Holidays and significant dates in October
October 1 International Day of Older Persons
October 1 International Day of Music
October 1 Veteran's Day
October 1st Mother's Day of Glory ancient Slavs
October 2 International Day of Non-Violence
October 4 World Animal Day
Oct. 4 Teacher's Day (first Sunday in October)
October 4 Day of the space age mankind
4-10.10 World Space Week
October 5 World Teachers' Day
October 5 Day of Kyiv student
5 October World Habitat Day (UN Centre on Human Settlements) (first Monday in October)
5 October World Habitat Day (first Monday in October)
5 October the International Day of physician (first Monday in October)
Oct. 5 100 years since the birth of Bohdan-Igor Antonych (1909-1937), Ukrainian poet and art critic
6 October World Architecture Day (questionable date, see also July 1)
October 6 Conception of the Forerunner and Baptist John
October 7th day of prayer for the victims of totalitarian regimes
October 8th Day Lawyer
October 8-9, Death of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
9 October World Post Day
6-12.10 (?) International Week of letters
10 October World Mental Health Day
Oct. 10 Day of Standardization and Metrology
10 October International Day for the Abolition of Death Penalty
Oct. 11 Day of the artist (the second Sunday in October)
Oct. 11 Day of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service (the second Sunday in October)
October 12 World Day of
12-18.10 European Week of Local Democracy
Oct. 13 St. Michael, Metropolitan of Kiev
Oct. 14 Day of Ukrainian Cossacks
14 October International Day for Standardization
October 14 Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
14 October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of October)
15 October International Day of Rural Women
October 15th Apostle Homa
October 16th World Food Day (World Food Day)
17 October International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct. 18 Day of Food Industry Workers (third Sunday in October)
19 October 1920 establishing the National Association ukrainists (UNAM) (1989)
Oct. 20 Ukrainian Day against breast cancer
22 October International Day for school libraries (?)
October 22 Memory of the holy fathers VII Ecumenical Council
24 October United Nations Day (UN)
24 October World Development Information Day
October 24th Apostle Philip, one of seven deacons
24-30.10 Disarmament Week
25 October International Day of Women for Peace (?)
25 October European Day of Civil Law
Oct. 25 Day of Motorist and Roadman (last Sunday in October)
October 26 Iberian Mother of God
26 (27) October 120 years since the birth of Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (1888, according to other sources 29.10.1889-1934) Ukrainian rebel chieftain
28 October International Day for the animation
October 28th, 1965 ago (1944) completed the liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders
October 31 International Black Sea Day
October 31 Rescuer Day (last Saturday of October) (?)
October 31 Apostle and Evangelist Luke
International Day of Older Persons
October 1
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on Dec. 14, 1990.
International Music Day
October 1
Be convened by the UNESCO International Music Council. According to the Handbook of Soviet times (1988 edition), this holiday is celebrated on October 2. Established in 1975.
World Day for Human Settlements (Habitat Day, World)
1 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated the first Monday in October to address the UN General Assembly (1985).
World Environment Day
1 October (date to 2007)
Indicated by the decision of the UN General Assembly (1985) on the first Monday in October.
International Day of doctors
1 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated the first Monday in October
Day of the space age mankind
October 4
Proclaimed the International Astronautical Federation in honor of launching the world's first artificial satellite.
International Teachers' Day
October 5
Founded by UNESCO in 1994.
World Day of Architecture
October 6
Proclaimed by the International Union of Architects in 1996 Vidzanachaetsya annually on the first Monday in October. (Previously, celebrated July 1).
Day of Education Workers
7 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 513/94, of 11.09.1994), in the first Sunday in October as the professional holiday of workers in education.
Day Lawyer
October 8
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 1022/97, from 09/16/1997 was).
Day of the artist
8 October (date to 2006)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 1132/98, from 09/10/1998 was) on the second Sunday of October.
World Post Day
October 9
Indicated by the decision XIV Congress of the Universal Postal Union on the day of its creation.
Mental Health Day
October 10
Observed since 1992 in many countries around the world.
International Week of letters
October
Indicated by the decision of the Universal Postal Union, and always includes 9 October - World Post Day.
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
10 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated on the second Wednesday of October to the UN General Assembly (1999).
International Standardization Day
October 14
Celebrated on the day the establishment of the International Organization for Standardization.
Day of Ukrainian Cossacks
October 14
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 966/99, of 07.08.1999), in Feast of the Blessed Virgin Veils. See information about the festival on a separate page.
World Food Day
October 16
Indicated by the decision of the UN Food and Agriculture on the day of creation of this organization.
International Day against poverty
October 17
Conducted since 1992, supported by the UN General Assembly (22 December 1992).
Day of Food Industry
21 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 714/95, of 08.08.1995), in the third Sunday in October as the professional holiday of workers in the food industry.
UN Day
October 24
Carried out in the day when in 1945, entered into force the UN Charter. The holiday was introduced in 1947.
Disarmament Week
October 24-30
Held annually at the call of special session of the UN General Assembly (1978) and begins on the anniversary of the UN was founded.
World Development Information Day
October 24
Introduced by the UN General Assembly in resolution 1972 of 19 December.
International Day of Women for Peace
October 25
More information about this date we have not.
Rescuer Day
27 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 1170/98, of 10.22.1998), in the last Saturday of October.
Day motorist and Roadman
28 October (date to 2007)
Celebrated in Ukraine by the Decree of the President (№ 452/93, on 13.10.1993, the amended Presidential Decree № 1173/97, of 10.22.1997), in the last Sunday in October as a professional holiday of workers of road transport and road infrastructure.
International Black Sea Day
October 31
Celebrated on the day of signing governmental organizations in Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine, "Strategic Action Plan for the Rehabilitation and Protection of the Black Sea" (1996).
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