October 10th - Holidays and Observances

(click on the day for details)

• Arbor Day (Poland)
• Army Day (Sri Lanka)
• Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)
• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Angela Truszkowska
  • Cerbonius
  • Daniel Comboni
  • Eulampius and Eulampia
  • Gereon and companions
  • Blessed María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray (Maria Desposorios)
  • Paulinus of York (in England)
  • Pinytus
  • Tanca
  • Vida Dutton Scudder (Episcopal Church)
  • Viktor of Xanten
  • October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Double Ten Day (The National Day of Republic of China), celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911 that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1912
• Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970
• Finnish Literature Day (Finland)
• Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba's independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.
• Party Foundation Day (North Korea)
• World Day Against the Death Penalty
• World Mental Health Day^[22]
• World Porridge Day

 

Observances (click on the day for details)

Hug A Drummer Day

SHIFT10 Day

World Homeless Day

Cake Decorating Day

 

Fun Observances

   Handbag  Day

Handbag Day is celebrated annually on October 10.

                        

Created in 2013 by Purseblog, a blog that follows the fashion and handbag industry, Handbag Day recognizes the importance of handbags in daily life and in fashion, and acknowledges that a handbag is not only an essential item in a person’s closet, but is also a simple way to make a style statement.

The unofficial holiday encourages people to share pictures of their handbags and show their love for this fashion accessory on social media websites.

How to Celebrate?

• Go out and get that high-end handbag you have been eyeing the whole year.
• Is your handbag a place where things go in to get lost? Perhaps today is the time to clean it out and organize it.

Did You Know…

…that in the early 1900s, handbag was a term used to refer to men's hand baggage?

 

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My sister Darlene has the courage—but not always the skills—to tackle any home-repair project. For example, in her garage are pieces of a lawn mower she once tried to fix. So I wasn't surprised the day my other sister, Jesse, and I found Darlene attacking her vacuum cleaner with a screwdriver. "I can't get this thing to cooperate," she explained.

"Why don't you drag it out to the garage and show it the lawn mower?" Jesse suggested.  

 

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After a long career of being blasted into a net, the human cannonball was tired. He told the circus owner he was going to retire.

"But you can't!" protested the boss. "Where am I going to find another man of your caliber?"

 

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A guy walks into a bar and there's a horse serving drinks. The horse asks, "What are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a horse tending bar before?"

The guy says, "It's not that. I just never thought the parrot would sell the place."

 

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