Each month at Good Tuesday, we gather all the big (and little) dates you’ll want to know about. The most important dates for your calendar and the latest social media days for your diary, so you can plan ahead, join the conversation, and never miss a reason to celebrate.
Here are the important October dates for your calendar
Cozy season is rapidly approaching, and those long summer evenings are already starting to feel like a distant memory. October always feels like we have truly shifted into autumn, with the trees around us turning a warm color palette of oranges and yellows, the evenings really starting to draw in, and you are finding yourself starting to think about October half-term plans and what outfit you are going to be wearing for Halloween.
Here are the key days worth knowing for October to make the most of this month.
💌 This month is:
- 1st - National Poetry Day
- 5th - World Teachers Day
- 10th - World Mental Health Day
- 31st - Halloween
Dates:
- Throughout October - Black History Month (UK)
- 1st - National Poetry Day
- 1st - International Coffee Day
- 1st - World Vegetarian Day
- 2nd - World Smile Day
- 4th - World Animal Day
- 5th - World Habitat Day
- 5th - World Teachers' Day
- 9th - World Egg Day
- 10th - World Mental Health Day
- 12th - National Baking Week (UK)
- 13th - Ada Lovelace Day (UK)
- 13th - International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
- 14th - World Standards Day
- 15th - Global Handwashing Day
- 16th - World Food Day
- 20th - International Sloth Day
- 21st - Apple Day (UK)
- 21st - International Day of the Nacho
- 24th - United Nations Day
- 24th - World Development Information Day
- 25th - British Summer Time Ends (Clocks go back)
- 25th - World Pasta Day
- 26th - National Pumpkin Day
- 26th - Intersex Awareness Day
- 27th - National Black Cat Day (UK)
- 28th - World Animation Day
- 31st - Halloween