Father’s Days in October
How do you celebrate your father or, honor his memory? “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom,” – Umberto Eco, Italian novelist. On this page, you’ll find Father’s Day dates. The officially recognized date of Father’s Day varies from country to country. 
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October 2025
Wednesday 1 October - Grandparents Day in Costa Rica (Between October 1 and 10)
Thursday 2 October - National Grandparents Day in Italy (La Festa dei Nonni)
Sunday 5 October - Father's Day in Luxembourg (first Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in South Africa (First Sunday in October); Grandparents Day in United Kingdom (First Sunday in October)
Sunday 12 October - Grandparents Day in Hong Kong (Celebrated since 1990 on the second Sunday of October); Grandparents Day in Pakistan (Second Sunday in October); National Father–Daughter Day in the United States (on the second Sunday of October)
Sunday 19 October - Father's Day in Russia (Celebrated on the third Sunday in October)
Wednesday 22 October - International Day for the Protecting Men's Nervous System From Women's Violence
Sunday 26 October - Australian Grandparents Day (Last Sunday of October); National Mother-in-Law Day in USA (celebrated on the fourth Sunday in October)
Tuesday 28 October - Grandmothers and Grandfathers Day in Ukraine (Grandparents Day since 2018); Grandchildren and grandparents Day in Russia (a holiday for the whole family)
November 2025
Sunday 9 November - Father's Day in Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden (Celebrated on the second Sunday in November); Grandparents Day in South Sudan (Second Sunday in November)
Thursday 20 November - National Parent Involvement Day in USA (third Thursday of November. The day provides a yearly opportunity for schools and families to honor and highlight the powerful contributions parents and caregivers provide at school and home to support student success)
Saturday 22 November - International Son Day (community initiative); Good Husband and Wife Day in Japan
Sunday 23 November - Grandparents Day in Singapore (Fourth Sunday in November)
December 2025
Friday 5 December - The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday or Father's Day in Thailand (Wan phor)
Tuesday 23 December - Father's Day in some Islamic countries (Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania is celebrated on the 13th day of the month of Rajab)
January 2026
Thursday 1 January - Global Family Day (is grew out of the UN Millennium Day celebration, which included the distribution of the 1996 children's book One Day at a Time)
February 2026
Monday 9 February - National African American Parent Involvement Day (second monday of february - NAAPID is a day for all parents to come to their child's school, see what their day is like and to support their child's educational future)
March 2026
Thursday 19 March - Saint Joseph's Day or Father's Day (in Andorra, Angola, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Honduras, and Bolivia); Father's Day in Croatia (celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day)
May 2026
Friday 1 May - Father's Day in Israel (יום האב)
Monday 11 May - Father's Day in Romania (Celebrated on the second Sunday of May)
Monday 18 May - Father's Day in Tonga (Third Sunday in May)
Friday 29 May - Father's Day in Germany (Vatertag is always celebrated on Ascension Day); Day of Honoring Elders in Venezuela (as “Parents' Day” or “Grandparents Day”); National Elderly Day in Indonesia
June 2026
Monday 1 June - Father's Day in Lithuania (celebrated on the first Sunday in June)
Thursday 4 June - Grandparents and Great-Grandparents Day in Netherlands (Opa en Oma Dag has been celebrated since 2004)
Monday 8 June - Father's Day in Austria and Belgium (celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday)
Wednesday 10 June - Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Canada (held annually on the Tuesday before Father's Day)
Monday 15 June - Father's Day (Ñelebrated on the third Sunday of June øò Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom); Father's Day in the Philippines (is officially celebrated every third Sunday of June)
Wednesday 17 June - Father's Day in El Salvador and Guatemala (Dia del padre - unique celebration traditions in the country); Father's Day in Botswana
Friday 19 June - Honor Elders Day in Uruguay (Día del Abuelo similar to Grandparents Day)
Sunday 21 June - Father's Day in Egypt (also Lebanon, Jordan, Kosovo, Syria, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates); Father’s Day
Monday 29 June - Father's Day in Haiti (Fête des peres is celebrated on the last Sunday of June); Grandchildren's Day in New Jersey, USA (celebrated from 2014 on the last Sunday of June)
July 2026
Monday 13 July - Father's Day in Uruguay (Second Sunday in July); Everybody Deserves a Massage Week in USA
Sunday 26 July - National Grandparents Day in Argentina; Grandparents Day in Brazil (Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Honduras (Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Grandparents Day in Portugal (Portuguese: Dia dos avós); Grandparents Day in Spain (or Día de los abuelos y las abuelas. Date reflects the feast date of the Saints Anne and Joachim the grandparents of Jesus Christ); Parents’ Day
Monday 27 July - Father's Day in the Dominican Republic (celebrated on last Sunday in July)
August 2026
Monday 10 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)
Tuesday 11 August - Father’s Day in Tokelau (is celebrated on the Monday immediately following the second Sunday of every August)
Monday 17 August - Grandfather's Day in Argentina (Día del Abuelo is celebrated on the third Sunday of August)
Sunday 23 August - Father's Day or Gokarna Aunsi in Nepal (Date for 2025)
Tuesday 25 August - Father's Day in South Sudan (celebrated on the last Monday in August)
Friday 28 August - National Grandparents Day in Mexico (Día del Abuelos)
Sunday 30 August - Family Day in Hamburg (Celebrated on the last Saturday in August)
Monday 31 August - Grandparents Day in Columbia (Last Sunday in August); Grandparents Day in Taiwan (祖父母節, Zǔfùmǔ Jié - celebrated since 2010 on the last Sunday of August)
September 2026
Monday 7 September - Father's Day in Australia (also Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea is celebrated on the first Sunday of September)
Monday 14 September - Grandparents Day in Estonia (Vanavanemate Päev is celebrated on the second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in Canada (Second Sunday of September); Grandparents Day in Phillipines (Second Sunday in September); Grandparents Day in United States (1978)
Monday 21 September - Father's Day in Ukraine and Latvia (celebrated on the third Sunday in September); Parent’s Week in Ohio
International Day of Older Persons
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International Music Day
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International School Library Month
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List of commemorative months in October in Ohio
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Ohio Forest Products Awareness Week
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World Vegetarian Day and International Vegetarian Week
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International Day of Non-Violence
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Ostomy Awareness Day (World Ostomy Day)
In 1993 Professor Dr. Gerhard Englert proposed the idea to organize World Ostomy Day.
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World Animal Day
World Animal Day was observed on October 4th, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Started in Florence Italy in 1931..→
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World Space Week
The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space scie..→
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World Teachers’ Day
UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special in..→
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German-American Day
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German American imm..→
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Nonviolence Week in Ohio
The idea of Ohio Violence Week was developed by the Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, an organization that advocates for peace, tolerance and..→
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World Architecture Day
World Architect Day is celebrated on the first Monday of every October, concurrently with the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, was set up by ..→
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World Habitat Day
In 1985 the United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day (Resolution 40/202 of 17 December 1985). The i..→
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Leif Erikson Day in Wisconsin
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World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the..→
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General Pulaski Memorial Day in Ohio
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International Day of the Girl Child
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
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Christopher Columbus Day in Wisconsin
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World Arthritis Day
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American Indian Heritage Day in Alabama
STATE OF ALABAMA. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR:
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Farmers’ Day in Florida
Farmer’s Day has history dating back to the 1800’s. There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Far..→
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Fraternal Day in Alabama
Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama on the second Thursday of October beginning in 1915.
In 1915, The Fraternal Monitor, publish..→
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Indigenous People’s Day in Berkeley, California
The idea of replacing Columbus Day with a day celebrating the indigenous people of North America first arose in 1977 from the International Conf..→
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International Day for Disaster Reduction
By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989), the General Assembly designated the second Wednesday of October International Day for Natural Disaster ..→
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Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Ohio
Metastatic breast cancer is also called stage IV or advanced breast cancer.
At University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, offer one of the onl..→
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Native American Day in South Dakota
In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor George S. Mickelson to proclaim 1990 as the "Year..→
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Virgin Islands-Puerto Rico Friendship Day
It is easy to be insular in thinking when geographic factors facilitate it but it is good for us in the Virgin Islands to retain some regard for..→
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World Standards Day
Each year on 14 October, the members of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO..→
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Global Handwashing Day
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International Day of Rural Women
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Ohio
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White Cane Safety Day (White Cane Day)
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Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day in Ohio
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International Credit Union Day
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National Boss’s Day (or Bosses Day)
Boss’s Day, also known as Bosses Day or National Boss Day, is generally observed on or around October 16 in the United States. (If the holiday f..→
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World Anesthesia Day
World Anesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of ether anesthesia on October 16, 1846. American dentist William Morton , ..→
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
We are living in the world, where every fourth person tries to survive for 1 US dollar a day. Even in the most technologically developed country..→
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Day of Struggle Against Breast Cancer
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International Chefs Day
Each year on the 20th of October we celebrate the International Chefs Day.
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International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
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World Osteoporosis Day
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World Statistics Day
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International Stuttering Awareness Day
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U.S.S. Hocking day in Ohio
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Disarmament Week
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United Nations Day (UN Day)
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World Development Information Day
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Larry Itliong Day in California
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Make a Difference Day
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Daylight saving time (autumn)
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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
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International Animation Day
October 28, the International Animation Day (IAD) was proclaimed in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) as the main glob..→
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World Psoriasis Day
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World Stroke Day
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World Cities Day
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