October: LGBT History Month & National Disability Employment Awareness Month

• 1^st
  Ashura (Islamic)
• 5^th
  Sukkot (Jewish) (October 5 - 11)
• 9^th
  Columbus Day
• 9^th
  Indigenous People’s Day (Native American Day)
• 11^th
  Coming Out Day
• 12^th
  Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
• 13^th
  Simchat Torah (Jewish)
• 17^th
  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 19^th
  Bandi-Chhor Diwas (Sikh)
• 19^th
  Diwali (Hindu)
• 20^th
  Birth of Bab (Baha’i)
• 20^th
  Gur-Gaddi Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
• 24^th
  United Nations Day
• 29^th
  Reformation Day
• 31^st
  Halloween (Eve of All Saints’ Day)