This is our day guide for Monday October 14th 2019 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 14th 2019
International: Columbus Day
This national holiday commemorates the exact date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas
International: Day of respect for cultural diversity
Honors indigenous people on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas.
Bahamas: National Heroes' Day
The second Monday in October is National Heroes Day, which replaced Discovery Day in 2013
Belize: Indigenous People’s Resistance Day (in lieu)
Marks the arrival of Columbus in the Americas on October 12th 1492
Burundi: Prince Louis Rwagasore Day (in lieu)
Marks the assassination in 1961 of a Burundi nationalist and prime ministerNot a Public Holiday
Canada (regional): Thanksgiving
Celebrated on the Second Monday in October and statutory, except in Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day (in lieu)
Independence from Spain on 12 October 1968, when the country became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Georgia: Day of Svetitskovloba
This public holiday commemorates the first Christian church to be established in Georgia. According to tradition the shirt of Jesus is buried under the church
Israel: Sukkot
Sukkot is also known as Succoth, Sukkos, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles
Japan: Health-Sports Day
Japan celebrates Sports Day to promote sports and an active lifestyle to ensure a healthy mind and body
Lao: Boat Racing Festival
Held at different times in October or early November in every riverside town to mark the end of Buddhist Lent.Regional
Moldova (regional): Chisinau City Day
Public Holiday just for Chisinau. Each city and village has its own celebration day
Myanmar: Full Moon of Thadingyut Holiday
The Festival of Lights marks the end of the perod of Buddhist lentRegional
Pakistan (regional): Urs of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai
Urs of a noted scholar, saint and poet, considered to be greatest Muslim poet of Sindhi language
Samoa: Lotu a Tamaiti Holiday
Day after White Sunday, when parents and communities celebrate childhood
Sint Maarten: Constitution Day
The constitution came into force on October 10th 2010, the date of the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles
Tanzania: Mwalimu Nyerere Day
Commemorates the death of Julius Nyerere, the father of the nation, in 1999
Thailand: The Passing of King Bhumibol (in lieu)
In remembrance of His Majesty the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX who died on October 13th 2016.
Turks and Caicos Islands: National Heritage Day
This holiday replaced Columbus Day in 2014, which was also held on the second Monday In OctoberRegional
USA (regional): US Indigenous People's Day
This state holiday has been adopted on the second Monday in October to replace Columbus Day
Ukraine: Day of the Defender
Honours the courage of the defenders of Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity
Yemen: Liberation Day
Marks the start of the armed struggle against British rule in South Yemen in 1963Observances on October 14th 2019
USA: National Kick Butt Day
Hey, it's the second Monday in October - don't you something you need to do, instead of sitting around reading?
USA: National Online Bank Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Online Bank Day
USA: Native American Day
Native American Day is a good reminder to reflect on, and learn more about, the important contributions of Native American people.
USA: Be Bald and Be Free Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Be Bald and Be Free Day
USA: National Dessert Day
This is the ultimate holiday for people with a major sweet tooth!
International: World Standards Day
A day to honor those who work to bring standards and order to our lives.
Poland: Teachers Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Teachers DayOctober 13th 2019 | Go to Today | October 15th 2019
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| General Information for October 14th 2019 | |
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| There are 22 public holidays today. | |
| Day 287 of 2019 | |
| 78 days left in 2019 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1999 - Irish Tenor Josef Locke dies aged 82. | |
| 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat. | |
| 1964 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thereby, along with his allies - such as Alexei Kosygin - the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ousting the former monolithic leader Nikita Khrushchev, and sending him into retirement as anonperson in the USSR. | |
| 1644 - William Penn, the English founder of Pennsylvania, USA, is born. |
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