Holidays Calendar for October 28, 2021
Independence Day is celebrated in the Czech Republic on October 28. This is the national holiday in the republic, celebrating the anniversary of declaration of independence of Czechoslovakia from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Ochi Day (also Ohi Day) is celebrated throughout Greece, Cyprus and Greek communities around the world on October 28. This is a national holiday, that has a significant meaning to the Greek nation.
Civil Servants' Day isn't just another professional day in Brazil, its a day off for the civil servants and bank employees. This holiday is annually observed on a state level.
The International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) designated October 28 to be International Animation Day. This event took place in 2002 to celebrate anniversary of the first public performance of Théâtre Optique.
World Judo Day is celebrated annually on October 28. It was established by the International Judo Federation, the international governing body for the Japanese martial art and combat sport of judo.
International Carignan Day is a wine-related holiday celebrated annually on the last Thursday of October. It was created to raise awareness of a grape variety that originated in Spain but is more commonly found in French wines.
October 28 is Engineer's Day in Venezuela. This holiday was established to commemorate the foundation anniversary of the first College of Engineering in Venezuela in 1861.
National First Responders Day is celebrated annually on October 28. It was created to show appreciation for the men and women who are the first to deal with emergency situations and to honor the memory of first responders who died in the line of duty.
National Internal Medicine Day is observed annually on October 28. It was created to raise awareness of the role of internal medicine physicians (internists) in the healthcare system and highlight their contribution of public health.
Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day in the Japanese prefecture of Gifu is observed annually on October 28. It was established to commemorate the victims of the disastrous Mino–Owari earthquake that occurred on October 28, 1891.
Liberation of Ukraine from Nazi Invaders Day is an official remembrance day in Ukraine. This observance was created to commemorate the anniversary of liberation of Ukraine during World War II on October 28 1944.
People of Indonesia annually observe Youth Pledge Day on October 28. This is an important observance, commemorating the 1928 Youth Pledge.
The Foundation Day of Davao Occidental (Araw ng Pagkakatatag ng Davao Occidental) is a special non-working holiday in the province of Davao Occidental, Philippines. Celebrated on October 28, it commemorates the day when Davao Occidental officially split from Davao del Sur.
October 28 is the National Chocolate Day. While throughout the year many other chocolate related holidays are celebrated, this day honors all things chocolate. This is the perfect excuse for all chocoholics to eat their favorite food without having pangs of conscience.
Festivals on October 28, 2021
- Salon du Chocolat in Paris in Paris, France
- Helsinki Book Fair in Helsinki, Finland
- Golden Leaves Con in Hasliberg, Switzerland
- Raindance Film Festival in London, United Kingdom
- United Solo Theatre Festival in New York, USA
- Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) in Valladolid, Spain
- Marmaris International Race Week in Marmaris, Turkey
- Florence Biennale in Florence, Italy
- Fantasy Fest in Key West, USA
- Festival Kreol in Seychelles in Victoria, Seychelles
- Austin Film Festival in Austin, USA
- São Paulo International Film Festival in São Paulo, Brazil
- Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) in Vienna, Austria
- VGIK International Student Festival in Moscow, Russia
- Freimarkt in Bremen in Bremen, Germany
This Day in History
- 2023 Died: Adam Johnson, American professional ice hockey forward. He was killed after having his neck cut by Matt Petgrave's skate blade in an on-ice collision.
- 2023 Died: Matthew Perry, American and Canadian actor best known for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends that ran from 1994 to 2004.
- 2014 Died: Michael Sata, Zambian politician who served as the fifth president of Zambia from 2011 until his death.
- 2010 Died: Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist. In 1994, he founded the Friends of Nature, the oldest and first environmental non-governmental organization to be officially recognized in China.
- 2009 A car bomb was detonated in Mina Bazar in Peshawar, Pakistan. 137 people, mostly women and children, were killed and over 200 were injured.
- 2006 A mass funeral ceremony took place outside Kyiv, Ukraine. 817 Ukrainian civilians out of some 100,000 executed by Bolsheviks at Bykivnia Forest during the 1930s - early 1940s were reburied.
- 2005 Died: Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, noted for his discovery of a new form of carbon called buckminsterfullerene. This discovery won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996.
- 2002 Died: Erling Persson, Swedish businessman. In 1947 he founded the H&M clothing company that originally was originally named Hennes ("Hers") and sold only women's clothes.
- 1996 Born: Jack Eichel, American professional ice hockey center. As of 2023, he was an alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Nights of the National Hockey League.
- 1995 A fire broke out in the subway system of Baku, Azerbaijan between two stations. 286 passengers and 3 rescue workers died and 270 were injured. It is world's deadliest subway disaster.
- 1987 Born: Frank Ocean, American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. As of 2024, he has won two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist among other accolades.
- 1982 Born: Matt Smith, English actor. He is known for playing the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, Prince Philip in The Crown, and Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon.
- 1982 The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party won the general election and composed the first Socialist government in Spain. Felipe González became Prime Minister-elect.
- 1978 Born: Gwendoline Christie, English actress. She is known for her roles as Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones, Captain Phasma in the Star Wars franchise, and Lucifer on The Sandman.
- 1974 Born: Joaquin Phoenix, American actor. Known for his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric characters in independent film, particularly in period dramas, he has received various accolades.
- 1967 Born: Julia Roberts, American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award.
- 1965 Pope Paul VI promulgated Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognized the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
- 1963 Born: Eros Ramazzotti, Italian pop singer and songwriter. He is popular in Italy and most European countries, and throughout the Spanish-speaking world.
- 1955 Born: Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.
- 1952 Died: Billy Hughes, Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I.
- 1916 Died: Oswald Boelcke, German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited with 40 aerial victories during WW I. He was killed in a mid-air collision with his best friend, Erwin Böhme.
- 1915 Richard Strauss conducted the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin.
- 1914 Born: Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist, known for the invention of partition chromatography. This work won him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1952.
- 1909 Born: Francis Bacon, Irish-born British painter, known for his bold and emotional imagery. His breakthrough came with the triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of Crucifixion in 1944.
- 1903 Born: Evelyn Waugh, English author whose most famous works include Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited, and the Sword of Honour trilogy.
- 1891 The Mino-Owari earthquake struck Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest known inland earthquake to have occurred in the Japanese archipelago.
- 1886 United States President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor.
- 1846 Born: Auguste Escoffier, French chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer who is credited with popularizing and updating traditional French cooking methods.
- 1818 Died: Abigail Adams, the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
- 1793 Born: Eliphalet Remington, American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington.
- 1792 Died: John Smeaton, English civil engineer. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer and is often regarded as the father of civil engineering.
- 1707 Over 5,000 people were killed by the Hōei earthquake that struck Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan.
- 1704 Died: John Locke, English philosopher and physician, one of the most influential thinkers of Enlightenment, often referred to as the Father of Classical Liberalism.
- 1646 Died: William Dobson, English portraitist, one of the first notable painters in England. Around 60 of his works survived, mostly the portraits of notable figures of his time.
- 1636 A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony established the first college in the United States that later became known as Harvard University.