Holidays Calendar for October 30, 2026
International Orthopaedic Nurses Day is celebrated by the orthopaedic nurses around the world on October 30. This celebration was started in the USA back in 1990 and it was presented by Senator Carl Levin to then-President George H. W. Bush.
The economies of many African countries are primarily dependent on agriculture, but this doesn’t mean that people living in these countries have enough to. Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security is observed on October 30 to attracts public attention to hunger in Africa.
World Audio Drama Day is celebrated annually on October 30 in honor of one of the oldest forms of modern entertainment that achieved mainstream popularity around the same time as cinema and several decades before television.
All people who love the world’s most famous sparkling wine celebrate Champagne Day on the fourth Friday of October. The celebration is promoted by the Comité Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne (CIVC), a trade association representing the interests of Champagne houses and independent Champagne producers.
World Lemur Day is celebrated on the last Friday of October to raise awareness about amazing animals that need our protection. It is held in tandem with the World Lemur Festival that takes place in the days and weeks surrounding the holiday.
Coach Day is an unofficial professional holiday celebrated in Russia on October 30. It is celebrated by coaches in professional and amateur sports, school and college coaches, fitness instructors, personal trainers, and other sports professionals that have something to do with coaching.
All Australian teachers have a special holiday, that is known as World Teachers' Day. It's celebrated on the last Friday in October and it doesn't coincide with actual World Teachers' Day.
National Publicist Day is celebrated annually on October 30. It was created to recognize publicists across the nation and highlight the work they do.
Theatre lovers across the United States celebrate National Wicked Day on October 30 every year. This amazing holiday was created to honor one of the most famous and longest-running Broadway musicals.
The Slovaks annually celebrate Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation on October 30. This memorial day was established to celebrate the anniversary of official joining of the Slovaks to Czechoslovakia.
Anniversaries and Memorial Days →
Russia
Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repressions in Russia
October 30 is Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repressions in Russia. This is an official day of remembrance, that was established in 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Indonesian Banknote Day (Hari Oeang), also known as Finance Day (Hari Keuangan), is observed annually on October 30. It was initiated by the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia to emphasize the importance of the Indonesian rupiah as both a means of payment and a symbol of the independent Indonesian state.
Thevar Jayanti is an annual observance held in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a commemoration of the birthday of U. Muthuramalingam Thevar by the Thevar community. Although it is not an official holiday, many businesses and even schools in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu remain closed for the day.
Nevada Day, formerly known as Nevada Admission Day, is observed on the last Friday of October. It is a legal holiday in the state of Nevada that commemorates Nevada’s admission to the Union as the 36th state that occurred on October 31, 1864.
The National Candy Corn Day is dedicated to a candy popular primarily around Halloween, that's why it is celebrated on October 30.
October 30 is Mischief Night in Northern America and Great Britain. Tonight teenagers and children are engaged in pranks and minor vandalism.
National Checklist Day is observed annually on October 30. It was created to celebrate the many benefits of checklists and remind people of their tragic background.
The last Friday of October is the perfect day to go out to an Italian restaurant because it is National Breadstick Day. It was created to celebrate a popular appetizer served in Italian-American restaurants.
Sugar Addiction Awareness Day (SAAD) is celebrated annually on October 30. It was created to raise awareness of the health effects of excessive sugar consumption and to encourage people to reduce the amount of sugar in their diets.
This Day in History
- 2020 An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea about 8.7 miles northeast of the Greek island of Samos, heavily affecting the Turkish city of Izmir.
- 2013 A private Volvo bus caught fire in Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India. 45 people were killed and another 7 were injured in the accident.
- 2009 Died: Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist who contributed to the development of structuralism and structural anthropology.
- 2002 Died: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his social realist drama Death of a Cyclist released in 1955.
- 1989 Born: Nastia Liukin, Russian-American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at three World Championships and one Olympic Games.
- 1981 Born: Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, writer, and former fashion model. Ivanka is the daughter of real estate mogul Donald Trump.
- 1979 Died: Barnes Wallis, English engineer, scientist, and inventor. He is best known as the inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise.
- 1979 Died: Rachele Mussolini (born Rachele Guidi), the mistress, wife, and widow of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. She outlived him by 34 years.
- 1978 Born: Matthew Morrison, American actor of stage and screen and singer-songwriter. Morrison is known for his role as Will Schuester on Glee.
- 1975 Spanish dictator Francisco Franco gave full control to Prince Juan Carlos. On November 22, two days after Franco's death, he was crowned King of Spain.
- 1975 Died: Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German experimental physicist who was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing it with James Franck (Germany).
- 1968 Died: Ramón Novarro (Jose Ramón Gil Samaniego), Mexican actor of stage and screen who began his career as a leading man in silent films in 1917.
- 1965 English model Jean Shrimpton caused a global sensation by wearing a white minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.
- 1961 The Soviet Union detonated the AN602 hydrogen bomb nicknamed Tsar Bomba. This test the most powerful artificial explosion in human history.
- 1960 Born: Diego Maradona, Argentine former footballer. Maradona is often regarded as the greatest football player of all time, or at least one of the greatest.
- 1955 The second referendum on national sovereignty was held in the Canadian province of Quebec. 50.58% of voters voted against sovereignty.
- 1953 Died: Emmerich (Imre) Kálmán, Hungarian composer known for his operettas, which include Die Csárdásfürstin and Das Veilchen vom Montmartre.
- 1951 Born: Harry Hamlin, American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series L.A. Law.
- 1946 Born: Robert L. Gibson, American pilot, Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and NASA astronaut. He flew five missions as an astronaut.
- 1944 Anne Frank (author of The Diary of a Young Girl) and her elder sister Margot were deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
- 1938 A radio play based on H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds was broadcast on the radio, allegedly causing mass panic in the United States.
- 1937 Born: Claude Lelouch, French film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, and film producer. Lelouch's best known film is A Man and a Woman.
- 1918 The Ottoman Empire and the Allies concluded the Armistice of Mudros that ended the hostilities in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I.
- 1915 Died: Charles Tupper, one of Canadian Fathers of Confederation. Tupper served as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada for sixty-nine days in 1896.
- 1910 Died: Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and social activist who founded the Red Cross. He shared the 1901 Nobel Peace Prize with Frédéric Passy.
- 1900 Born: Ragnar Granit, Finland Swedish physiologist who was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, sharing it with two other scientists.
- 1857 Born: Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist. He is known for studying the neurological disorder named after him.
- 1797 Born: John Adams, American Founding Father, statesman, and diplomat who served as the second President of the United States from 1797 to 1801.
- 1762 Born: André Chénier, French poet of Greek and Franco-Levantine origin regarded as one of the precursors of the Romantic movement.
- 1611 Died: Charles IX of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1601 until his death. His reign marked the end of both the Reformation and Counter-reformation.
- 1501 Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, held the Banquet of Chestnuts. The guests were entertained by prostitutes and courtesans.
- 1485 Henry VII was crowned King of England and Lord of Ireland in Westminster Abbey, London. Henry VII was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.