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Mexico - Day of the Dead celebrations begin.
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Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation, All Saints Day. Holiday in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Guatemala.
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Algeria - National day
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Antigua and Barbuda - Independence Day (from Britain, 1981)
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Ireland - Samhain the traditional first day of Winter
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India - State formation day of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh
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Catholicism - All Souls Day
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Mexico and Ecuador - Day of the Dead (Spanish: El Dia de los Muertos), a celebration of dead ancestors.
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Brazil and Portugal - Dia de Finados, a celebration of dead ancestors in the All Souls Day.
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Jamaica - Rastafari movement - The coronation of Haile Selassie (1930) celebrated
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Panama, Dominica, and Federated States of Micronesia - Independence Day
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Japan - Culture Day (originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912)
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Russia - Day of People's Unity (or National Unity Day)
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Tonga - National Day
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Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power)
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Italy - celebration of victory in World War I, Armed Forces Day
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Panama - Flag Day
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Dominican Republic - Constitution Day (1844)
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Finland - The Finnish Swedish Heritage Day and an official flag day
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Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day
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Tajikistan - Constitution Day (1994)
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9th |
Cambodia - Independence Day (1953)
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Pakistan - Allama Iqbal Day (1877)
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International - Diwali
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Bolivia - Dia de los ñatitas
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Turkey - Day of Remembrance of Ataturk
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Russia - Day of Militsiya (analogue of police in Russia)
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Argentina - Day of Tradition, honouring the death of José Hernández
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11th |
New Zealand, France and Belgium - Armistice Day
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the Netherlands, Germany, Flanders, Austria and Portugal - St. Martin's Day
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Veterans Day in the United States (called Armistice Day until 1952, when the name was changed, and the holiday was re-geared toward all military veterans)
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Commonwealth of Nations - Remembrance Day
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Poland - Independence Day
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Colombia - Independence of Cartagena, Colombia
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Latvia - Lacplesis Day, the official date for commemoration of Latvian soldiers, who had died for the country's freedom.
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Angola - Independence Day
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Germany and the Netherlands - Opening of carnival season ("Karneval"/"Fasching" on 11-11, at 11:11)
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South Korea - Pepero Day
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Bahá'í Faith: Holy Day, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
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China - Birth of Sun Yat-Sen
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14th |
India - Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru: Children's Day
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15th |
Eastern Orthodoxy - Feast of Saint Philip the Apostle and the beginning of Winter Lent
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Austria - Saint Leopold's day -- no school in Vienna, Lower Austria and Upper Austria
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Belgium - King's Feast, not an official holiday, but some state institutions are closed; Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, observed only in the German-speaking Community (since 1990), not in the rest of Belgium.
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Brazil - Republic Proclamation Day
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Palestine - Independence Day (declared 1988)
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Japan - Shichi-Go-San - traditional rite of passage and festival day for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys
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17th |
Slovakia and the Czech Republic - Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day commemorating the beginning of the Velvet Revolution in 1989.
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18th |
Latvia - Independence Day
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Oman - National holiday
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Venezuela - Feast of the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, also known as la Chinita, in the western state of Zulia
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19th |
Brazil - Flag Day
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Mali - Liberation Day
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Puerto Rico - Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493)
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United States - Equal Opportunity Day
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Norway - The Liberation of the Sami People of the coast
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United Arab Emirates - Pilgrimage
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India, Trinidad and Tobago - International Men's Day
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20th |
Brazil - Zumbi Day (since 1978) Dia da Consciência Negra (Afro-Brazilian's Conscience Day)
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Mexico - Anniversary of the Revolution (1910)
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Vietnam - Teacher's Day (Ngày nhà giáo Vi?t Nam)
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23rd |
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qawl (Speech)
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Georgia - St George's Day
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Japan - Kinro kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day)
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Slovenia - Rudolf Maister Day
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24th |
Turkey - Teacher's Day
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India - Lachit Divas is observed on 24th November each year
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25th |
Bosnia and Herzegovina - National Day
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Suriname - Independence Day (from the Netherlands, 1975)
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26th |
Bahá'í Faith - Day of the Covenant
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Mongolia - Proclamation Day
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28th |
Bahá'í Faith - Holy Day - Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii - Feast of the Holy Sovereigns in honor of King Kamehama IV and Queen Emma, the founders of the Anglican Church of Hawaii
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Albania - Albanian Independence day; also known as Albanian Flag Day due to other National events that correspond to this day
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Mauritania - Independence Day
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