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Today, around the world
Thursday, October 28. 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.
Sunday, Oct 31Halloween · Many countries
Monday, Nov 1All Saints' Day · Many countries
Monday, 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
Monday, Nov 1Anniversary of the Revolution · Algeria
Monday, Nov 1Chavang Kut · Mizo people of Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma
Monday, Nov 1Chhattisgarh Rajyotsava · Chhattisgarh, India — Celebration of the Chhattisgarh foundation day
Monday, Nov 1Coronation of the fifth Druk Gyalpo · Bhutan
Monday, Nov 1Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom in 1981. — Antiguan and Barbudan holiday on November 1st
Monday, Nov 1Karnataka Rajyotsava · Karnataka, India — Karnataka formation day
Monday, Nov 1Kerala Day · Kerala, India — 1 November 1956; creation of the Indian state of Kerala
Monday, Nov 1Liberty Day · United States Virgin Islands
Monday, Nov 1International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day — Rare form of childhood-onset epilepsy
Monday, Nov 1National Brush Day · United States — Holiday to raise awareness of oral health after Halloween
Monday, Nov 1Self-Defense Forces Commemoration Day · Japan — National holidays honoring military forces
Monday, Nov 1The first day of winter observances: Calan Gaeaf, celebrations start at sunset of October 31. (Wales) — Ancient Welsh festival
Monday, 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
Monday, Nov 1World Vegan Day — Day celebrating vegan aims
Tuesday, Nov 2Día de los Muertos · Mexico — Altars with photographs, marigolds and the foods the dead loved; November 1 and 2.
Tuesday, Nov 2All Souls' Day · Many countries — Graves are visited and candles lit.
Tuesday, Nov 2Coronation of Haile Selassie · Rastafari — Abrahamic new religious movement originating in 1930s Jamaica
Tuesday, 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
Tuesday, Nov 2Dziady · Belarus — Slavic folk holiday
Tuesday, Nov 2Arrival of Indentured Labourers · Mauritius — Holiday
Tuesday, Nov 2International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists · United Nations — Annual observance for advocacy of free expression
Tuesday, Nov 2Statehood Day · North Dakota and South Dakota, United States
Wednesday, Nov 3Culture Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Wednesday, Nov 3Flag Day · United Arab Emirates — National occasion in the United Arab Emirates
Wednesday, Nov 3Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. — 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain
Wednesday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Wednesday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Wednesday, Nov 3Independence Day of Cuenca · Ecuador
Wednesday, Nov 3Mother's Day · East Timor — Celebration honouring mothers
Wednesday, Nov 3Victory Day · Maldives — National holiday in the Maldives
Thursday, Nov 4Community Service Day · Dominica
Thursday, Nov 4Flag Day · Panama
Thursday, Nov 4National Tonga Day · Tonga
Thursday, Nov 4National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate · Italy — Italian national day
Thursday, Nov 4Unity Day · Russia — National holiday in Russia
Thursday, Nov 4Yitzhak Rabin Memorial · unofficial, but widely commemorated — Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)