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Oct. 24^th. United nations Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Day

Oct. 26^th. Eid al Adha

Christians and Jews will be familiar with the Bible story of the Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son. Muslims now ritually sacrifice an animal (commonly a goat) to commemorate this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha

Oct. 31^st. Halloween—originally called All Hallows E’en (evening). Adults now celebrate with costume parties, and children celebrate by dressing up and “trick or treating” from door to door. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

Nov. 1^st. All Saints Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Day