) — Annual celebration in the English West Country
Tuesday, Nov 5Cinco de noviembre · Negros, Philippines — 1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Tuesday, Nov 5Kanakadasa Jayanthi · Karnataka, India — Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Wednesday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Wednesday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Wednesday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Wednesday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama