| October 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Holiday | Where |
| October-1 | Monday | Influenza Awareness Day | Texas (Special Days) |
| October-2 | Tuesday | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day | Hawaii (Special Days) |
| October-5 | Friday | First Nations Day | North Dakota (Special Days) |
| October-6 | Saturday | Dr. Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Day | Iowa (Special Days) |
| October-6 | Saturday | Firefighter's Recognition Day | Maine (Special Days) |
| October-7 | Sunday | Children and Youth Day | Hawaii (Special Days) |
| October-7 | Sunday | Children's Day | Georgia (Special Days) |
| October-8 | Monday | Bill Elliott Day | Georgia (Special Days) |
| October-8 | Monday | Columbus Day | Federal (Federal Holidays) |
| October-8 | Monday | Columbus Day | Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia (Public Holidays) |
| October-8 | Monday | Columbus Day | Nevada, Texas, Vermont (Special Days) |
| October-8 | Monday | Columbus Day | US Banks (US Bank Holidays 2018) |
| October-8 | Monday | Columbus Day | United States Postal Service (USPS Holidays) |
| October-8 | Monday | Discoverers Day | Hawaii (Special Days) |
| October-8 | Monday | Native American's Day | South Dakota (Public Holidays) |
| October-8 | Monday | William A. Egan Day | Alaska (Special Days) |
| October-9 | Tuesday | Leif Erikson Day | Colorado (Special Days) |
| October-11 | Thursday | Bird Day | Georgia (Special Days) |
| October-11 | Thursday | General Pulaski's Memorial Day | Kansas, South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-12 | Friday | Columbus Day | Arkansas, Iowa, Washington (Special Days) |
| October-13 | Saturday | Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day | Ohio (Special Days) |
| October-14 | Sunday | Dwight D. Eisenhower Day | Kansas (Special Days) |
| October-14 | Sunday | Grandmother's Day | South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-14 | Sunday | Washington State Children's Day | Washington (Special Days) |
| October-15 | Monday | Poetry Day | Maine (Special Days) |
| October-15 | Monday | School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day | Georgia (Special Days) |
| October-15 | Monday | White Cane Safety Day | Arkansas, Virginia (Special Days) |
| October-15 | Monday | White Sunday | American Samoa (Public Holidays) |
| October-16 | Tuesday | Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day | Ohio (Special Days) |
| October-18 | Thursday | Alaska Day | Alaska (Public Holidays) |
| October-18 | Thursday | Alaska Territorial Guard Day | Alaska (Special Days) |
| October-19 | Friday | Observance of Yorktown Day | Virginia (Special Days) |
| October-21 | Sunday | Respect for Our Elders Day | Hawaii (Special Days) |
| October-26 | Friday | Frances Willard Day | South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-26 | Friday | Nevada Day | Nevada (Public Holidays) |
| October-27 | Saturday | Virginia Drug Free Day | Virginia (Special Days) |
| October-31 | Wednesday | Youth Honor Day | Iowa (Special Days) |