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Fun Facts Traditional birthstone: opal, pink tourmaline Mystical birthstone: jasper Ayurvedic birthstone: opal Flower: orange calendula or marigold Chinese Floral Emblem: chrysanthemum Sun Signs: Libra / Scorpio Dates Vary Year to Year 2nd Sunday: Cirio De Nazare begins, Brazil 2nd Monday: Discoverer's Day, Oct. 8, 2012 2nd Monday: Columbus Day, observed (US), Oct. 8, 2012 2nd Monday: Thanksgiving Day, Canada 2nd Thursday: National Dessert Day 3rd Sunday: National Shut-In Visitation Day 3rd Saturday: Sweetest Day 4th Sunday: Mother-in-Law Day 10th Day of bright 1/2 of Asvina, 7th Hindu month: Dussehra 15th Day of 8th Chinese moon: Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival  1st Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Rosh Hashanah, Sep. 17, 2012 10th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Yom Kippur 15th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Sukkot begins 23rd Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Simhat Torah 15th Day of dark 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month: Diwali, Nov. 13, 2012 2nd Day of bright 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month: Bhai Dooj Weekly Observances ~1st Week~ Get Organized Week Mental Illness Awareness Week National Spinning & Weaving Week Universal Children's Week ~2nd Week~ Fire Prevention Week International Letter Writing Week National 4-H Week National Fashion Week National Metric Week National Pasta Week National Pet Peeve Week National Respect Life Week ~3rd Week~ National Kraut Sandwich Week Bible Week National Business Women's Week ~4th Week~ National Magic Week Toastmaster's Week Monthly Observances Computer Learning Month Consumer Information Month Cookbook Month Energy Awareness Month Family History Month Fire Prevention Month Gourmet Adventures Month Hunger Awareness Month Lupus Awareness Month Mental Illness Awareness Month Museum Month National AIDS Awareness Month National Apple Jack Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Clock Month National Dental Hygiene Month National Dessert Month National Pasta Month National Pizza Festival Month National Pork Month National Pretzel Month National Seafood Month National UNICEF Month Polish American Heritage Month Spina Bifida Month Stamp Collecting Month Vegetarian Awareness Month

Daily Observances 1 Agricultural Fair Day Armed Forces Day, Korea Day of the Caudillo, Spain Feast of Penha, Brazil Festival de la Primavera, Peru International Day for the Elderly St. Remigius' Day) St. Romanos' Day St. Theresa of the Child Jesus' Day Tuvalu National Holiday Universal Children's Day World Vegetation Day 2 Feast of Guardian Angels, Spain National French Fried Scallops Day Old Man's Day, Hertfordshire, UK St. Leger's Day World Farm Animals Day 3 Child Health Day Chung Yeung Festival, Hong Kong Dionysus' Day Goose Fair, Nottingham, U.K. Leiden Day, Netherlands National Carmel Custard Day St. Gerard of Brogne's Day 4 National Taco Day St. Francis of Assisi's Day St. Petronius' Day Vodka Day 5 Autumn Leaf Festival Dionysiad, Husi, Romania National Apple Betty Day National Storytelling Festival St. Placid's Day 6 Apple Havest Festival Ashura, Muslim Brussel Sprout Festival Chowderfest Erntedankfest, Germany German Pioneer Day, Pennsylvania Ivy Day, Ireland National German-American Day National Noodle Day St. Bruno's Day 7 Festival of Food Lepanto Day, Greece National Frappe Day 8 Day of the Navy, Peru National Fluffernutter Day St. Bridget's Feast, Sweden St. Pelagia's Day 9 Alphabet Day, Korea Chrysanthemum Festival, Japan Leif Ericson Day, Iceland, Norway St. Demetrius' Day St. Dionysius of Paris' Day St. Ghislain's Day World Post Day, UN 10 Alex Kiui Day, Finland Double 10th Day Fiji Independence Day Health-Sports Day, Japan National Angel Food Cake Day Photokina, Germany) St. Paulinus of York's Day 11 National Sausage Pizza Day Pulaski Day St. Atticus' Day St. Bruno's Day Vinalia 12 Columbus Day Dia De La Raza,Latin America Hispanity Day, Spain Imamat Day, Muslim Last Pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal St. Wilfrid of York's Day 13 Floating of the Lamps, Thailand Fontinalia National Peanut Festival National Yorkshire Pudding Day St. Colman's Day St. Edward the Confessor's Day 14 Dessert Day Discoverer's Day, Hawaii Mega Kenka Matsui, Japan) National Chocolate Covered Insect Day Vinternatsblot Yemen National Day 15 National Roast Pheasant Day St. Andeol's Day St. Teresa of Avila's Day World Poetry Day 16 Dictionary Day National Boss Day National Liqueur Day St. Gall's Day St. Hedwig's Day 17 Dessalines Day, Haiti Festival of Hengest, St. Ives, UK Kanname-Sai Harvest Festival, Japan National Pasta Day St. Ignatius of Antioch's Day St. John the Dwarf's Day 18 Alaska Day Chile Independence Day Lukesmas National Chocolate Cupcake Day St. Luke's Day 19 Feast of St. Paul of the Cross National Seafood Bisque Day St. Peter of Alcantara's Day  St. Rene Goupil's Day 20 Kenyatta Day, Kenya National Brandied Fruit Day St. Conrad Ferrini's Day 21 National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day St. Hilarion's Day St. Ursula's Day Trafalgar Day 22 Holy See, Vatican City Jidai Matsuri, Japan National Nut Day St. Abercius' Day St. Donatus' Day St. Mary Salome's Day 23 Canning Day Chulalongkorn Day, Thailand Feast of Fools Festival of Forgotten Gods National Boston Cream Pie Day National Mole Day St. James' Day St. John of Capistrano's Day 24 National Bologna Day Pennsylvania Day St. Anthony Claret's Day St. Raphael the Archangel's Day United Nations Day Zambia Independance Day 25 Feast of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Halloween Holiday, Ireland St. Crispin's Day St. Gaudentius' Day 26 Exaltation of the Shellfish, Pontevedra, Spain French Food Festival International Red Cross Day National Mincemeat Pie Day Norway Independence Day Pumpkin Day Top-Spinning Ceremony, Siam 27 Dias de los Muertos begins, Mexico National Potato Day St. Frumentius' Day Turkmenistan Independence Day 28 National Chocolate Day Ohi Day, Greece St. Simon's Day 29 Candies Day Oatmeal Day St. Baldus' Day 30 Devil's Night, Detroit, Michigan Look in the Back of Your Refrigerator Day Los Angelitos, Mexico National Candy Corn Day St. Dorothy of Montau's Day 31 Apple and Candle Night, Wales Beggar's Night Halloween National Caramel Apple Day Samhain Eve St. Quentin's Day St. Wolfgang's Day Thump-the-Door Night, Isle of Man

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.