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- Dia De La Raza
- Fortuna Redux (Old Roman Goddess of Successful Journeys & Safe Returns)
- Fraternal Day
- Global Scream Day (30-second scream at 1200 hours GMT)
- International Moment of Frustration Scream Day - sponsored by the Wellness Permission League
- International Newspaper Carrier Day
- National Bookkeeper's Day
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Christian holidays
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anniversaries
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- October 12, 1582 does not exist on the Gregorian calendar - it became October 22, 1582, when the ten-day lag of the previously used Julian
calendar was corrected
- Destiny Day - honors Dutch sailor Piet de Stuini for persuading Columbus to alter his log to show October 12 as the day that the famous landing
was made, instead of October 13, because they felt superstitions of the number ‘13’ would cause undue fears (1492)
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directories
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October holidays & events by location
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- Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
- Family Harvest Festival - in Nigeria
- Somalia Independence Day
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- 2003: White Sunday - in American Samoa; children are in charge
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- Last Pilgrimage to Fatima - in Portugal
- Hispanity Day - in Spain
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- Farmer's Day - in FL
- Discoverer’s Day - in HI
- 2002 and 2003: Fireant Festival - in Marshall, TX
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- Day 285, with 80 days remaining in the year
- 2001 A. D.: Friday
- 2002 A. D.: Saturday
- 2003 A. D.: Sunday
- 2004 A. D.: Tuesday
- 2005 A. D.: Wednesday
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other calendars
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season
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zodiac
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