| October 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Holiday | Where |
| October-1, Sunday | Children and Youth Day | Hawaii (Observances) |
| October-1, Sunday | Children's Day | Georgia (Designated Days) |
| October-1, Sunday | Influenza Awareness Day | Texas (Designated Days) |
| October-2, Monday | Firefighter Recognition Day | New Jersey (Designated Days) |
| October-2, Monday | Frances Xavier Cabrini Day | Colorado (State Holidays) |
| October-2, Monday | John Clarke Day | Rhode Island (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-2, Monday | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Day | Hawaii (Observances) |
| October-2, Monday | South Asian-American Heritage Day | Maryland (Commemorative Days) |
| October-3, Tuesday | Sergeant Dominick Pilla and Corporal Jamie Smith Day | New Jersey (Designated Days) |
| October-5, Thursday | Raoul Wallenberg Day | New York (Designated Days) |
| October-6, Friday | First Nations Day | North Dakota (Designated Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | Alaska Firefighters' Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | Bill Elliott Day | Georgia (Designated Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | Grandmother's Day | Kentucky, South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | Grandmothers Day | Illinois (State Commemorative Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | Washington State Children's Day | Washington (Recognized Days) |
| October-8, Sunday | William A. Egan Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| October-9, Monday | Christopher Columbus Day | Louisiana (Legal Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Illinois, New Jersey, US Banks |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Texas (Designated Days) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Federal (Federal Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Maryland, Massachusetts, New York (Legal Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Nevada (Periods of Observance) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, United States Postal Service (Public Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day | Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia (State Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Columbus Day and Farmers’ Day | Florida (Legal Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Discoverers' Day | Hawaii (Observances) |
| October-9, Monday | Firefighters' Memorial Day | Tennessee (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-9, Monday | Indigenous Peoples Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| October-9, Monday | Indigenous Peoples Day | Maine (State Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Indigenous Peoples' Day | Dist. of Columbia (Legal Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Indigenous Peoples' Day* | Vermont (State Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Leif Erikson Day | Colorado (Designated Days) |
| October-9, Monday | Native Americans Day | South Dakota (State Holidays) |
| October-9, Monday | Oklahoma Native American Day | Oklahoma (Designated Days) |
| October-10, Tuesday | Oklahoma Historical Day | Oklahoma (Designated Days) |
| October-11, Wednesday | Casimir Pulaski Day | Michigan (Designated Days) |
| October-11, Wednesday | General Casimir Pulaski Day | Rhode Island (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-11, Wednesday | General Pulaski's Day | Kentucky (Special Days) |
| October-11, Wednesday | General Pulaski's Memorial Day | South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-11, Wednesday | New Netherland Day in the State of New York | New York (Designated Days) |
| October-12, Thursday | Bird Day | Georgia (Designated Days) |
| October-12, Thursday | Columbus Day | Iowa (Designated Days) |
| October-12, Thursday | Columbus Day | Washington (Recognized Days) |
| October-12, Thursday | Columbus Day | Pennsylvania (Special Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | Gold Star Parents Day | Rhode Island (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-15, Sunday | I Am An American Day | Florida (Designated Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | Poetry Day | Maryland (Commemorative Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | Poetry Day | Maine (Special Observance Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | Respect for Our Elders Day | Hawaii (Observances) |
| October-15, Sunday | Shut-in Day | Pennsylvania (Special Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | White Cane Safety Day | Rhode Island (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-15, Sunday | White Cane Safety Day | Virginia (Designated Days) |
| October-15, Sunday | White Cane Safety Day | Arkansas (Observances) |
| October-16, Monday | Norman E. Borlaug World Food Prize Day | Iowa (Designated Days) |
| October-16, Monday | Sarah Winnemucca Day | Nevada (Periods of Observance) |
| October-16, Monday | School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day | Georgia (Designated Days) |
| October-16, Monday | Walt Disney - 'A Day to Dream' Day | Missouri (Special Days) |
| October-17, Tuesday | State Teen Driver Safety Day | Montana (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Alaska Day | Alaska (State Holidays) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Alaska Territorial Guard Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day | Texas (Designated Days) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Disabilities History Day | New York (Designated Days) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Missouri Day | Missouri (Special Days) |
| October-18, Wednesday | Willie Horton Day | Michigan (Designated Days) |
| October-19, Thursday | New Jersey Credit Union Day | New Jersey (Designated Days) |
| October-19, Thursday | Yorktown Day | Virginia (Designated Days) |
| October-20, Friday | Hawke’s Bay | Virgin Islands (Regional Anniversary Dates) |
| October-23, Monday | The Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines | Rhode Island (Days of Special Observance) |
| October-24, Tuesday | Birthday of William Penn | Pennsylvania (Special Days) |
| October-25, Wednesday | African American Soldiers' Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| October-27, Friday | Frances Willard Day | South Carolina (Special Days) |
| October-27, Friday | Nevada Day | Nevada (State Holidays) |
| October-27, Friday | Theodore Roosevelt Day | New York (Designated Days) |
| October-28, Saturday | Virginia Drug Free Day | Virginia (Designated Days) |
| October-30, Monday | Marlborough | Virgin Islands (Regional Anniversary Dates) |
| October-31, Tuesday | UNICEF Day | New Jersey (Designated Days) |
| October-31, Tuesday | Youth Honor Day | Iowa (Designated Days) |