Holidays Calendar for October 6, 2020
Tishren Liberation Day is a national holiday in Syria. This holiday is annually observed on October 6 to commemorate the beginning of October War in 1973, when Syrian and Egyptian armed forces united against Israel.
The Day of Commemoration and National Mourning is annually observed in Turkmenistan on October 6. This is a public holiday commemorating the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake that struck and nearly destroyed Turkmenistan's largest city.
People of Egypt annually celebrate Armed Forces Day on October 6. Celebration of this public holiday is connected with the events of October War in 1973, when Egyptian and Syrian armies united and launched joint attack against Israel to recapture their territories.
Magal de Touba is an annual grand pilgrimage to the city of Touba in Senegal. This religious festival became one of the most important in Senegal and millions of people come to Touba to commemorate the exile of Ahmadou Bamba to Gabon.
World Cerebral Palsy Day, also known as World CP Day, is an annual awareness day observed on October 6. It was created to support millions of people living with cerebral palsy around the world and to ensure that they have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else.
Many nations across the world celebrate Teachers' Day. The date is chosen to coincide with World Teachers' Day, that is the UN observance falling on October 5, or the government of the country chooses another date, that is significant for the nation. For instance, Teacher's Day in Sri Lanka is observed on October 6.
October 6 is Archivist's Day in Belarus. This is an official professional observance of Belarusian archivists. This observance was created to celebrate anniversary of establishment of the first central state archive on the territory of the present-day Belarus.
Veterinary Medicine Day, also known as Veterinary Day or Veterinarian Day, is an official professional holiday in Iran celebrated on the 14th day of the month of Mehr in the Solar Hijri calendar (October 6 in the Gregorian calendar).
On October 6, all accountants in Kazakhstan celebrate their professional holiday. Although Accountant’s Day in Kazakhstan doesn’t have any official status, it is widely observed by accounting professionals throughout the country.
Defense Industry Workers Day is an official professional holiday in Kazakhstan, celebrated annually on October 6. It was established in 2016, following the formation of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industry by order of President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
National Coaches Day is celebrated across the United States on October 6 every year. It was created to pay respect to the amazing men and women who train, motivate and inspire athletes, helping them to achieve their goals and become the best they can be.
National Badger Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom annually on October 6. It was created to raise awareness of the importance of badgers to the country’s ecosystems and campaign against badger culling that is deemed unnecessary and cruel by many scientists.
German-American Day is a United States holiday which celebrated German American heritage. It is observed every year on October 6.
The Slovaks annually observe a very important memorial day for their nation Dukla Pass Victims Day on October 6. Observation of this day is connected with the events during World War II, when the Soviet and Czechoslovakian troops managed to capture the Dukla Pass from Nazi Germany.
Memorial Day for the Martyrs of Arad is a remembrance day in Hungary. It annually takes place on October 6 to commemorate anniversary of the execution of Hungarian rebels generals in 1849 after the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution.
The people of Cuba annually observe the Anniversary of the Cubana Bombing on October 6. This observance commemorates the victims of state terrorism conducted against Cuba.
October 6 is National Noodle Day in the United States. The noodle is a type of staple food that is extensively used in many cuisines.
National Orange Wine Day is observed annually on October 6. It was created to raise awareness of the least known type of wine that doesn’t get nearly enough attention.
National Plus Size Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on October 6. It was created to celebrate body positivity and the beauty of people of all shapes and sizes.
Festivals on October 6, 2020
- Anifilm in Trebon, Czech Republic
- GITEX Shopper in Dubai, UAE
- Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, USA
- ZagrebDox in Zagreb, Croatia
- Helsinki Baltic Herring Market in Helsinki, Finland
- Texas Renaissance Festival in Todd Mission, USA
- Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theater in Acre, Israel
- Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia
- Haifa International Film Festival in Haifa, Israel
- Boomfest International Comics Festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Martin McDonagh International Festival in Perm, Russia
- Paris Motor Show in Paris, France
- GeekGirlCon in Seattle, USA
- Brighton Fringe in Brighton, United Kingdom
- Oktoberfest in Canada in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
This Day in History
- 2020 Died: Eddie Van Halen, American musician best known for having been the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Van Halen.
- 2018 Died: Montserrat Caballé, Spanish operatic soprano. She is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti.
- 2012 Died: Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian nationalist politician who served as the third President of Algeria. His presidential term of office ran from 1979 to 1992.
- 2010 Instagram founding anniversary: the Instagram iOS app was officially released through the app store. It was launched by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, who sold it to Facebook in 2012.
- 2002 Oil tanker MV Limburg, carrying 397,000 barrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to Malaysia, was attacked by suicide bombers in the Gulf of Aden. One crew member was killed, and approximately 90,000 barrels of oil leaked into the gulf.
- 1995 Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting 51 Pegasi, a Sun-like star located 50.9 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus.
- 1986 Born: Olivia Thirlby, American actress. She is known for her roles as Leah in Juno, Natalie in The Darkest Hour, Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd, and Lilli Hornig in Oppenheimer.
- 1981 Died: Anwar Sadat, Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers.
- 1979 Pope John Paul II visited the White House in the United States. He became the first pontiff to do so.
- 1976 At least 40 students and leftist protesters were killed by Thai police and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 1973 Born: Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor known for playing Harold Lowe in Titanic, Horatio Hornblower in the Hornblower television film series, and Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four.
- 1963 Born: Elisabeth Shue, American actress. She is known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Back to the Future Part II and III, Leaving Las Vegas, Greyhound, and more.
- 1951 Died: Will Keith Kellogg, American industrialist, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of breakfast cereals.
- 1951 Died: Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate for this work on muscle metabolism. He received the prize in 1922.
- 1931 Born: Riccardo Giacconi, American astrophysicist, referred to as the father of X-ray astronomy. In 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to astrophysics.
- 1930 Born: Hafez al-Assad, Syrian statesman and military officer who served as the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
- 1927 The first prominent talking movie The Jazz Singer premiered in New York City. The date of the premiere was chosen to coincide with Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday around which much of the movie's plot revolves.
- 1914 Born: Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer, notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, when he sailed across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
- 1912 Died: Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, the 14th Prime Minister of Belgium. In 1909 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
- 1903 Born: Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics who first split the atom. He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator.
- 1892 Died: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet who was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. Much of his verse was based on classical mythological themes.
- 1887 Born: Le Corbusier (born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret), Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.
- 1866 Born: Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born American inventor who received hundreds of patents in various fields, most notably ones related to radio and sonar.
- 1854 The great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead started shortly after midnight in England. The fire caused the deaths of 53 people and injuries of hundreds.
- 1819 Died: Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 1796 until 1802, when he abdicated in favor of his brother Victor Emmanuel I.
- 1773 Born: Louis Philippe I, King of the French from 1830 to 1848, and the penultimate monarch of France. He abdicated from his throne during the French Revolution of 1848.
- 1767 Born: Henri Christophe, slave-born leader in the Haitian Revolution and the only monarch of the Kingdom of Haiti. King Henry was an unpopular, autocratic monarch.
- 1762 The Battle of Manila during Seven Year's War between Britain and Spain concluded, resulting in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.
- 1683 Immigrant families from Germany founded Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of Germans to America.
- 1661 Died: Guru Har Rai, the seventh of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He became the Sikh leader at age 14, after the death of his grandfather and the sixth Sikh leader Guru Hargobind.
- 1660 Died: Paul Scarron, French poet, dramatist, and novelist. He was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France.
- 1644 Died: Elisabeth, the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second spouse Marie de' Medici. Elizabeth was Queen consort of Spain from 1621 to 1644 and Queen of Portugal from 1621 to 1640.
- 1600 The earliest surviving opera Euridice by Jacopo Peri received its premiere performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period.
- 1459 Born: Martin Behaim, German textile merchant and cartographer. He is best known for his Erdapfel, the world's oldest known globe, which he produced for the Imperial City of Nuremberg in 1492.