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Scroll down for the world's holidays, annual events and a few anniversaries on October 17.

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holidays & events
  •  Battle Flag Day
  •  Big Yellow Hat Day
  •  Black Poetry Day
  •  Four Prunes Day
  •  Gaudy Day
  •  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
  •  Large Fairies Come First Day (Fairy)
  •  National Mammography Day
  •  National Pasta Day
  •  Sweetest Day - the Autumn version of Valentine’s Day

Christian holidays


anniversaries

  •  San Francisco earthquake (1989)

directories


October holidays & events by location

 
Africa

Africa

 
Asia & the Middle East

Asia

  •  Shukaku Matsuri a/k/a Kannamesai Harvest Festival, Kanname-Sai Harvest Festival - in Japan; Shinto rite; offers thanks and the first fruits of the rice harvest to the Kami - excerpted from The Mystic's Wheel Of The Year

Middle East

 
Australia & Oceania

Australia and Oceania

 
Europe

Europe

  •  St. Audrey's Day Fair (original tawdry fair; Isle of Ely)
  •  Festival of Hengest (trinket jewelry festival; St. Ives)
 
North & Central America

North America


Caribbean

  •  Dessalines Day - in Haiti

Central America

 
South America

South America

 
calendar & zodiac

Gregorian calendar

  •  Day 290, with 75 days remaining in the year
  •  2001 A. D.: Wednesday
  •  2002 A. D.:  Thursday
  •  2003 A. D.:  Friday
  •  2004 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2005 A. D.:  Monday
  •  2006 A. D.:  Tuesday
  •  2007 A. D.:  Wednesday
  •  2008 A. D.:  Friday
  •  2009 A. D.:  Saturday
  •  2010 A. D.:  Sunday
  •  2011 A. D.:  Monday

other calendars


season

  •  Northern hemisphere:  Autumn
  •  Southern hemisphere:  Spring

zodiac


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