October 9

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on October 9, include:

• Curious Events Day
• Fire Prevention Day 
• International Beer and Pizza Day 
  
• Leif Erikson Day 
• Moldy Cheese Day 
• National Depression Screening Day - October 9, 2025 (Thursday of Mental Illness Awareness Week)
• National Nanotechnology Day - October 9, 2025 (On or around October 9)
• National Pro-Life Cupcake Day
• National Sneakers Day 
• Nautilus Night (Cephalopods) 
  
• Scrubs Day 
• Submarine Hoagie Hero Grinder Day 
• World Post Day 
• World Sight Day - October 9, 2025 (Second Thursday in October)

2025 Weekly Holidays that include October 9, are:

• 4-H Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week in October)
• Active Aging Week - October 6-12, 2025 (Last Full Week of September, or the first week of October to coincide with the International Day of Older Persons on October 1)
• Animal Welfare Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Cephalopod Awareness Days - October 8-12
• Customer Service Week - October 6-10, 2025 (First Mon-Fri Week in October) 
• Death Penalty Focus Week - October 5-11, 2025 (Week with October 10th in it)
• Drive Safely Work Week - October 6-10, 2025 (Monday - Friday of First Full Week in October)
• Emergency Nurses Week - October 5-11, 2025
• Financial Planning Week - October 6-12, 2025 (First Mon-Sun Week in October)
• Fire Prevention Week - October 5-11, 2025 (Second Week of October)
• Get Organized Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Great Books Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• International Post Card Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week in October)
• Kid's Goal Setting Week - October  5-11, 2025 (First Full Week in October)
• Mental Illness Awareness Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Mystery Series Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• National Carry a Tune Week - October 5-11, 2025 (Always has October 7th in the Week)
• National Drive Electric Week (Formerly National Plug In Week) - In 2025, this changed to be National Drive Electric Month celebrated September 12, 2025 to October 12, 2025 
• National Food Services Workers Week - October 5-11, 2025
• National Healthcare Food Service Workers Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Week in October) 
• National Healthcare Supply Chain Week - October 5-11, 2025
• National Heimlich Heroes Week - October 6-10, 2025 (First Full M-F Week in October)
• National Hispanic Heritage Weeks - September 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025 (Starts on September 15 and ends on October 15th each year)
• National Home-based Business Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Week of October that includes the second Tuesday in October)
• National Human Service Awareness Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• National Manufacturing Week - October 3-9, 2025 (Begins on the First Friday in October)
• National Metric Week - October 5-11, 2025 (Week that has Oct. 10th in it)
• National Midwifery Week - October 5-11, 2025  (Sunday to Saturday During the First Full Week of October)
• National Newspaper Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• National Physician Assistants Week - October 6-12
• National School Yearbook Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• National Work From Home Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week in October)
• No Salt Week - October 3-10
• Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Pediatric Nurses Week - October 6-10, 2025
• Pickled Peppers Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Primary Care Physicians Week - October 5-11, 2025
• Public Power Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Skin Care Awareness Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• Spinning & Weaving Week - October 6-12, 2025 (First Full Week Mon-Sun in October) 
• Sukkot - Evening of October 6, 2025 to Evening of October 13, 2025 (Jewish)
• Teller Appreciation Week - October 6-10, 2025 (Five Days Starting First Monday in October)
• Veterinary Technicians Week - October 5-11, 2025 (Second Week in October)
• Walk a Child to School Week - October 5-11, 2025 (First Full Week of October)
• World Space Week - October 4-10

2025 Monthly Holidays that include October 9, 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:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. 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 4-12, 2025 
• Great American Beer Festival - October 9-11, 2025 (Denver, CO)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for October 9 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.

This year, 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

• 1940 - John Lennon, English singer, songwriter, producer and member of The Beatles (d. 1980)
• 1948 - Jackson Browne, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Running on Empty)

Famous Deaths

• 1047 - Pope Clement II
• 1273 - Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (b. 1227)
• 1296 - Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)
• 1911 - Jack Daniel, American businessman who founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1973 - Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla divorce after 6 years
• 1980 - Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot
• 2011 - Musician Paul McCartney of The Beatles marries Nancy Shevell 

Quote of the Day

Family is Everything!!

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

The month of October is Stress Awareness Month!

Stress weight gain is a byproduct of stress. Stress is a trigger for emotional eating. The more stressed you are, the more you will emotionally eat and your weight will go up.

Have you noticed that as stress increases in your life that your weight goes up, especially weight gain around your middle? You wonder what is going on because you are practicing healthy diet habits. Many of you are more on top of healthy eating than paid nutritionists. You know what to eat. What is going on?

What you eat is a small part of the weight equation. It is the other factors that influence "how you eat" that you need to learn about.

Find out more about Stress Weight Gain from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

Season

October 9th 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, 2025, 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 (info. coming soon).

• Spring Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1410 - The Prague astronomical clock is mentioned for the first time
• 1446 - The hangul alphabet is published in Korea
• 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in Old Saybrook. It would later be renamed Yale University.
• 1790 - An earthquake that hits in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea that kills three thousand people
• 1799 - The HMS Lutine sinks with a loss of 240 men aboard and a cargo worth of 1,200,000 pounds
• 1804 - Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, Australia is founded
• 1834 - The first public railway, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway opens on the island of Ireland
• 1873 - The U.S. Naval Institute is established
• 1900 - The Cook Islands becomes a territory of the United Kingdom
• 1913 - The steamship SS Volturno catches fire while in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
• 1936 - Boulder Dam (later renamed Hoover Dam) starts to generate electricity for Los Angelese
• 1962 - Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm
• 1963 - A large landslide in Italy causes a giant wave to spill over the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000 people
• 2006 - North Korea conducts its first nuclear test

This Day in Music

• 1976 - A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band is #1 on the Hot 100
• 1979 - Babe is released by Styx (video below)
• 1986 - The Phantom of the Opera opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London
• 2007 - Noel is a Christmas album that is released by Josh Groban that becomes the top selling album of 2007

This Day in Sports

• 1909 - Ty Cobb steals home base in a World Series game
• 1915 - Woodrow Wilson becomes the first U.S. President to attend a World Series Game
• 1919 - The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series
• 1921 - Babe Ruth hits his 1st World Series home run

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!