October 10, 2011

Holidays

Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)Celebrated in: Argentina, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, United States
Cranberry Harvest Festival (October, Columbus Day weekend)
Cuban Anniversary of the Beginning of the Wars of Independence
Double Tenth Day
Festa da Luz (Two weeks beginning the second Sunday in October)
Fiji Day
Founding of the Workers' Party of North Korea
Frankfurt Book Fair (Second week in October)
Grant's Bluegrass Festival (Early August)
Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
Horse Show and Rodeo American Royal Livestock (October-November)
Kenya Moi Day
National Fire Prevention Week (Week including October 9)
Norsk H¿stfest (Second week in October)
Oklahoma Historical Day
Taiiku-no-Hi
World Space Week (October 4-10)

Legal Holidays by Countries

Anniversary of the beginning of the War of Independence	Cuba
Double Tenth National Day	Taiwan
Founding of the Workers' Party	North Korea
Heroes' Day	Bermuda
Moi Day	Kenya
Mothers' Day	Malawi
Thanksgiving Day	Canada

Legal Holidays in United States

Columbus Day	United States (federal)
Columbus Day and American Indian Heritage Day	Alabama
Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day	Virginia
Commonwealth Cultural Day	Northern Mariana Islands
Native Americans' Day	South Dakota