Independence Day : Nigeria.

 National Day : Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.

 Nat Turner (1800–1831) : African American.

 Sukkoth begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)

 Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday (Gandhi Jayanti) : India.

 John Ross (1790–1866) : American Indian (Cherokee).

 Sukkoth (10/3–10/9): Jewish. (m)

 Chusok (choo-sock) (Harvest Festival) : South Korea. (m)

 German Unity Day : Germany.

 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Chung-ch'iu) : China. (m)

 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Tet Trung Thu) : Vietnam. (m)

 National Foundation Day (Kaech'on-jol) : South Korea.

 Sukkoth (2nd day of observance) : Jewish. (m)

 Tecumseh (1768?–1813) : American Indian (Shawnee).

 Surrender of Chief Joseph (1877) : American Indian.

 Republic Day : Portugal.

 Henri Christophe (1767–1820) : Haitian.

 Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) : African American.

 German American Heritage Day : United States.

 Armed Forces Day : Egypt.

 Karva Chauth : Hindu. (m)

 Hoshanah Rabbah begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)

 Battle of Angamos : Peru.

 Mary Shadd Cary (1823–1893) : African American, Canada.

 Hoshanah Rabbah : Jewish. (m)

 Sh'mini Atzeret begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)

 Leif Ericsson Day : United States.

 Han'gul Day : South Korea.

 Independence Day : Uganda.

 Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Poole) (1897–1975) : African American.

 Sh'mini Atzeret : Jewish. (m)

 Simchat Torah begins at sundown : Jewish. (m)

 Double Tenth Day (Shuang-shih) : Republic of China (Taiwan).

 Grito de Yara (1868) : Cuba.

 Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882–1943) : African American.

 National Coming Out Day/March on Washington (1987) : Gay, Lesbian.

 Simchat Torah : Jewish. (m)

 General Pulaski Memorial Day : United States.

 Charles Gordone (1925–1995) : African American.

 Our Lady Aparecida : Brazil.

 Columbus Day observed : United States. (m)

 Día de la Raza (Columbus Day) : Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela.

 Health and Sports Day (Taiiku No Hi) : Japan. (m)

 Liberation from France : Laos.

 National Day : Spain.

 Thanksgiving Day : Canada. (m)

 [William] Allison Davis (1902–1983) : African American.

 Frank Yankovic (1915–1998) : Slovenian American.

 John L. Sullivan (1858–1918) : Irish American.

 Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins (1844–1887) : American Indian (Northern Piute).

 Henry Lewis (1932–1996) : African American.

 Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953) : Irish American.

 Jean Jacques Dessalines (c. 1758–1806) : Haitian.

 Bandi Chhor Day : Sikh. (m)

 Diwali : Hindu. (m)

 Restoration of Independence : Azerbaijan.

 Birthday of the Bab : Baha'i.

 Chulalongkorn Day : Thailand.

 Republic Day : Hungary.

 United Nations Day : United Nations.

 Suez Day : Egypt.

 Republic Day : Kazakhstan.

 Miriam Kressyn (1912–1996) : Jewish American.

 Chung Yeung Festival : China. (m)

 Labour Day : New Zealand. (m)

 National Day : Austria.

 Independence Day : Turkmenistan.

 So Jae-P'il (Philip Jaisohn) (1866–1951) : Korean American.

 Ochi Day : Greece.

 Republic Day : Turkey.

 Francisco Madero (1873–1913) : Mexican.

 (Imam) W[arith] D[een] Mohammed (born Wallace Dean Muhammad) (1933–2008) : African American.

 Halloween : United Kingdom, United States.

 All Saints Eve : Sweden.

 Reformation Day : Protestant.

 Samhain (sow-in) : Pagan and Wiccan.