October 10 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Beginning of the War of Independence	Cuba	National Holiday
Fiji Day	Fiji	Public Holiday
World Mental Health Day	-	International (Health & Body, United Nations)
National Day/Double Tenth Day	Taiwan	National Holiday
Curaçao Day	Curacao	Public Holiday
Day of the Maroons	Suriname	Public Holiday
Party Foundation Day	North Korea	Public Holiday
National Angel Food Cake Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Cake Decorating Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Handbag Day	-	Unofficial (Lifestyle)
National Online Bank Day	-	Unofficial (Products & Technology )
National Kick Butt Day	-	Unofficial (Activity & Action)
Day off for Pan American Day	Belize	Public Holiday
First day of Sukkot	Multiple [Show]	Jewish Holiday
Thanksgiving Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Constitution Day	Sint Maarten	Public Holiday
National Heroes Day	The Bahamas	Public Holiday
National Heritage Day	Turks and Caicos Islands	Public Holiday
First Day of Sukkot	Multiple [Show]	Jewish Holiday
Columbus Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Native Americans' Day	United States (South Dakota)	Local Observance
Indigenous People's Day	United States (AK, CA, MN, WA*)	Local Observance
Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico Friendship Day (Columbus Day)	US Virgin Islands	Observance
Day of respect for cultural diversity	Argentina	National Holiday
Commonwealth Cultural Day	Northern Mariana Islands	Public Holiday
Lotu a Tamaiti	Samoa	Public Holiday
Sukkot I	Israel	National Holiday, Hebrew
Health and Sports Day	Japan	National Holiday
Plebiscite Day	Austria (Carinthia)	State Holiday
Moi Day	Kenya	Public Holiday
Mother's Day	Malawi	Observance
Sukkot	-	Jewish
World Homeless Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause)
World Porridge Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Hug A Drummer Day	-	Unofficial (Art & Entertainment)

October 10 2021 holidays

October 10 2023 holidays

Historical Events on October 10

1845: The Naval School in Annapolis, Maryland that later was renamed the U.S Naval Academy, opens up on this day with 7 professors and about 50 students.
1846: English astronomer William Lassell discovers the largest moon of the planet Neptune – the moon later named Triton.
1871: After a mishap at a barn, a fire rages across Chicago and would last a total of three days.
1903: Emmeline Pankhurst founds the Women’s Social and Political Union.
1953: A Mutual Defense Treaty is formalized between the U.S and the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C.
1957: United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower issues a formal apology to the finance minister of Ghana – Komla Agbeli Gbedemah – when he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
1963: The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty begins.
1967: The Outer Space Treaty begins. This treaty was signed on January 27^th by 60+ nations and establishes international space law.
1971: The 19^th century “New London Bridge” is sold, disassembled and shipped to the U.S. It now resides in Lake Havasu City, Nevada.
1973:S. Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after allegations of him evading Federal income taxes.

Famous Birthdays on October 10

Isabella II of Spain is born in 1830.
American colonel Robert Gould Shaw is born in 1837.
American painter Maurice Prendergast is born in 1858.
Norwegian explorer and Nobel Prize laureate Fridtjof Nansen is born in 1861.
Australian author, poet and journalist Louise Mack is born in 1870.
English playwright,screenwriter and Nobel Prize laureate, Harold Pinter is born in 1930.
German physicists, chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, Gerhard Ertle is born in 1936.
American novelist and short story writer, Lily Tuck is born in 1938.
American actor, screenwriter and director Peter Coyote is born in 1941.
American singer-songwriter David Lee Roth is born in 1954.
Japanese author and illustrator Rumiko Takahashi is born in 1957.
American singer-songwriter Tanya Tucker is born in 1958.