Holidays and Observances October 10

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on October 10, include:

• Bonza Bottler Day 
  
• Hug a Drummer Day 
  
• I Love Yarn Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• International African Penguin Awareness Day - October 10, 2026
• International Newspaper Carrier Day - October 10, 2026 (Saturday of the First Full Week of October)
• International Stage Management Day 
• Motorsports Memorial Day
• National Angel Food Cake Day
• National Cake Decorating Day 
• National Chess Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October) 
• National Costume Swap Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• National Curves Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• National Handbag Day 
• National Hug a Kevin Day 
• National Kids Bowl Free Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• National Love Your Hair Day 
• National Metric Day
• National Motorcycle Ride Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• National Shift 10 Day 
• National Tuxedo Day 
• Naval Academy Day 
• Powers of Ten Day 
  
• Squid & Cuttlefish Day 
• Universal Music Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• World Day Against the Death Penalty 
• World Homeless Day 
• World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 
• World Mental Health Day 
• World Migratory Bird Day - October 10, 2026 (Second Saturday in October)
• World Porridge Day 

2026 Weekly Holidays that include October 10, are:

• 4-H Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week in October)
• Active Aging Week - October 5-11, 2026 (Last Full Week of September, or the first week of October to coincide with the International Day of Older Persons on October 1)
• Back Care Awareness Week - October 5-10, 2026 (Starts on the First Monday in October)
• Banned Books Week - October 4-10, 2026
• Biology Week - October 8-18, 2026
• Cephalopod Awareness Days - October 8-12
• Death Penalty Focus Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Week with October 10th in it)
• Fire Prevention Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Second Week of October)
• Get Organized Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Great Books Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Hospice Care Week (U.K.) - October 5-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October from Monday - Sunday)
• International Post Card Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week in October)
• International Tree Climbing Week - October 9-11, 2026
• Kid's Goal Setting Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week in October)
• Mental Illness Awareness Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Mystery Series Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• National Carry a Tune Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Always has October 7th in the Week)
• National Food Services Workers Week - October 4-10, 2026
• National Healthcare Food Service Workers Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Week in October) 
• National Healthcare Supply Chain Week - October 4-10, 2026
• National Human Service Awareness Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• National Metric Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Week that has Oct. 10th in it)
• National Midwifery Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Sunday to Saturday During the First Full Week of October)
• National Newspaper Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• National Physician Assistants Week - October 6-12
• National School Yearbook Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• National Work from Home Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week in October)
• No Salt Week - October 3-10
• Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Pickled Peppers Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Primary Care Physicians Week - October 5-10, 2026
• Public Power Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Skin Care Awareness Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• Southington Apple Harvest Festival - October 2-4, 2026 and October 9-11, 2026 (Starts on First Friday of October and spans 2 three day weekends) Located in Southington, Connecticut - See our Connecticut State Holidays Page
• Spinning & Weaving Week - October 5-11, 2026 (First Full Week Mon-Sun in October) 
• Take Your Medicine Americans Week - October 10-17
• Veterinary Technicians Week - October 4-10, 2026 (Second Week in October)
• Walk a Child to School Week - October 4-10, 2026 (First Full Week of October)
• World Space Week - October 4-10

2026 Monthly Holidays that include October 10, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our October Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of October.

NOTE: If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - October 3-11, 2026 
• X-Terra World Championships - October 8-11, 2026
• Great American Beer Festival - October 10-11, 2026 (Denver, CO)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for October 10 is Libra which spans from September 23 to October 23.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month of October is:

• Marigold is a Mediterranean native plant and has been prized for both its beauty and versatility. They come in a range of colors including white, gold, and yellow; however, probably the most popular is bright orange.

I used several flats of marigolds around all my vegetables that I was growing.  I also re-potted a bunch of hanging baskets with succulents and put some yellow marigolds in each one for some color.

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for October are:

• Opal gemstones are truly unique, because each individual gem is adorned with a one-of-a-kind color combination.
• Tourmaline is a favorite gemstone for many because it's available in a rainbow of beautiful colors.

Famous Birthdays

• 1950 - Nora Roberts, American author
• 1954 - David Lee Roth, American singer and songwriter who was the lead singer of Van Halen
• 1958 - Tanya Tucker, American country western singer and songwriter (Delta Dawn)
• 1974 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. - American race car driver 

Famous Deaths

• 2004 - Christopher Reeve, American actor and producer (Superman) (b. 1952)
• 2015 - Sybil Stockdale, American activist who co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1773 - Paul Revere, American revolution patriot marries Rachel Walker in Boston
• 1974 - Actress Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) divorces William Asher
• 1975 - Actress Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton for the second time, for her 6th overall marriage

Quote of the Day

October 10th is World Mental Health Day!

Mental health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is "a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community".

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The month of October is Vegetarian Awareness Month!

Vegetarian Spaghetti is one of my favorite healthy recipes. It’s a wonderful treat for the warmer weather when heavy meals, just don’t cut it! You don’t have to be vegetarian to enjoy it, and it’s a great meal to serve if you have vegetarians coming for dinner.

Cooking without meat does not need to be difficult. Simply leave the meat out of your loved recipes and fill the void left with extra vegetables, which is a healthy diet habit!

You can find the recipe to Vegetarian Spaghetti on Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

 Healthy Diet Habit Tip #2: Healthy Cake Decorating Alternatives (Goodbye Buttercream!)

Today is National Cake Decorating Day! Traditional buttercream frosting can be incredibly heavy, greasy, and overwhelming with refined sugar. If you want a beautifully decorated cake that matches a healthy lifestyle, skip the heavy frosting and try these three lighter, organic alternatives:

• Organic Stabilized Whipped Cream: Standard whipped cream is light but wilts too quickly to decorate with. By whipping Organic Heavy Cream together with a few tablespoons of organic cream cheese or organic Greek yogurt, you create a stable, pipeable frosting that holds its shape beautifully but tastes like a light, airy cloud.

• The Elegant Organic Fruit Mosaic: Skip frosting the outside of the cake entirely for a trendy "naked cake" look. Instead, decorate the top layer by overlapping thin slices of fresh, Organic Fruit—like strawberries, kiwi, or apples—in a gorgeous circular pattern.

• The Stencil Dusting Trick (Zero-Sugar!): For an elegant look with almost zero added sugar, place a clean paper doily flat on top of a naked, cooled cake. Lightly dust a tiny amount of Organic Powdered Sugar over it through a fine strainer, then gently lift the doily away. It leaves behind an intricate, bakery-style design! Healthy Swap: You can even buy Organic Powdered Sugar blends made with Stevia for a completely zero-sugar, calorie-free dusting that looks just like the real thing!

Please check out our National Cake Day page!

Season

October 10th falls within the Fall Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Fall is full of all things pumpkin, leaves falling, and fun holidays and get-togethers with friends and family as we enter the Holiday Season and celebrate Halloween, and Thanksgiving. With Fall ending on December 20, 2026, it draws us near to Christmas and the New Year celebrated in the winter season!

Check out our Fall Season page for information about Fall, Fall Dates, Major Fall Holidays and Observances, Major Fall Festivals, Fun Facts About Fall, Fall Food Tips, Fall Gardening, Fall Preparation (Cars, Clothes, Garden, Home), Fall Quotes, and Fall Weather info.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on fall foods: 

• Fall Cooking

• Fall Foods

• Fall Snacks

• Fall Weight Loss Tips

Fall is all about pumpkins, so please also check out our pumpkin pages:

• Pumpkins

• Pumpkin Carving 

• Pumpkin Recipes

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Spring Season 

• Spring Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills over 20,000 people in the Caribbean
• 1845 - The Naval School open in Annapolis, Maryland with 50 students. The name would later be changed to the United States Naval Academy
• 1846 - William Lassell, an English astronomer discovers Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune
• 1903 - The Women's Social and Political Union is founded campaigning on women's suffrage in the United Kingdom
• 1918 - Irish ship RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by the German Submarine UB-123, killing 564
• 1933 - A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage
• 1957 - The Windscale fire causes Britain's worst nuclear accident
• 1963 - France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia
• 1963 - The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty goes into effect
• 1967 - The Outer Space Treaty goes into effect
• 1970 - Fiji becomes independent
• 1973 - U.S. VP Spiro Agnew resigns after he is charged with evasion of federal income tax
• 1975 - Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations
• 1980 - Norther Algeria suffers a 7.1 Mw earthquake that kills 2,633 and injures 8,369 people
• 1986 - El Salvador suffers a 6.7 Mw earthquake that kills 1,500 people
• 2010 - The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country
• 2018 - Category 5 Hurricane Michael hits the Florida Panhandle and kills 57 people and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damages

This Day in Music

• 1970 - Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond hits #1
• 1992 - The Chase by Garth Brooks debuts at #1 on the albums chart
• 1995 - Album Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt is released with hits Just a Girl and Don't Speak
• 2006 - Songs From the Labyrinth is released by Sting as an album of 16th century lute songs
• 2011 - Video Games is the first single released by Lana Del Rey (video below)

This Day in Sports

• 1892 - A shipwreck off Taiwan is responsible for the death of the entire Hong Kong national cricket team
• 1899 - African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame
• 1964 - The XVIII Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo, Japan and is the first to be relayed live by satellites

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!