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Today, around the world
Tuesday, October 31. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
On this day · from DayOneToday
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.
Wednesday, Nov 1All Saints' Day · Many countries
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, Nov 1Anniversary of the Revolution · Algeria
Wednesday, Nov 1Chavang Kut · Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma
Wednesday, Nov 1Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava · Chhattisgarh, India — Celebration of the Chhattisgarh foundation day
Wednesday, Nov 1Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo · Bhutan
Wednesday, Nov 1Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981. — Antiguan and Barbudan holiday on November 1st
Wednesday, Nov 1Karnataka Rajyotsava · Karnataka, India — Karnataka formation day
Wednesday, Nov 1Kerala Day · Kerala, India — 1 November 1956; creation of the Indian state of Kerala
Wednesday, Nov 1Liberty Day · United States Virgin Islands
Wednesday, Nov 1International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day — Rare form of childhood-onset epilepsy
Wednesday, Nov 1National Brush Day · United States — Holiday to raise awareness of oral health after Halloween
Wednesday, Nov 1Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day · Japan — National holidays honoring military forces
Wednesday, Nov 1The first day of winter observances: Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales) — Ancient Welsh festival
Wednesday, 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
Wednesday, Nov 1World Vegan Day — Day celebrating vegan aims
Thursday, Nov 2Día de los Muertos · Mexico — Altars with photographs, marigolds and the foods the dead loved; November 1 and 2.
Thursday, Nov 2All Souls' Day · Many countries — Graves are visited and candles lit.
Thursday, Nov 2Coronation of Haile Selassie · Rastafari — Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
Thursday, 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
Thursday, Nov 2Dziady · Belarus — Slavic folk holiday
Thursday, Nov 2Arrival of Indentured Labourers · Mauritius — Holiday
Thursday, Nov 2International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists · United Nations — Annual observance for advocacy of free expression
Thursday, Nov 2Statehood Day · North Dakota and South Dakota, United States
Friday, Nov 3Culture Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Friday, Nov 3Flag Day · United Arab Emirates — National occasion in the United Arab Emirates
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. — 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day of Cuenca · Ecuador
Friday, Nov 3Mother's Day · East Timor — Celebration honouring mothers
Friday, Nov 3Victory Day · Maldives — National holiday in the Maldives
Saturday, Nov 4Community Service Day · Dominica
Saturday, Nov 4Flag Day · Panama
Saturday, Nov 4National Tonga Day · Tonga
Saturday, Nov 4National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate · Italy — Italian national day
Saturday, Nov 4Unity Day · Russia — National holiday in Russia
Saturday, Nov 4Yitzhak Rabin Memorial · unofficial, but widely commemorated — Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Sunday, Nov 5Bonfire Night · United Kingdom — Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with fireworks.
Sunday, Nov 5Bank Transfer Day · United States — 2011 American consumer activism initiative
Sunday, Nov 5Colón Day · Panama
Sunday, 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
Sunday, Nov 5Cinco de noviembre · Negros, Philippines — 1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Sunday, Nov 5Kanakadasa Jayanthi · Karnataka, India — Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Monday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Monday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Monday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Monday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama
Tuesday, Nov 7Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. · Maharashtra, India — Indian state observance (7 November)
Tuesday, Nov 7Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. · Tunisia — Country in North Africa
Tuesday, Nov 7Hungarian Opera Day · Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 7International Inuit Day — Annual holiday
Tuesday, Nov 7National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. · Northern Catalonia, France — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Tuesday, Nov 7National Revolution and Solidarity Day · Bangladesh — National day in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Nov 7October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan) — Public holiday in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, Nov 7Tokhu Emong · Lotha Naga people of India — Harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha Nagas in India